This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 716 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 716 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Our bones have to balance their rigidity & hardness with a flexibility component in order to ensure the bone is not too brittle. Which component is most responsible for this elasticity or flexibility? A) Calcium phosphate. B) Potassium. C) Sodium. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collagen. 2. Severe bone pain caused by abnormally shaped red blood cells that obstruct circulation is a symptom of what disease? A) Sickle cell disease. B) Leiomyoma. C) Myocardial infarction. D) Peripheral artery disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sickle cell disease. 3. Bones are alive and can heal. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. ..... and vitamin D are especially important A) Vitamin E. B) Calcium. C) Vitamin C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 5. Osteoblasts A) All of the above. B) Bone forming cells. C) Absorbs bone tissue during growth//healing. D) I dont know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone forming cells. 6. Body of a long bone A) Epiphysis. B) Long bone. C) Flat bone. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 7. Which bones prostec and support the intestines of the digestive system? A) Pelvis. B) Rib cage. C) Skull. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 8. Action that are controlled by the spinal cord A) Reflex action. B) Body action. C) Back acton. D) Head action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex action. 9. Projections of spongey bone are known as A) Osteons. B) Beams. C) Canaliculi. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 10. There are ..... in a baby's bone. A) 300. B) 206. C) 603. D) 530. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 11. This disorder is from a vitamin deficiency and causes soft and weak bones usually in children: A) Osteoarthritis. B) Gout. C) Rickets. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rickets. 12. What type of joints are at the top of your skull? A) Fibrous (immovable). B) Cartilaginous (slightly moveable). C) Synovial (freely moveable). D) Elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous (immovable). 13. The ..... is located at each end of the a long bone A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Semiphysis. D) Doctophysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis. 14. The 2 bones that make up the lower leg. A) Ulna and Radius. B) Fibula and Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibula and Tibia. 15. Allow bones to move in almost any direction A) Pivotal joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 16. Bones of the ankle are called A) Carpals. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tarsals. 17. Concentric layers of calcified extracellular matrix making up what you think of as "bone tissue" A) Canals. B) Lacunae. C) Central Canal. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamellae. 18. True or false:Your body has more red marrow when you're younger than when you're older. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which connective tissue is found in between joints for cushioning? A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 20. Which term means a degenerative disorder that can cause the loss of normal spinal structure and function? A) Spondylitis. B) Spondylolisthesis. C) Spondylosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spondylosis. ← 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