This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 252 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 252 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of the bones in the spine? A) The function of the bones in the spine is to regulate body temperature. B) The function of the bones in the spine is to provide support, protect the spinal cord, and allow for movement and flexibility. C) The function of the bones in the spine is to produce red blood cells. D) The function of the bones in the spine is to store calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The function of the bones in the spine is to provide support, protect the spinal cord, and allow for movement and flexibility. 2. Your skeletal system helps store minerals, including calcium A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Bones that are approximately equal in length, width, and thickness. (Ex. carpals) A) Long. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Irregular. E) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short. 4. Your shoulder and hip are examples of what type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball-and-socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket. 5. Each movable joint has ..... sets of muscles A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 6. What type of joint allows the most movement to occur and is at the highest risk for injury? A) Gliding. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoidal. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket. 7. Osteoblasts perform what function? A) Maintain mature bone. B) Synthesis and Secret Muscles. C) Synthesis and Secrete Bone. D) Break down bone and deposit into blood stream for other bodily function. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesis and Secrete Bone. 8. Tennis elbow is an example of ..... A) Tendonitis. B) Arthritis. C) Myelitis. D) Olecranonitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendonitis. 9. Bone tissue that ..... any visible open space it's called compact bone. A) Does have. B) Doesn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't have. 10. Bone tissue is called A) Osseous tissue. B) Osteocytes. C) Lacunae. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osseous tissue. 11. What is the scientific name for the bones that run down the middle of your back? A) Spine. B) Vertebral Column. C) Ribs. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral Column. 12. What type of skeletons do humans have? A) Joint skeletons. B) Circulatory skeletons. C) Endoskeleton. D) Exoskeletons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endoskeleton. 13. The picture shows superior view of thoracic vertebrae. What is amain function of structure labelled "D" A) Site attachment of ribs. B) Provide support for body posture. C) Provide passage of spinal cord andmeninges. D) Site attachment for muscles and ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide passage of spinal cord andmeninges. 14. Joints ..... A) Are only in the legs. B) Tighten and stretch to help us move. C) Connect two bones together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connect two bones together. 15. Match the Structures of a Typical Bone:B A) Central Canal. B) Lamellae. C) Artery/Vein. D) Endosteum. E) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Canal. 16. What is connective tissue? A) An organ that helps with digestion. B) Tissues that hold things together. C) Tissues that you use to blow your nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissues that hold things together. 17. Suture joints in the skull is known as what type of joint? A) Ball-and-socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assembly. 18. What bone protects your spin A) Backbone. B) Vertebrae. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backbone. 19. Pentadactyl limbs are an evolutionary adaptation for tetrapod vertebrates, how many digits do these limbs have? A) 10. B) 3. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 20. Castrated male horse A) Mare. B) Stallion. C) Gelding. D) Colt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gelding. ← 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