This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 163 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 163 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hey Liam, Abigail, and Maya, can you guess which one is one of the five distinct features of our amazing skeletal system? A) Did you know our body has 206 bones?. B) Calcium is super important for bone health, right? Calcium is an important. C) Our bones make up about 30% of our body weight, isn't that cool?. D) Our skeletal system provides moisture to our body, true or false?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you know our body has 206 bones?. 2. Main job of cartilage is to A) Make blood. B) Provide protection to bones. C) Make bone marrow. D) Hold fingers together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide protection to bones. 3. What is the name of the head of a long bone? A) Diaphysis. B) Endosteum. C) Proximal epiphysis. D) Distal epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proximal epiphysis. 4. What is the name of the upper arm bone? A) Humerus. B) Clavicle. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 5. What attaches muscles to bones? A) Tendons. B) Cardiac. C) Cartilage. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 6. A 2-D image shows sites where radioactive material has been absorbed, detecting the repair of cells or tissue A) Xray. B) Bone density test. C) Mri. D) Bone scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone scan. 7. The skeleton that forms the main trunk of the body, including the skull, vertebrae, and ribs. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 8. The main organs of the skeletal system A) Joints and tendons. B) Blood and joints. C) Bones and heart. D) Bones and joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones and joints. 9. Osteo means? A) Bone. B) Bone tissue. C) Skin. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone. 10. Bone ends connected by cartilage. A) Cartilaginous joints. B) Ball and socket. C) Synovial. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous joints. 11. The medullary cavity of an 8-year old boy's femur would likely be filled with A) Periosteum. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Compact bone tissue. D) Red bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red bone marrow. 12. What are the two main minerals the body stores? A) Calcium and Phosphorus. B) Phosphorus and Helium. C) Calcium and Carbon. D) Iron and Argon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and Phosphorus. 13. You can control your Involuntary muscles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Ellipsoidal joints are found in ..... A) The wrists and ankles. B) The neck and shoulders. C) The jaw and nasal cavity. D) The hip and tail bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wrists and ankles. 15. How many bones are in the axial skeleton? A) 206. B) 80. C) 126. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80. 16. The ..... are cells that initiate the reabsorption of bone. A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoscopes. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 17. By how many small bones our back bone is made? A) 33. B) 32. C) 31. D) 34. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 18. In anatomical position the ulna is on the ..... side of the arm? A) Medial. B) Lateral. C) Proximal. D) Distal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medial. 19. Name the joint that makes up the elbow, knees and fingers A) Hinge joint. B) Gliding joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 20. Know as the shinbone A) Metacarpals. B) Phalanges. C) Tibia. D) Frontal bone. E) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. ← 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