This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the below would NOT be considered a part of the axial skeleton? A) Skull. B) Rib cage. C) Pelvis. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 2. These are the cells that break down worn-out bone matter. A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 3. The femur and tibia join together to form a joint. This type of joint is called a ..... joint. A) Ball & socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 4. What is the blue dot pointing to? A) Lambdoid suture. B) Coronal suture. C) Sagittal suture. D) Lambdoid suture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coronal suture. 5. What is a bone that is typically longer than wide, has a shaft with two ends, and is mostly comprised of compact bone classified as? A) Long bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Flat bone. D) Sesamoid bone. E) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bone. 6. The bicep is a ..... muscle. A) Smooth. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 7. Another name for a soft spot is a A) Fontanel. B) Baby spot. C) Diarthrosis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fontanel. 8. Which is NOT a job of the Skeletal System? A) Protect organs. B) Helps us fly. C) Stores calcium for bone growth. D) Give us shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helps us fly. 9. The connective tissue that cushions the ends of many bones is called ..... A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 10. Which type of joint that allow movement in all the directions A) Gliding joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 11. Which one of the following bones is located in the upper leg? a. Femurb. Fibulac. Radiusd. Tibia A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 12. The smallest bones in your body are in your ear. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. What is an inflammatory or degenerative disease of the joints? A) Arthritis. B) Bursitis. C) Tendonitis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 14. True or False:Red Marrow produces red blood cells A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. What is the skeletal system A) The skeletal system is the bones support structure. B) The skeletal system is your body's support structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The skeletal system is your body's support structure. 16. How many bones does an infant have? A) 350. B) 206. C) 1000. D) 208. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 350. 17. What is the name of the bone that forms the forehead and the upper part of the eye socket? A) Parietal bone. B) Temporal bone. C) Frontal bone. D) Occipital bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal bone. 18. What are the bones of your foot that form the arch? A) Sacred. B) Metacarpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Calcaneus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metatarsals. 19. The bones are hard and A) Sold. B) Hard. C) Rig. D) Rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rigid. 20. Bone that begins as hyaline cartilage that is eventually replaced by bone tissue A) Endochondral bone. B) Connective bone. C) Intramembranous bone. D) Cartilaginous bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endochondral bone. 21. The bones that provide support ( typical bones ) A) Short. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Pneumatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 22. Another name for the thigh bone A) Ribs. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 23. ..... or ..... run vertically and include blood vessels and nerve cells. A) Trabeculae, compact bone. B) Volkmann's canals, yellow marrow. C) Appendixes, axes. D) Haversian canals, osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haversian canals, osteons. 24. The prefix peri-means what? A) Before. B) Inside. C) After. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 25. The vertebral column is made of 33 irregularly shaped bones, called vertebrae. A) Vertebral. B) Is made of. C) Irregularly. D) Called . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is made of. 26. Which of the following would be classified as part of the axial skeleton? A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Ischium. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 27. A way to take care of your skeletal system is to A) Avoid wearing protective gear in sports. B) Wear good shoes. C) Eat candy. D) Shower regularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wear good shoes. 28. The skull of human beings consists of how many bones A) 26. B) 33. C) 22. D) 24. E) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 29. A Sprain is defined as: A) The breaking of a bone. B) A stretching or tearing of ligaments. C) The swelling and bruising from an injury. D) The inability to move a muscle after an injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A stretching or tearing of ligaments. 30. What are cardiac muscles? A) Muscles that surround organs. B) Tissue that connects muscles to other muscles. C) Muscles found in your heart (involuntary muscles; make heart pump). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles found in your heart (involuntary muscles; make heart pump). 31. Offspring/Baby Sheep A) Kid. B) Doe. C) Ewe. D) Lamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamb. 32. These are the connective tissues that connects bones to muscles. A) CARTILAGES. B) TENDONS. C) BONES. D) LIGAMENTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TENDONS. 33. A bicep curl is ..... A) Flexion of the elbow joint. B) Extension of the elbow joint. C) Flexion of the knee joint. D) Extension of the knee joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flexion of the elbow joint. 34. There are how many bones in the adult human body? A) 236. B) 206. C) 306. D) 216. E) Approximately 300; but it varies slightly from person to person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 35. This part of the bone is increased in size and has a distal and proximal section A) Diaphysis. B) Medullar cavity. C) Bone Marrow. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 36. What does the term chronic mean when looking at the skeletal system responses to exercise? A) In one part of the body. B) In the Gym. C) Long Term/ Over a prolonged period. D) Short Term/ Immediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Term/ Over a prolonged period. 37. What are the articulating bones of the shoulder? A) Pelvis and femur. B) Scapula and humerus. C) Tibia and Fibula. D) Radius and Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula and humerus. 38. Examples:Vertebrae and Hip bones A) Short Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular Bone. 39. Common sports fracture. A) Greenstick. B) Skull fracture. C) Impacted. D) Spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spiral. 40. Which part of the human skeleton refers to the membrane that surrounds bone? A) Cancellous bone. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 41. WHICH PART OF THE BODY HAVE LONG BONES COMPARED TO WRIST AND ANKLES? A) ARMS. B) LEGS. C) BOTH. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BOTH. 42. Bones are held together at joints with A) Muscles. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 43. What body system is for support, protection, and creates new blood cells? A) Skeletal system. B) Circulatory system. C) Muscular system. D) Integumentary system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 44. How many bones in an adult body? A) 100. B) 306. C) 50. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 45. Which of the following is the worst surface to run on if you have shin splints? A) Dirt. B) Asphalt. C) Running Track. D) Soft Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asphalt. 46. Which of the following statement about skin is Not correct A) Skin mainly functions as sensory organ of touch. B) Skin is a large organ. C) Skin lacks blood vessels and nerves. D) Two main layer of skin are epidermis and dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin lacks blood vessels and nerves. 47. A ..... fracture generally occurs in children-one side of the bone shaft breaks and the other bends A) Greenstick. B) Spiral. C) Gangs. D) Potts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenstick. 48. ..... is a function of the skeletal system that is completed by joints, ligaments, and tendons. A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Storage. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 49. Which tissue in the skeletal system makes blood cells? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 50. The movements that you cannot control are called A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 51. The part of the skeleton along the axis of the body is A) Appendicular. B) Axial. C) Appendage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 52. What does the prefix 'Stern(o)-' mean? A) Rib. B) Breastbone. C) Thigh. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breastbone. 53. Tough layer of fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the bone and is continuous with tendons and ligaments A) Epiphysis. B) Articular cartilage. C) Diaphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 54. What type of joint is the elbow? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Condyloid. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 55. The thumb and big toe are different because A) The thumb has a joint that makes it opposable. B) The thumb has 3 phalanges and the toe has 2. C) The toe can be used to pick up things. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thumb has a joint that makes it opposable. 56. Bones are connected to other bones by ..... A) Ligaments. B) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 57. What is a joint or articulation? A) The junction between two bones. B) A bone that sticks out. C) A point where calcium is stored and released. D) None of these answers is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The junction between two bones. 58. Which is the only movable bone of the skull? A) Maxilla. B) Temporal. C) Mandible. D) Nasal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandible. 59. The larger bone of the lower leg that is located on the big toe side of each foot. A) Femur. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 60. Talking about ossification (bone growth), where does the bone begin the process? (The primary site) A) Haversian canal. B) Medullary cavity in the diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) The periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary cavity in the diaphysis. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8Skeletal System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books