This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 100 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Skeleton of the face, including the mandible A) Cranium. B) Viscerocranium. C) Neurocranium. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viscerocranium. 2. What fluid acts as a lubricant for the joint? A) Fibrous Fluid. B) Synovial Fluid. C) Cartilage Fluid. D) Wiper Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial Fluid. 3. Which of the following is not a cranial bone? A) Lumbar. B) Temporal. C) Frontal. D) Ethmoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lumbar. 4. This bone cell is responsible for exchanging nutrients/waste within the bone tissue A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoclast. C) Endosteum. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 5. The scapula is an example of a/an ..... A) Long Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat Bone. 6. Our bones have specialty ingredients that give them rigidity and hardness. Which of the below is most responsible for this? A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Collagen. D) Calcium phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium phosphate. 7. Which bones make up the skeletal system. A) Skull, humerus, ribs and tibia. B) Lungs, heart, stomach and arm. C) Leg, head, nose, mouth. D) Neck, eyes, leg bone and cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull, humerus, ribs and tibia. 8. Striated and under involuntary control A) Skeletal Muscle. B) Smooth Muscle. C) Cardiac Muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac Muscle. 9. Attach muscle to Bone A) Arthritis. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendon. 10. Compact bone has ....., whereas spongy bone has ..... A) Large spaces; no spaces all bone. B) Osteons; trabeculae. C) Trabeculae; osteons. D) Osteocytes; no osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteons; trabeculae. 11. Does an infants skeleton have bones A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. Function of the ..... skeleton is movement. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 13. Enables swiveling motion A) Immovable joint. B) Slightly movable joint. C) Pivot joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint. 14. Joints that allow for free movement are classified as A) Assembly. B) Diarthrosis. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarthrosis. 15. What happens when one muscle in a pair contracts? A) The other muscle also contracts. B) The other muscle first contracts then relaxes. C) The other muscle relaxes. D) The other muscle does not move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The other muscle relaxes. 16. The bone marrow is where ..... and ..... are made. A) Muscle and tissue. B) Fat and lipids. C) Red and white blood cells. D) Skin and hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red and white blood cells. 17. The horse has about ..... bones. A) 200. B) 202. C) 210. D) 205. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 205. 18. What type of movement do your hinge joints make? A) One-way movement. B) Circular, all around. C) Gliding and twisting. D) No movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One-way movement. 19. In the second step of bone formation is ..... A) Blood vessels invade the bone cells. B) Bine building cells are destroyed. C) Hyaline cartilage is digested away leaving a cavity in the new bone. D) Hyaline cartilage is covered with bone matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage is digested away leaving a cavity in the new bone. 20. Police found a skeleton in the woods of Powhatan. Its sagittal suture is completely fused and the pelvis is narrow. What can the forensic scientists determine from this information? A) It was a man older than 35. B) It was a man younger than 35. C) It was woman older than 35. D) It was a woman younger than 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was woman older than 35. 21. What an osteoblast main function? A) Mature bone cells. B) Responsible for bone formation. C) Dissolve the bones tissue. D) Protect organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responsible for bone formation. 22. The wrist is an example of which synovial joint? A) Saddle. B) Hinge. C) Condyloid. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condyloid. 23. Four or five small terminal vertebrae are also fused together to form the ..... A) Atlas. B) Sacred. C) Axis. D) Coccyx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coccyx. 24. The bone of the upper arm is called? A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 25. Inflammation of the synovial membrane of a tendon. A) Pronation. B) Lordosis. C) Tenosynovitis. D) Articulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tenosynovitis. 26. The bones are connected to A) Joints. B) Ligaments. C) Rib cage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 27. What vital organs do the skeleton protect? A) Lungs, Heart, Skeletal Muscles. B) Brain, Kidneys, Liver. C) Brain, Heart, Lungs. D) Heart, Stomach, Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, Heart, Lungs. 28. Which system moves your body? A) Endocrine. B) Outgrowths. C) Muscular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 29. What is the job of the mandible? A) Help chew food and move jaw. B) Help with your eyesight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help chew food and move jaw. 30. Provides limited movement in two directions A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Gliding joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gliding joint. 31. True or False:All ribs are connected to the backbone and the sternum. