This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 276 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 276 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is another name for your shoulder blade? A) Sacred. B) Sternum. C) Scapula. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 2. Injury to the epiphyseal disc of a long bone A) makes the bone more susceptible to greenstick fractures. B) impairs longitudinal bone growth. C) impairs the production of blood cells. D) impairs the bone response to parathyroid hormone (PTH). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) impairs longitudinal bone growth. 3. Distal end moves while proximal end remains still A) Rotation. B) Circumduction. C) Flexion. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circumduction. 4. A femur is considered a ..... A) Flat bone. B) Long bone. C) Irregular bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long bone. 5. True/False:Bones have living cells in them. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. This law states that bones will adapt to the loads under which they are placed. A) Wolff's law. B) Jason's law. C) Hilton's law. D) Pfluger's law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wolff's law. 7. What type of bone makes up the diaphysis? A) Spongy bone. B) Rigid bone. C) Compact bone. D) Soft bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 8. Cardiac muscle..... A) Moves blood. B) Moves food. C) Moves bones. D) Moves mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moves blood. 9. Which of the following is the 'ring of bones'? A) Ulna. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Humerus. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvic girdle. 10. These are bone-building cells A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 11. This type of bone tissue is arranged in trabeculae and has a porous appearance. A) Compact. B) Spongy. C) Long bone. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 12. The longest bone in the body is the ..... A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 13. What percentage of body weight is bone? A) 5%. B) 15%. C) 25%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15%. 14. An osteon has blood supply. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The human ..... is a framework of the body. A) Digestive system. B) Respiratory system. C) Skeletal system. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 16. The knee and elbow are examples of which type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoid/Condyloid. D) Pivot. E) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 17. Evelyn, Sophia, and Samuel are having a debate about the human body. They are stuck on one question:What is the difference between true ribs and false ribs? Can you help them out? A) Size. B) Placement. C) Weight. D) Attachment to sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attachment to sternum. 18. Small nearly flat surface on a vertebrae that articulates with another bone A) Condyle. B) Tuberosity. C) Facet. D) Foramen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facet. 19. The vertebra is what type of bone? A) Long Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Irregular Bone. E) Sesamoid Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular Bone. 20. Which of the following terms does not match the meaning? A) Sternum-pertaining to the sternum. B) Patellar-pertaining to the patella. C) Periosteum-pertaining to around the bone. D) Styloid-pertaining to the styloid process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Styloid-pertaining to the styloid process. ← 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