This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 153 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 153 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. TRUE OR FALSE:People are born with over 300 bones in their body. A) True; but the person will have 206 when they are done growing. B) True; but the person will have 400 bones when they are done growing. C) False; people are born with only 206 bones in their body. D) False; people are born with only cartilage instead of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True; but the person will have 206 when they are done growing. 2. What is the common name for the stapes? A) Hammer. B) Stirrup. C) Anvil. D) Scaphoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stirrup. 3. The skin is made up of ..... main layers? How many main layers are there? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 4. Spongy bone is more commonly called ..... ? A) Trabecular. B) Compact. C) Cortical. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trabecular. 5. The ..... is an organ system that includes the bones and the connective tissues that hold the bones together. A) Muscular system. B) Immune system. C) Skeletal system. D) Integumentary system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 6. What type of joint is found in your neck and wrists? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 7. Which shows the correct levels of organization? A) Organ, tissue, cell. B) Cell, tissue, organ, system. C) Cell, cell, all the cells. D) Tissue, organ, cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell, tissue, organ, system. 8. The skeletal system works with the ..... system to allow for movement. A) Respiratory. B) Circulatory. C) Muscular. D) Endocrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 9. Your ankle bone is known as the A) Tarsals. B) Calcaneus. C) Phalanges. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcaneus. 10. Areas where the cranial bones have joined together A) Fontanel. B) Suture. C) Sinus. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suture. 11. The root word for "crooked, bent or stiff" is: A) School. B) Son/daughter. C) Spondyl/o. D) Ankyl/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ankyl/o. 12. The following parts can be called an immovable joint is ..... A) Joint in the hand. B) Joint in the wrist. C) Joint in the shoulder. D) Joint in the upper part of the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint in the upper part of the skull. 13. Small, knoblike process where connective tissues attach A) Head. B) Process. C) Suture. D) Tubercle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tubercle. 14. The "sternum" is a very important bone that protects the? A) Brain. B) Lungs. C) Heart. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 15. What part of the Integumentary System helps to keep our bodies from overheating? A) Hair. B) Nails. C) Sweat Glands. D) Pores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweat Glands. 16. What is the bone that protects the heart and lungs? A) Hipbone. B) Rib cage. C) Skull. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rib cage. 17. Your ulna is ..... to your radius. A) Anterior. B) Posterior. C) Medial. D) Lateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medial. 18. Which part of your skeleton includes the skull, rib cage and vertebrae? A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 19. Bending parts at a joint so that the angle between them decreases and the parts come closer together. A) Extension. B) Eversion. C) Flexion. D) Hyperextension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 20. The sternum is the ..... A) Shoulder blade. B) Collarbone. C) Breastbone. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breastbone. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8Skeletal System Quiz 9Skeletal System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books