This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 178 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 178 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root word tars/o means what? A) Chest. B) Toes. C) Ankle. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankle. 2. There are how many bones in our body A) 307. B) 509. C) 206. D) 107. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 3. Define Skeletal System A) The organs that make up the skeleton. B) The system that is made up of all the bones in your body. C) The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones. D) Spongy material inside bones THAT PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The system that is made up of all the bones in your body. 4. When skeletal muscle works in pairs at a joint, when one muscle contracts, the other ..... A) Get shorter. B) Stays the same length. C) Relaxes. D) Stabilizes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relaxes. 5. Which one is not a function of skin. A) Helps regulate body temperature. B) Eliminate wastes. C) Gather information about the environment. D) Produce Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce Vitamin C. 6. All bones in the skull are fixed except the lower jaw A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. The bones cells responsible for building bone tissue are called ..... A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Oreocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 8. ..... and ..... work together to perform movement of the body. A) Tendons and ligaments. B) Organisms and tissue. C) Tissues and organs. D) Bones and muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones and muscles. 9. Which type of bone cell has the name that literally means "bone cell" A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteogenic Cell. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocyte. 10. What is the smallest bone in your body? A) Ear. B) Pinky finger. C) Pinky toe. D) Knuckle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 11. ..... contain synovial fluid and cushion against the rubbing of ligaments and tendons against bone. A) Joint capsule. B) Purses. C) Menisci. D) Synovial membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purses. 12. There are 15 phalanges (finger bones in a human hand. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. What does a newborn have that most adults do not have? A) Foramina. B) Sutures. C) Sinuses. D) Fontanels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fontanels. 14. The upper arm has ..... A) 1 bone. B) 2 bones. C) 3 bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 bone. 15. The wrist and ankle are ..... A) Pivot joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot joints. 16. Vertebrae would be an example of what type? A) Flat. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 17. Red bone marrow produces the body's ..... A) Blood cells. B) Fat cells. C) Muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood cells. 18. Where are the smallest bones located? A) Ear. B) Eye. C) Leg. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 19. Our Skeletal System is only about bones? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 20. Diet, exercise and medications that slow the loss of mineral loss in bones is the treatment plan for ..... A) Muscular dystrophy. B) Fracture. C) Atrophy. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. ← 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