This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 665 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 665 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The shaft of the bone is known as the diaphysis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. I am located near the base of the spine where the hind limbs/legs are attached. I am a bone that is separated in children and fused together in adults. A) Cranium. B) Pelvis. C) Carpals. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 3. "Baby" cells that can build calcified bone matrix. A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Canals. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 4. What is the green structure? A) Greater trochanter. B) Gluteal tuberosity. C) Giant tubercle. D) Great tubuerosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greater trochanter. 5. The femur and humerus are examples of this A) Short Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Irregular Bone. E) Sesamoid Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long Bone. 6. The shoulder bones are called ..... A) Humerus. B) Metacarpals. C) Shoulders. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulders. 7. Epiphyseal (growth) Plate A) Length wise growth. B) Horizonal wise growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Length wise growth. 8. Which type of joint is found in our hips and shoulders A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 9. What is the appendicular skeleton comprised of? A) The bones of the limbs. B) The bones of the skull, spine, ribs and sternum. C) Bone that forms part of an organ such as the middle ear ossicles. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bones of the limbs. 10. Which bone forms the upper jaw? A) Mandible. B) Maxilla. C) Zygomatic bone. D) Vomit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxilla. 11. Which disorder is defined as an inflammation of the joints? A) Gout. B) Polio. C) Meningitis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 12. When the body is in the anatomical position, the thumb is ..... and ..... to the fingers. A) Proximal, lateral. B) Distal, lateral. C) Distal, medial. D) Proximal, medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proximal, lateral. 13. Muscles move bones by A) Pushing. B) Pulling. C) Both pushing and pulling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulling. 14. Your Radius, Ulna, Femure, Tibia, Fibula and Humerus are all what type of bone? A) Short. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 15. Which muscle type is found in the internal, hollow organs of our body? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) Straight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 16. Cells that break down the bony matrix. A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Canals. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 17. How does the integumentary system lower your body temperature? A) Sweat evaporation. B) Muscle contraction. C) Hairs standing up. D) Oil production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweat evaporation. 18. When muscles get weak because of microgravity or aging it is called ..... A) Exercise. B) Muscle atrophy. C) Sprains. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle atrophy. 19. Joints are hard. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The two types of joints in the body are the immovable joints and the movable joints. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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