This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 277 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 277 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The body is divided into how many divisions? A) 2. B) 4. C) 8. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 2. Moving a part around an axis. A) Dorsiflexion. B) Retraction. C) Protraction. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotation. 3. What are the two types if joints? A) Fixed/movable. B) Round/small. C) Small/large. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed/movable. 4. What happens when there is an increase in blood calcium? A) Osteoblasts deposit calcium in bones. B) Osteoclasts resorb bone to release calcium. C) Osteoclasts deposit calcium in bones. D) Osteoblasts resorb bone to release calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts deposit calcium in bones. 5. What is you mandible A) Your jaw. B) You mouth. C) Your teeth. D) You ribcage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your jaw. 6. True or False? Giraffes and Humans have the same number of bones in their necks? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. The finger bones are called what? A) Phalanges. B) Carpals. C) Metacarpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 8. Skeletal System works in co ordination with ..... A) Digestive system. B) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular system. 9. Longer than they are wide A) Long bones. B) Short bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bones. 10. This condition affects the lining of the joints causing swelling and can cause bone erosion and deformity. A) Osteoarthritis. B) Pagets Syndrome. C) Scoliosis. D) Rheumatoid Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 11. A1. The skull is shaped like a cage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Total number of bones of a normal adult. A) 206. B) 208. C) 320. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 13. What causes most broken bones? A) Too little blood flow to a bone. B) Too much stress placed on a bone. C) A muscle or tendon detaching from a bone. D) A lack of marrow inside a bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too much stress placed on a bone. 14. Which is an example of a fixed joint? A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Wrist. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 15. Disease that makes you get fractures easily. A) Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteosarcoma. D) Osteogenesis imperfecta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 16. The primary purpose of the muscular system is to A) Provide protection for internal organs. B) Provide movement for the body. C) Create lactic acid. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide movement for the body. 17. Craniotomy means what A) Transplant of the liver. B) Process of cutting into the skull. C) Brain inflammation. D) Cutting into the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Process of cutting into the skull. 18. When you EXTENDS your arm, your TRICEPS are the extensors. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What does an Orthopedic Surgeon do? A) Is a nurse in the Operating Room. B) Operates on the heart. C) Operates on bones. D) Operates on the kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operates on bones. 20. The end of long bones is called A) Diaphysis. B) Growth Plate. C) Epiphysis. D) Medullary Cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. ← 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