This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 334 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 334 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What bones protect your heart and lungs? A) Pelvis and spine. B) Brain and spine. C) Ribs and sternum. D) Ribs and pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs and sternum. 2. Radius is located where? A) Upper arm. B) Lower arm. C) Upper leg. D) Lower leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower arm. 3. Which type of joint provides the largest range of motion? A) Pivot. B) Ball-and-socket. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball-and-socket. 4. The joint that enables us move our neck: A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint. 5. What is the function of shivering? A) To help maintain body temperature. B) To help your posture. C) To circulate blood. D) To provide support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help maintain body temperature. 6. Which bone cells direct the start of bone resorption? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteogenic cells. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes. 7. An injury where the bone is broken A) Fracture. B) Arthritus. C) Osteoporosis. D) Leukemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fracture. 8. Abigail, Aiden, and Aria are having a debate about the temporal and parietal bones. Can you help them understand how these bones are different from the other skull bones? A) They make up the orbit of the eyes. B) They are unpaired bones. C) They are paired bones. D) They are located at the base on the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are paired bones. 9. The flexible rubbery tissue that helps cushion bones where they meet is A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Knee pads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 10. Spondyl/o means: A) Vertebrae. B) Bone. C) Crooked. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 11. We use levers to make work easier.? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The upper long bone of the arm is called: A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 13. Which of the bones do not come under the axial skeleton? A) Vertebral column. B) Skull bones. C) Ribs & sternum. D) Pectoral girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pectoral girdle. 14. Describe the difference between osteoporosis and arthritis. A) O:Inflamed bursa of the kneeA:Severe blow or twisting of the knee. B) O:Loss of bone massA:Inflammation in one or more joints. C) O:Crunched Toes due to tight fitting shoesA:When a bone is out of socket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O:Loss of bone massA:Inflammation in one or more joints. 15. I am any of the bones located between the ankle and the toes. A) Phalanges. B) Patella. C) Cranium. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metatarsals. 16. True or False:Bone is a type of connective tissue. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. Deep pressure receptors A) Meissner's Corpuscles. B) Cutaneous Membrane. C) Pacinian Corpuscles. D) Parietal Layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacinian Corpuscles. 18. This cushions the joint and keeps the bones from rubbing against one another. A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 19. Substance in the center of bones that makes blood cells A) Tendons. B) Muscle. C) Periosteum. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 20. Which system controls the working of the internal organs, our movements and even our thoughts and emotions? A) Organ system. B) Nervous system. C) Muscular system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. ← 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