This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 241 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 241 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. .... is the organ that controls everything you do even when you are asleep. A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Heart. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 2. A bone, like the femur or humerus, is classified as a(n): A) Ossified bone. B) Intramembranous bone. C) Compact bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long bone. 3. Production of blood cells A) Hematopoiesis. B) Cartilage. C) Ligament. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematopoiesis. 4. The human feet have a total of ..... bones. A) 50. B) 52. C) 56. D) 54. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 52. 5. Inflammation of the intervertebral disk. A) You learn. B) Arthroscopy. C) Assembly. D) Muscular dystrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You learn. 6. What is the function of Ligament A) Attach muscle to bone. B) Attache bone to bone. C) Attache nerve to bone. D) Not related to bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attache bone to bone. 7. Functions as fat storage area. It is chiefly composed of fat cells and is located in the medullary cavity. A) Yellow bone marrow. B) Red bone marrow. C) Green bone marrow. D) Brown bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow bone marrow. 8. Which bone is shown in the above image? A) The bone of a leg. B) The bone of a arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bone of a leg. 9. Rib A) Cost/o. B) Chondr/o. C) Arthr/o. D) Chondr/i. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost/o. 10. What is an immovable joint? A) Skull. B) Finger. C) Elbow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 11. When muscles relax and return to there original shape what characteristic of muscle is being demonstrated? A) Elasticity. B) Irritability. C) Extensibility. D) Contractibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elasticity. 12. How many bones make up the lumbar spine? A) 5. B) 12. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 13. Which one of these IS a function of the skeletal system A) Vitamin D production. B) Fat storage. C) Movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 14. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "The bones of the skeletal system serve as points of attachment for muscles, which then pull on the bones to produce the body's movement." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 15. The largest bone in your body located at your thigh A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Ulna. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 16. -tomy A) Anatomical structure. B) Painful condition. C) Process of cutting; incision. D) Swelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process of cutting; incision. 17. An example of an irregular bone within the human skeleton is: A) Scapula. B) Humerous. C) Carpals. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebra. 18. What does the appendicular skeleton consist of? A) Bones of the ribs, neck bone, and skull. B) Bones of the arms and legs. C) Bones of the legs, hips, and skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones of the arms and legs. 19. Where does the bone get its nutrients? A) Yellow marrow. B) Arteries. C) Red marrow. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arteries. 20. What is a bursae? A) Large sacs of fluid located in joints. B) Small fluid filled sacs located in and around joints. C) Tough fibrous tissue in joints. D) Inelastic bands of supportive tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small fluid filled sacs located in and around joints. ← 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