This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 215 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 215 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the movement called when the joint moves away from the midline of the body? A) Adduction. B) Abduction. C) Lateral rotation. D) Medial rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abduction. 2. The small bones that make up the backbone ..... A) Sternum. B) Humerus. C) Vertebra. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebra. 3. Spinal cord, bone marrow A) Chondr/o. B) School. C) Spondyl/o. D) Myel/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myel/o. 4. Short bones are found A) Carpals and Tarsals. B) Arms. C) Knees. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals and Tarsals. 5. Whats protecting the brain A) Ossicle. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Skull. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 6. The 33 bones that make up the backbone are called ..... A) Bones. B) Carpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 7. A 16 year old football quarterback was getting ready to throw the ball to his team mate. Before he could throw the ball, he was hit straight onto his arm that was up and ready to throw the ball. He screamed in pain as his humeral head was displaced from the socket. X-rays revealed that he has (a) ..... A) Fracture. B) Dislocation. C) Scoliosis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislocation. 8. The clavicle is typically known as the ..... ? A) Funny Bone. B) Collarbone. C) Leg Bone. D) Ham Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collarbone. 9. Coccyg/o/e A) Coccyx (tailbone). B) Cartilage. C) Crooked, stiffening. D) Skull, head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx (tailbone). 10. What Skeleton is this A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Body Planes. D) Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 11. What best describes collagen? A) Growth plate in long bones. B) Connective tissue in bones. C) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal. D) Canal housing blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connective tissue in bones. 12. The parietal bones, which are cranial bones, are ..... A) Long Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Irregular Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat Bones. 13. Nerves that carries message from different parts of the body to the brain or spinal cord is ..... A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Mixed. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 14. Why do bones expand? A) Because we need more room for our organs, muscles, and etc, as we grow. B) Because were not healthy. C) Because we need more room for blood. D) Because our bones are sensitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because we need more room for our organs, muscles, and etc, as we grow. 15. A6. The ribs are part of the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. How many bones make up a human backbone? A) 26. B) 27. C) 28. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26. 17. Which of the following is a type of cell that releases calcium into the blood by cutting away bone? A) Osteoblast. B) Osteoclast. C) Keratinocyte. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast. 18. I made up of three bones and allows sound wave to pass from the eardrum to the inner ear, who am i? A) Inner ear. B) Middle ear. C) Eardrum. D) Ear canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle ear. 19. The ongoing replacement of old bone tissue by new bone tissue is called ..... A) Intramembranous ossification. B) Hyperchondroplasia. C) Appositional growth. D) Bone remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone remodeling. 20. What is the name of the connective tissue that cushions our joints? A) Epithelial. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. ← 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