This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 266 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 266 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Muscle always work ..... A) In pairs. B) Alone. C) In groups of three. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In pairs. 2. Not attached to the sternum, attach to the vertebrae A) True Ribs. B) False ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating Ribs. 3. An adults skeleton weighs about ..... A) 10 ponds. B) 20 pounds. C) 30 pounds. D) 40 pounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20 pounds. 4. What is #1? A) Scapula. B) Clavicle. C) Humerus. D) Calcaneus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 5. How many bones are there? (yellow parts) A) 11. B) 22. C) 34. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 6. Fibrous bands that connects two bones together in a joint are called ..... A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Strings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 7. Located inside the spongy bone, where the red ad white blood cells are produced. A) Periosteum. B) Compct bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 8. Long bones form via ..... ossification, while flat bones form via ..... ossification. A) Endochondral, intramembranous. B) Intramembranous, endochondral. C) Chondrocytal, osteocytal. D) Osteocytal, chondrocytal. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endochondral, intramembranous. 9. As you grow, bones make more bone tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. The jaw is an example of which joint? A) Ball and socket. B) Saddle. C) Hinge. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condyloid. 11. Which type of vertebrae can impact mating? A) Thoracic. B) Lumbar. C) Sacral. D) Coccygeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coccygeal. 12. Which tissue type lines or covers our organs? A) Connective. B) Muscle. C) Epithelial. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epithelial. 13. The function of the skeleton is to A) Protect the organs. B) Support your weight. C) Help us move. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 14. How many bones does a baby have before they merge into adult bones? A) 206. B) 300. C) 306. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 15. What is the function of tendons? A) To attatch ligaments. B) To anchor muscles to the ligaments. C) To anchor the muscles to bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To anchor the muscles to bone. 16. What is inside the long hollow tube which is formed with vertebrae? A) Blood. B) Marrow. C) Muscles. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerves. 17. The shaft of the bone is the ..... A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary cavity. D) Matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis. 18. This connects bone to joints A) Tendons. B) Fatty Tissue. C) Ligaments. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 19. Which term means an opening in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass? A) Articulation. B) Foramen. C) Symphysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foramen. 20. The function of Osteoclasts is A) To breakdown calcified matrix of bone. B) Secrete acids that dissolve the inorganic component of calcified matrix. C) Phagocytize components of the bony matrix. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. ← 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