This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 709 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 709 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which bone is the strongest bone in the skeleton? A) Clavicle. B) Teeth. C) Femur. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeth. 2. In the lower legs there are two bones: A) Scapula and tibia. B) Biceps and fibula. C) Ulna and radius. D) Tibia and fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia and fibula. 3. What is the spongy bone? A) Layer of bone tissue having many small spaces and found just inside the layer of compact bone. B) A bone that absorbs nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Layer of bone tissue having many small spaces and found just inside the layer of compact bone. 4. Which of the following means "a strong band of tissue that holds bones together?" A) Patella. B) Ligament. C) System. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 5. How many types of different bones shapes are there? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 6. Which bone protects the brain and forms the head structure? A) Tibia. B) Skull. C) Clavicle. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 7. DJD A) Degenerative joint disease. B) Deficiency. C) Digits (fingers or toes). D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degenerative joint disease. 8. Because bones supply ..... to your nerves, muscles, and heart, a healthy skeletal system is important in maintain your body's homeostasis A) Vitamins. B) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 9. Your diet must have phosphorus, Vitamin D and ..... for strong bones. A) Vitamin C. B) Iron. C) Nitrogen. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 10. What type of bone contains red marrow? A) Compact bone. B) Yellow marrow. C) Spongy bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone. 11. True or False:Calcification is the deposition of calcium salts that harden. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Bones of the skeleton that are for movement are in the: A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 13. I am bones that are attached to and hang from the main part of a skeleton ..... What am I? A) Femur. B) Appendicular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular bones. 14. What type of bone is found embedded in muscle and tendon? A) Irregular. B) Sesamoid. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid. 15. True or false:No movement would occur without the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Bones are hard, white and mainly composed of a mineral compound called A) Cement. B) Oxygen. C) Sponge. D) Calcium phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium phosphate. 17. Involuntary muscle found in hollow organs that is responsible for moving substances around the body. A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 18. True or False:Bones are living organs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Paralysis A) -plegia. B) -trophy. C) Beam. D) Ton/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -plegia. 20. What is the medical term for the shaft of a long bone? A) Foramen. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphyses. D) Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. ← 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