This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 324 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 324 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Function of the ..... skeleton is movement. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 2. Enables swiveling motion A) Immovable joint. B) Slightly movable joint. C) Pivot joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint. 3. Joints that allow for free movement are classified as A) Assembly. B) Diarthrosis. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarthrosis. 4. What happens when one muscle in a pair contracts? A) The other muscle also contracts. B) The other muscle relaxes. C) The other muscle does not move. D) The other muscle first contracts then relaxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The other muscle relaxes. 5. The bone marrow is where ..... and ..... are made. A) Muscle and tissue. B) Fat and lipids. C) Red and white blood cells. D) Skin and hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red and white blood cells. 6. The horse has about ..... bones. A) 200. B) 202. C) 205. D) 210. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 205. 7. What type of movement do your hinge joints make? A) One-way movement. B) Circular, all around. C) Gliding and twisting. D) No movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One-way movement. 8. In the second step of bone formation is ..... A) Hyaline cartilage is covered with bone matrix. B) Bine building cells are destroyed. C) Hyaline cartilage is digested away leaving a cavity in the new bone. D) Blood vessels invade the bone cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage is digested away leaving a cavity in the new bone. 9. Police found a skeleton in the woods of Powhatan. Its sagittal suture is completely fused and the pelvis is narrow. What can the forensic scientists determine from this information? A) It was woman older than 35. B) It was a woman younger than 35. C) It was a man older than 35. D) It was a man younger than 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was woman older than 35. 10. What an osteoblast main function? A) Responsible for bone formation. B) Mature bone cells. C) Dissolve the bones tissue. D) Protect organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responsible for bone formation. 11. The wrist is an example of which synovial joint? A) Saddle. B) Condyloid. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condyloid. 12. Which is an example of a short bone? A) Humerus. B) Vertebrae. C) Carpal. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpal. 13. Four or five small terminal vertebrae are also fused together to form the ..... A) Coccyx. B) Sacred. C) Atlas. D) Axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx. 14. The bone of the upper arm is called? A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 15. Inflammation of the synovial membrane of a tendon. A) Tenosynovitis. B) Pronation. C) Lordosis. D) Articulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tenosynovitis. 16. The bones are connected to A) Joints. B) Ligaments. C) Rib cage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 17. What vital organs do the skeleton protect? A) Brain, Heart, Lungs. B) Brain, Kidneys, Liver. C) Heart, Stomach, Brain. D) Lungs, Heart, Skeletal Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, Heart, Lungs. 18. Which system moves your body? A) Endocrine. B) Outgrowths. C) Muscular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 19. What is the job of the mandible? A) Help chew food and move jaw. B) Help with your eyesight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help chew food and move jaw. 20. Provides limited movement in two directions A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Gliding joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gliding joint. ← 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