This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 289 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 289 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the musculoskeletal system help control homeostasis of the body? A) By regulating blood flow. B) By supporting and protecting internal ogans. C) By removing minerals and waste. D) By controlling nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By supporting and protecting internal ogans. 2. Another name for your backbone. A) Spine. B) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spine. 3. What is the body system that is responsible for support, protection, and movement, storing minerals, and making blood cells? A) Skeletal system. B) Nervous system. C) Circulatory system. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 4. Skin color is due to a pigment called A) Keratin. B) Melanin. C) Chromatin. D) Epithelium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melanin. 5. Your food can spend up to this long in your small intestine? A) 4 minutes. B) 4 months. C) 4 seconds. D) 4 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 hours. 6. Suffix that means softening. A) -ation. B) -per cent. C) -Malacia. D) -osis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -Malacia. 7. Which of the following is the simplest level of organization? Cuál de los siguientes es el nivel de organización más simple? A) Chiss got it. B) Cell cell. C) Organism. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell cell. 8. Which of the following bones is part of the appendicular skeleton? A) Femur. B) Skull. C) Vertebrae. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 9. Combining form that means flesh or connective tissue. A) So that. B) Search. C) Spondyl/o. D) Arthr/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Search. 10. The ankle joint is composed of how many bones? A) Three. B) Four. C) Six. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 11. The three types of muscles your body has are skeletal, smooth, and what other type A) Rigid. B) Pumped. C) Swollen. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardiac. 12. ..... is a major site of blood cell and platelet formation A) Skeletal system. B) Endochondral ossification. C) Osteoid. D) Epiphysis. E) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Red marrow. 13. Part of the bone that manufactures blood cells. A) Joints. B) Spongy bones. C) Compact bones. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 14. Which of the following is an example of a slightly movable joint? A) Shoulder. B) Elbow. C) Vertebrae. D) Thumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 15. The hyoid bone is unique because: A) It is the only bone of the body that does not directly articulate with any other bone. B) It has an unusual shape. C) It is covered with mucosa. D) It has no specific function. E) It largely consists of cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the only bone of the body that does not directly articulate with any other bone. 16. Symphyses contain ..... A) Hyaline cartilage. B) Fibrocartilage. C) Elastic cartilage. D) Dense CT. E) Loose CT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibrocartilage. 17. The zygomatic bones, which are bones of the face, are classified as ..... A) Long Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Irregular Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular Bones. 18. The long bones of the skeleton are hollow and are filled with a soft, fatty substance called ..... A) Fluid. B) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 19. Bones, ligaments, and cartilage form the ..... A) Digestive. B) Muscular. C) Skeletal. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 20. Approximately 90% of cases of osteomyelitis are caused by ..... A) Staphylococcus aureus. B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. C) Escherichia Coli. D) Streptococcus acidominimus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staphylococcus aureus. ← 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