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Which type of bone is porous and less dense? A) Periosteum. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 33. Where is your sacrum? A) Your shoulder blade. B) Front of your skull. C) Near the tail-end of your backbone. D) In your chest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near the tail-end of your backbone. 34. B4 The backbone is made up of many A) Cords. B) Ribs. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 35. Athroplasty means what A) Surgical repair of the joints. B) Arthritis. C) Knee pain. D) Surgical repair of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surgical repair of the joints. 36. What is a sign of a broken bone? A) Swelling. B) Pain with movement. C) Loss of movement/function. D) All of these are signs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are signs. 37. What does a 1 Degree burn damage? A) Epidermis. B) Dermis. C) Hyperdermis. D) All Of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epidermis. 38. Which System Does The Skeletal System Work With In Order To Help The Body Move? A) Circulatory System. B) Nervous System. C) Muscular System. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular System. 39. Artificial device that is used as a substitute for a missing body part. A) Splint. B) Prosthesis. C) Orthotic. D) Brace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prosthesis. 40. The elbow joints are considered what kind of synovial joint? A) Pivot. B) Condylar. C) Hinge. D) Plane. E) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 41. The joint that allows you to chew food is most similar to a: A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Immovable joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 42. Cells that clear away bone A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteons. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 43. The human skeleton is divided into the ..... skeleton and the ..... skeleton. A) Axial and appendicular. B) Ribcage and skull. C) . pelvis and cranium. D) . tarsal and metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial and appendicular. 44. What organs do the ribs protect? A) Heart, lungs, and other vitalorgans. B) Heart, lungs, stomach. C) Heart, large intestine, lungs. D) Heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart, lungs, and other vitalorgans. 45. Holes in compact bone that carry blood vessels lengthwise. A) Lacunae. B) Central canals. C) Canaliculi. D) Perforating canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central canals. 46. Monkeys are called: A) Aquatic animals. B) Arboreal animals. C) Terrestrial animals. D) Aerial animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arboreal animals. 47. Where are the longest bones in your body? A) Legs (femur). B) Ear. C) Hands & Feet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legs (femur). 48. Which type of bone is hard and on the outside? A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Osteocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 49. What's NOT a way to keep your bones strong and healthy A) Wear Safety Equipments (Helmets, Hard Hats, Shin Guards ). B) Walk in the Sunlight. C) Drink Milk. D) Eating Sugar. E) Exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating Sugar. 50. Why do we need osteoclasts? A) We need osteoclasts to prevent bone remodeling. B) Bones are constantly being remodeled, which involves replacing old cells with new cells. C) We need osteoclasts to make bones weaker. D) We need osteoclasts to produce new cells in the bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones are constantly being remodeled, which involves replacing old cells with new cells. 51. Diaphysis is region running between the two epiphyses? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Match the example to the job:You have two legs and two arms because of your bones. A) Gives you shape and support. B) Protects your inner organs. C) Forms blood cells. D) Stores minerals. E) Helps you move (with muscles). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gives you shape and support. 53. Which type of bone marrow is responsible for the storage of energy? A) Yellow Bone Marrow. B) Red Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow Bone Marrow. 54. The collar bone is also called the: A) Lacrimal. B) Clavicle. C) Sternum. D) Carpus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 55. Name for the hip socket A) Dish. B) Ishium. C) Pubic symphasis. D) Ilium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dish. 56. Look at this picture carefully. Name the layer of the bone on number 4! A) Bone marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) Blood vessels and nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 57. Tough outer layer of bone A) Epiphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Diaphysis. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 58. The dislocation of a bone usually also results in what other injury occurring as well? A) Contusion. B) Sprain. C) Strain. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sprain. 59. The carpals are an example of a(n)- A) Long bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Flat bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short bone. 60. Saddle joint is the biaxial joint that allows the movement on two planes-flexion/extension and abduction/adduction. It can be found between our ..... A) Humerus and Ulna. B) Vertebrae. C) Carpal and metacarpal (Thumb). D) Hip and Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpal and metacarpal (Thumb). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books