This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 683 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 683 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Common bone disease among old people which is resulted from the gradual erosion of the protective layer of cartilage between the bones at the joints which can cause pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints A) Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rickets. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 2. What are two things in your body that tendons connect? A) Joints to Ligaments. B) Muscle to bones. C) Liver to Pancreas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle to bones. 3. Bones are..... A) Organ systems. B) Organs. C) Tissues. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organs. 4. The job of bone marrow is to make red blood cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What do you call an external skeleton? A) Endoskeleton. B) Appendicular. C) Axial. D) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exoskeleton. 6. The skull, mandible, ribs, sternum, sacrum, and the vertebral column make up the ..... A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Radial skeleton. D) Anterior skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 7. Sudden, hard hit A) Stress Fracture. B) Impact Fracture. C) Disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impact Fracture. 8. The smaller bones that make up the backbone are also known as A) Marrow. B) Vertebrae. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 9. The scientific name for your toes are called? A) Upper phalanges. B) Lower phalanges. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower phalanges. 10. The function of the muscular system is to restrict the body from moving. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. What is the name for the knee bone? A) Femur. B) Send. C) Patella. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 12. Bones are very flexible A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Catherine injured her ankle while ice skating. Her x-ray shows no signs of bone abnormality but her doctor feels she has damage ligaments. Catherine's diagnosis is a: A) Strain. B) Contusion. C) Dislocation. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprain. 14. Brain, spinal cord, and nerves make up which system? A) Skeletal. B) Outgrowths. C) Nervous. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous. 15. What is the type of cell that breaks down old or cracked bone? A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 16. Which is an example of muscles moving a bone? A) Amy's eyes move quickly to see a cat cross the yard. B) Andrea's stomach squeezes to break up food. C) Alex's heart pumps blood through his body. D) Armand's jaw moves to chew a carrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Armand's jaw moves to chew a carrot. 17. True or False:By the time your a teenager most of your cartilage has been replaced by bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The paranasal sinuses are..... A) Air-filled spaces found within the frontal, maxilla, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones only. B) Air-filled spaces found within all bones of the skull. C) Not connected to the nasal cavity. D) Divided at the midline by the nasal septum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air-filled spaces found within the frontal, maxilla, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones only. 19. Chest and shoulder muscles that move the arm at the shoulder joint have insertions on the: A) Humerus. B) Scapula. C) Clavicle and ribs. D) Radius or ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 20. Function of Osteoclast A) As bone-forming cells. B) A mature bone cells. C) As bone-destroying cells. D) A primary bone cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As bone-destroying cells. ← 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