This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. #1 is pointing to? A) Head of the tibia. B) The greater trochanter. C) Head of the fibula. D) The head of the femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head of the fibula. 2. Q-A ..... joint allows movement in one direction only. A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 3. Inspiratory reserve A) Maximum air inspired after normal inspiration. B) Volume of air in lungs after maximal inspiration (including residual volume). C) Maximum air expired after maximum expiration. D) The air left in lungs after maximum expiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maximum air inspired after normal inspiration. 4. How many directions can a hinge joint move in? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 5. The middle ear contains three small bones:the malleus, incus, and ..... A) Stapes. B) Zygomatic. C) Time. D) Sphenoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stapes. 6. Broken bone projects through the skin. Leads to increased bleeding and risk of infection A) Open fracture. B) Osteoporosis. C) Sprain. D) Comminuted fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open fracture. 7. What does your tendus do? A) Connects bone to bone. B) Strong, flexible tissue that bone allows joints to move easily. C) Connects muscle to bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connects muscle to bone. 8. Which of the following is considered to be a short bone? A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Tarsal. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarsal. 9. The prime function of OSTEOBLASTS is to A) Prevents osteocytes from forming. B) Resorb bone along the epiphyseal plate. C) Inhibit the growth of bone. D) Be involved in the production salts and collagen fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be involved in the production salts and collagen fibers. 10. This part of the bone surrounds the central shaft, it is the body of the bone. A) Articular cartilage. B) Spongy bone. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 11. Which of the following is defined as the detailed study of the structure of bones? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteology. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteology. 12. Which type of muscle is voluntary and is responsible for conscious movement? A) Smooth. B) Rough. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 13. Major quantities of calcium and phosphorus compounds are stored in the skeleton for later use. Calcium and phosphorus make bones soft. Large amounts of calcium and phosphorus compounds are stored in the skeleton for later use. Calcium and phosphorus soften bones. A) True True. B) False False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False False. 14. Fibrous joints are classified as: A) Hinge, saddle, and ellipsoidal. B) Sutures, ellipsoidal, pivot. C) Symphysis, sacroiliac, and articular. D) Pivot, hinge, and ball and socket. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None of these. 15. The prime mover in dorsiflexion A) Tibialis anterior. B) Gastrocnemius. C) Quadriceps femoris. D) Hamstrings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibialis anterior. 16. A human has around ..... bones at birth. A) 400. B) 400. C) 270. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 17. Which bone is the longest and strongest of the human body? A) Femur. B) Gluteus maximus. C) Humorous. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 18. What structures connect muscles to bones? A) Myofibrils. B) Fascicles. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 19. Lightweight (less dense) bone filled with open spaces located at the ends of the long bones are called ..... A) Red Marrow. B) Compact bone. C) Cartilage. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 20. A closed fracture is: A) Simple. B) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 21. The joint present in the elbow is A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 22. The flexibility of bone is due to A) Osteoclasts. B) Collagen fibers. C) Ligaments. D) Calcium salts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collagen fibers. 23. What type of muscle tissue has numerous nuclei within each cell? A) Skeletal muscle. B) Multiunit smooth muscle. C) Visceral smooth muscle. D) Cardiac Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle. 24. What classification of bone are the radius and ulna? A) Long Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long Bone. 25. ..... causes a Swiss-cheese appearance of the bone. A) Osteomyelitis. B) Osteomalacia. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 26. Ossification is ..... A) A disease where you don't have enough calcium. B) Something old people develop. C) The process of development from cartilage to bone. D) When you fracture a bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of development from cartilage to bone. 27. Also known as avascular necrosis or aseptic necrosis, occurs when there is a disruption to a bone's blood flow, leading to bone tissue death A) Osteomyelitis. B) Paget's disease. C) Osteonecrosis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteonecrosis. 28. Which bone is also known as the shoulder blade? A) Spatula. B) Clavicle. C) Scapula. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 29. Carpals and Tarsals are considered ..... A) Flat bones. B) Long bones. C) Short bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short bones. 30. Your ..... and bones need to work together for you to move. A) Muscles. B) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles. 31. What does the term 'malacia' mean? A) Softening. B) To bind, tie together. C) Surgical removal, excision. D) Surgical puncture to remove fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Softening. 