In one aspect, a bone plate system that includes a bone plate having a plurality of elongated through openings. The bone plate system includes a plurality of bone screws and a plurality of sliders in the elongated through openings of the bone plate that receive the bone screws. The bone plate system includes at least one resilient member for being configured to apply a biasing force to each of the sliders to urge the slider toward one end portion of a respective through opening. Further, the bone plate system includes at least one actuator having an interference position in which the actuator inhibits shifting of the sliders toward the one end portion of the through opening and a clearance position in which the actuator permits the at least one resilient member to urge the sliders and the bone screws received therein toward the one end portion of the through openings.
