This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 156 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 156 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The epiphyseal plate never closes or fuses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. In humans, red bone marrow provides A) Structural support for the body. B) A source of new blood cells. C) An attachment site for muscle tissue. D) A site to trap bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A source of new blood cells. 3. What is the purpose of bone remodeling? A) To produce new bone. B) To release minerals into the blood. C) To remove damaged bone. D) To maintain bone structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To produce new bone. 4. What is the definition of compact bone? A) Dense osseous tissue that can withstand compressive forces. B) A tubular shaft that runs between the proximal and distal ends of a long bone. C) A layer of spongy bone sandwiched between two layers of compact bone found in flat bones. D) A process in which bone forms by replacing hyaline cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dense osseous tissue that can withstand compressive forces. 5. In long bones, bone tissue begins to replace hyaline cartilage in the center of the diaphysis or the ..... A) Secondary ossification center. B) Primary ossification center. C) Medullary ossification center. D) Transverse ossification center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary ossification center. 6. Your shoulder joint is an example of a ball and socket A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Are the following 5 parts of the axial or appendicular skeleton?Skull, hyoid, vertebral column, thoracic cage, middle ear bones A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 8. Specialized bone cells that that build new bone are ..... A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Ossiferous cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 9. With prolonged lack of use, muscles will ....., which is progressive wasting away of muscle tissue. A) Contracture. B) Atrophy. C) Seize. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrophy. 10. Skull sutures are an example of what kind of joint? A) Amphiarthrotic. B) Diarthrotic. C) Synarthrotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synarthrotic. 11. This classification of rib has a direct connection between the rib and the sternum via cartilage A) True Ribs. B) False ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) Baby Back Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True Ribs. 12. ..... = excessive bone loss A) Sprain. B) Tendinitis. C) Arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 13. Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation all occur at a ball and socket joint? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which stores fat? A) Yellow marrow. B) Red marrow. C) Beams. D) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow marrow. 15. Which is the Circulatory System? A) . B) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 16. Which of the following is considered as the center of the skeletal system? A) Rib cage. B) Vertebral column. C) Sternum. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral column. 17. Which is your shoulderblade? A) Scapula. B) Sternum. C) Patella. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 18. ..... muscles make up organs such as your stomach, your diaphragm and your esophagus. A) Cardiac. B) Strong. C) Smooth. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 19. Short A) Provides support and stability. B) Your mom. C) Embedded in tendons. D) Complex formation with variances in shape and structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provides support and stability. 20. 45% of cells are A) RBC. B) WBC. C) Platelets. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RBC. ← 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