This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 669 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 669 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Platelets that are involved in clotting are example of A) Positive feedback. B) Negative feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive feedback. 2. Two bones are joined at ..... A) Ligaments. B) Tendon. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 3. A cross country runner has a shin splint on her right shin only. This describes: A) Unilateral. B) Ipsilateral. C) Bilateral. D) Contralateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unilateral. 4. The ..... are the bones of the fingers and toes. A) Ribs. B) Phalanges. C) Talus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 5. Role played by a skeletal muscle acting to slow or stop a movement A) Agonist. B) Antagonist. C) Contractility. D) Extensibility. E) Irritability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 6. Cavity in the bone shaft that contains yellow marrow A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Articular Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary Cavity. 7. The ..... is a bony structure and protects our brain. A) Skull. B) All of these. C) Cartilage. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 8. One of the bones that makes up the backbone. A) Skull. B) Sternum. C) Vertebra. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebra. 9. During a rigorous basketball training session, Benjamin noticed that Noah was experiencing tiny, painful cracks in a bone. What type of fractures could these be a result of overuse? A) Greenstick. B) Comminuted. C) Stress. D) Oblique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stress. 10. The scientific name for "shoulder blade" is A) Carpal. B) Scapula. C) Humerus. D) Tarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 11. The skin contains ..... that provide information about external conditions. A) Nerve Receptors. B) Hair. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve Receptors. 12. Pectoral girdles, arms, hands and wrists, pelvis, legs and feet all make up the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 13. Which joint helps bones move in all directions? A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket Joint. 14. Surgical correction of a broken bone A) Greenstick fracture. B) Open reduction. C) Closed reduction. D) Traction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open reduction. 15. What is the term used to describe the reduction in the size of an organ? A) Atrophy. B) Hypertrophy. C) Hyperplasia. D) Metaplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrophy. 16. The soft inner center of bone, contains blood vessels & fat cells is called ..... A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marrow. 17. Forearm bone that lies on the little finger side. A) Ulna. B) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna. 18. Skeletal system constitute barely ..... % of the human body mass. A) 13. B) 12. C) 14. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 19. Which soft tissue protects the eneds of the bones to they don't rub against each other? A) Muscles. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 20. Which of the following is a bone-forming cell? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. ← 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