This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 194 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 194 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Doctors call your skull the A) Brain. B) Cranium. C) Face. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 2. Where can you find the gliding joint? A) Wrist and ankle. B) Neck. C) Elbow and knee. D) Hip and shoulders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrist and ankle. 3. The suffix clast means A) To build, genesis. B) Cartilage. C) Through. D) To break down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To break down. 4. The MAIN function of short bones is to ..... A) Protect vital organs. B) Absorb shock. C) Act as a lever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorb shock. 5. Simple Greenstick A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 6. What is the tailbone's scientific name? A) Sacred. B) Sternum. C) Coccyx. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coccyx. 7. Why is it important to eat foods with a lot of calcium? A) Calcium strengthens your bones. B) Calcium helps you sleep. C) Calcium makes you smarter. D) Calcium supports heart health. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium strengthens your bones. 8. These occur over time and make up half the sport injuries that occur in teens. A) Fractures. B) Dislocations. C) Sprains. D) Overuse injuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overuse injuries. 9. Spongy Tissue in the bone is Rigid A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Your neck is an example of a ..... joint. A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 11. Joints that provide free movements to all directions are called ..... A) Pivot joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Saddle joints. D) Ball and socket joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and socket joints. 12. What is the name of a vitamin that helps build strong and healthy bones? A) Blood. B) Lemon Juice. C) Vitamin Pasky. D) Vitamin D (calcium). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vitamin D (calcium). 13. Protects vital organs A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton. 14. ..... is the longest bone in the human body. A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Skull. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 15. How many bones make up a skeleton? A) 206. B) 280. C) 106. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 16. What type of joint are your shoulders and hips? A) Ball and socket joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Gliding joints. D) Pivot joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joints. 17. The noise that bones can make when they rub against each other or on cartilage. A) Exostosis. B) Callus. C) Crepitation. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crepitation. 18. What is pinna? A) The part of the year that we see and can touch. B) Nerves cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The part of the year that we see and can touch. 19. How many types of muscle tissue are there? A) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 20. This tunnel allows the osteocytes to 'talk' to each other within an osteon A) Lamellae. B) Canals. C) Central canal. D) Murcielago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canals. ← 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