This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 349 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 349 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of bones are carpals and tarsals? A) Long bones. B) Short bones. C) Sesamoid bones. D) Flat bones. E) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short bones. 2. What is attached to the backbone, which forms the main axis of the skeleton? A) Brain. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 3. Broken bone in which the bone is twisted apart or spiraled apart. A) Spiral Fracture. B) Compression Fracture. C) Physeal Fracture. D) Avulsion Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiral Fracture. 4. How do muscles cause movement? A) Muscles attach to the bones and push the bones. B) Muscles attach to the bones and pull the bones. C) Muscles attach to the bones and so nothing. D) Muscles attach to muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles attach to the bones and pull the bones. 5. What are tendons? A) Holds muscle to muscle. B) Holds bone to bone. C) Holds muscle to bone. D) Holds bones to ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holds muscle to bone. 6. Which is the smallest bone in your body? A) Stapes. B) Malleus. C) Femur. D) Hyoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stapes. 7. Which one is the step where osteoclast digest/break down the bone? A) Activation. B) Resorption. C) Reversal. D) Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resorption. 8. The patella (knee cap) is what type of bone? A) Flat. B) Long. C) Sesamoid. D) Short. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid. 9. This is included in the appendicular skeleton A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Scapula. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 10. Which parts of joints allow the legs to bend and straighten? Choose the correct answers. A) Shoulders. B) Neck. C) Knees. D) Hips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hips. 11. A baby is born with about how many bones? A) 206. B) 250. C) 280. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 12. The function of an osteoblast is A) Formation of bone. B) Mature bone cell. C) Destroys bone. D) Formation of cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formation of bone. 13. Which of the following is an example of an involuntary muscle movement? A) Doing a Push up. B) Chewing gum. C) Waving to someone. D) Chyme traveling through the large intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chyme traveling through the large intestine. 14. Medial A) Towards trunk. B) Towards midline. C) Away from midline. D) Towards feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Towards midline. 15. What is the purpose of trabeculae in spongy bone? A) To store energy as fat. B) To provide support and scaffolding. C) To hold nerves and blood vessels. D) To help the bone resist stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help the bone resist stress. 16. Showing off their biceps A) Rotation. B) Extension. C) Flexion. D) Plantar flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 17. The deltoid has its insertion at the A) Scapula. B) Clavicle. C) Lateral humerus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lateral humerus. 18. The broad ends of a long bone are the A) Epiphyses. B) Diaphyses. C) Fibrous ends. D) Medullary cavities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphyses. 19. Creatures that do not have spine are called ..... A) Vertebrates. B) Invertebrates. C) Species. D) Strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invertebrates. 20. It is a high-impacted force on the bone that may cause it to break which may happen during an intense sport activity, a fall, or a vehicular accident. It may be simple or compound. A simple one happens when the tissues surrounding the bone are not damaged and the skin is not broken. In a compound one, the tissues surrounding the bone are damaged. A) Dislocation. B) Fracture. C) Rickets. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. ← 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