This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 183 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 183 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are functions of the skeleton? A) Protection. B) Blood cell production. C) Movement. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. Forms part of the elbow joint in the upper limb. A) Ulna. B) Radius. C) Cartilage. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna. 3. Which of the following tissues is made up of cells that conduct impulses? A) Epithelial. B) Connective. C) Muscle. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 4. Blood vessels and osteoblasts invade the cartilage tissue and develop the primary ossification center. A) Step 2 of Endochondral Ossification. B) Step 5 of Endochondral Ossification. C) Step 3 of Endochondral Ossification. D) Step 4 of Endochondral Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Step 3 of Endochondral Ossification. 5. Attaches the muscle to the bone A) Ligament. B) Aponeurosis. C) Epimysium. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendon. 6. If the bones provide structure, and the muscles provide movement, what do the joints provide? A) Strength. B) Flexibility. C) Shape. D) Color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexibility. 7. What is the combining form for bone marrow? A) Cost/o. B) Vertebr/o. C) Thorac/o. D) Myel/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myel/o. 8. What disease of the joints that affect mostly elderly people? A) Scoliosis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rickets. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 9. The joint which allows movement in all the directions is called ..... A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Pivotal joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 10. Fingers A) Metacarpals. B) Phalanges. C) Tibia. D) Frontal bone. E) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpals. 11. What do we call the smaller bones that make up the spinal column? A) Spine. B) Backbone. C) Joints. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 12. What are the five bones forming the palm of the hand called? A) Metacarpals. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Clavicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpals. 13. Porous, containing less calcium, more gluten are the characteristics of ..... bones. A) Spongy. B) Compact. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy. 14. The tough layer of connective tissue that covers the surface of bones A) Periosteum. B) Anterior. C) Haversium. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 15. Firm, flexible, and smooth connective tissue found at the ends of bones A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Bone. D) Muscle. E) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 16. What is the function of the acetabulums? A) To produce blood. B) To attach the leg bones. C) To protect the spinal cord. D) To form the shoulder girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To attach the leg bones. 17. Which is the most lateral in the anatomical position? A) Sternum. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 18. Spongy bone is found in the epiphyses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The scientific name for "wrist bone" is A) Carpal. B) Patella. C) Femur. D) Phalanx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpal. 20. What does the human hand have that a paw does not that allows it to pick up objects easily? A) Hinge joint. B) Opposable thumb. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Articulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposable thumb. ← 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