32. This cell secretes osteoid, the organic component of the bone matrix. A) Osteoclast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoblast. D) Chondrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblast. 33. Which of the following statement is NOT true about the skull? A) Skull has 22 bones. B) Skull has fixed joints. C) Upper and lower jaws are movable. D) Skull protects the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upper and lower jaws are movable. 34. The femur is known as what type of bone? A) Short. B) Flat. C) Long. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long. 35. Where is the femur located in the body? A) Leg. B) Arm. C) Foot. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leg. 36. The ..... skeleton consists of the cranium, the face, and the vertebrae. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 37. This strong, thread-like tissue holds two bones together at a joint. A) Intestine. B) Nerve. C) Ligament. D) Blood vessel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 38. In most adult human beings there are ..... bones in the skeleton. A) 206. B) 142. C) 186. D) Over 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 39. Which type of arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and causes deformities? A) Osteoarthritis. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Tendinitis arthritis. D) Gouty arthritis. E) Aging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rheumatoid arthritis. 40. There are six different types of synovial joints. What type of synovial joint is the wrist? A) Pivot. B) Saddle. C) Gliding. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condyloid. 41. Select an example of irregular bones A) Vertebrate. B) Ribs. C) Phalanges. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrate. 42. Joints that are slightly movable. Ex:vertebrae A) Cartilaginous Joints. B) Synovial Joints. C) Fibrous Joints. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous Joints. 43. What's occurring at the epiphyseal plate? A) The cartilage becomes bone. B) The bone becomes a bone. C) The cartilage stays as cartilage. D) The bone becomes cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cartilage becomes bone. 44. The smallest bone in the body is found in the inner ear. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 45. Which of the following is not a section of the vertebrae? A) Coccyx. B) Lumbar. C) Pelvis. D) Thoracic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 46. What is periosteum and where is it found? A) Periosteum is a thin layer of muscle that covers the inner surface of bones. B) Periosteum is a type of joint that connects two bones together. C) Periosteum is a dense layer of connective tissue that covers the outer surface of bones. D) Periosteum is a layer of skin that covers the surface of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum is a dense layer of connective tissue that covers the outer surface of bones. 47. The shaft of a long bone that is composed of compact bone is called the A) Periosteum. B) Medullary cavity. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. E) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 48. It is responsible for continuous and smooth gliding movements like wrist, ankles collarbones and shoulder blades. A) Ball-and-socket joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Pivot joints. D) Gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding joints. 49. Mature bone cells that live in tiny cavities within the bone are called? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteons. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes. 50. A mature bone cell A) Fontanels. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocyte. 51. Which bones form the axes or framework of the trunk and head? A) Shoulder blades and skull. B) Arms and legs. C) Pelvic bones. D) Ribs and sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs and sternum. 52. These bones protect the brain. A) Ribs. B) Cranium. C) Carpals. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 53. What reading is systolic blood pressure A) The top reading. B) The bottom reading. C) It doesn't exist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The top reading. 54. First step of fracture healing is the formation of ..... A) Hematoma. B) Fibrocartilage callus. C) Epiphyseal line. D) Bony callus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma. 55. The medical term "bursa" means: A) The capsule surrounding a joint. B) The capsule surrounding an outer long bone. C) The capsule surrounding an inner long bone. D) The capsule surrounding a skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The capsule surrounding a joint. 56. The tibia bone is medial (i.e. more towards the middle of the body) to the fibula. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. What is the name of the bone in the centre of your chest? A) Sternum. B) Ribs. C) Clavicle. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 58. Which of these is NOT a function of the skin? A) Movement. B) Protection from micro-organisms. C) Temperature regulation. D) Vitamin D production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 59. The ..... skeletal division is involved in protection and support. A) Appendicular. B) Cartilaginous. C) Articulating. D) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axial. 60. The skeletal System is made up of what 3 things? A) Bones, Ligaments, Tendons. B) Joints, Cartilage, Tendons. C) Bones, Joints, Connective Tissue. D) Bones, Joints, Tendons. 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