This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 101 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A disorder that causes the bones to fracture easily-also referred to as brittle bone disease A) Osteogenesis imperfecta. B) Fibrous dysplasia. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Ricketts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 2. Humans have all 3 levers in their bodies. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. The order of bone layers are is A) Periosteum, compact, cancellous, bone marrow. B) Compact, bone marrow, periosteum, cancellous. C) Bone marrow, periosteum, cancellous, compact. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum, compact, cancellous, bone marrow. 4. What is the most important bone is the human body? A) Spinal cord. B) Knuckle. C) Skull. D) Ribcage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 5. Danny has been called to work because a body or part of a body has been found in an advanced state of decay. When he arrives on scene, Danny will offer assistance in identifying bodily remains. Danny is a: A) Forensic entomologist. B) Forensic anthropologist. C) Forensic biologist. D) Forensic toxicologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forensic anthropologist. 6. A short bone that attaches the arm to the body.(Collar bone) A) Skull. B) Leg bone. C) Patella. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle. 7. Bulges, depressions, and holes serve as sites of attachment for muscles, ligaments, and tendons A) Bone deformities. B) Bone markings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone markings. 8. Which type of tissue allows you to respond to stimuli? A) Epithelial. B) Nerve. C) Connective. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve. 9. We need a skeleton A) So we can move. B) For support. C) For protection. D) All of the above answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above answers. 10. Dogs love to eat ..... A) Bone marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 11. The cells that dissolve bone tissue in the resorption process are called A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 12. Type of bone cell-BONE FORMING CELLS FOR GROWTH? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 13. Which of the following connects muscle to bone? A) "Ligaments". B) "Cartilage". C) "Marrow". D) "Tendons". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Tendons". 14. How much does the Human skeleton approximately weigh? A) 8kg. B) 12kg. C) 14kg. D) 10kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10kg. 15. The ball and socket joint moves ..... A) In one direction. B) In two directions. C) Up and down; forward and back. D) Up and down; forward and back; all around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up and down; forward and back; all around. 16. The bones of the wrist and ankle are A) Long. B) Short. C) Bothe of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short. 17. They can be called cell fragments A) RBC. B) WBC. C) Platelets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platelets. 18. The ..... bone is located on the little toe side below the knee. A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Patella. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibula. 19. This bone will help you stand up tall, bend and twist A) Backbone. B) Frontbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backbone. 20. Study of the large easily observable structures in an organism (bones, organs, muscles) A) Development Anatomy. B) Regional Anatomy. C) Gross Anatomy. D) Microscopic Anatomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gross Anatomy. 21. What new pet is Ms. Haude getting? A) Hedgehog. B) Zebra. C) Chameleon. D) Bearded dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chameleon. 22. What makes bones so strong? A) Cilia. B) Cartilage. C) Blood and bone marrow. D) Calcium and phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and phosphorus. 23. The major part of the skeletal system that includes the upper and lower extremities and the supporting girdles A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 24. The place where two or more bones are connected is called a ..... A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Joint. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 25. MORE THAN HALF OF THE BONES IN THE BODY ARE IN THE..... A) Hands and feet. B) Spine. C) Upper body. D) Lower body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hands and feet. 26. Flexion and extension of the elbow-what type of movement? A) Rotational. B) Gliding. C) Special. D) Angular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angular. 27. Voluntary Muscles are ..... A) Under your control. B) Automatic-they work without thinking. C) In your stomach. D) In your heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under your control. 28. Amphiathrotic bones ..... A) Slightly moveable. B) Moveable. C) Not moveable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slightly moveable. 29. Invertebrates have a ..... A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. C) Pseudoskeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exoskeleton. 30. This joint has amphiarthrotic and synarthrotic examples A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous. 31. In our body there are ..... bones A) 209. B) 200. C) 208. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 32. This bone protects your brain A) Clavicle. B) Femur. C) Scapula. D) Cranium. E) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium. 33. Which of the following means "something made up of a number of parts joined together in a certain way?" A) Bone. B) Protection. C) Structure. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure. 34. ..... protects our brain. A) Head. B) Skull. C) Ribcage. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 35. Cartilage keeps..... from rubbing together. A) Lips. B) Eyes. C) Bones. D) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 36. This type of muscle is attached to your bones and allows you to move; long, thin with stripes or striation A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 37. Our body has approximately how many bones inside of it? A) 10. B) 1000. C) 50. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 200. 38. To fracture means to ..... A) Coordinate. B) Join. C) End. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break. 39. What is our knee cap bone called? A) Latella. B) Skeletella. C) Patella. D) The motel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 40. Hannah, Isla, and Mia are learning about the human body. They come across a question about bones. Can you help them? Which of the following is a function of bones? A) Creating a flexible matrix that bends with the body. B) Manufacturing muscle cells. C) Providing protection. D) Connecting muscle to muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Providing protection. 41. Which of these body cavities is located on the front side of the body? A) "Ventral". B) "Cranial". C) "Spinal". D) "Dorsal". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Ventral". 42. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Fracture? A) Fx. B) RA. C) TKA. D) OA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fx. 43. A2. The backbone is made up of many vertebrae. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. What is a main purpose of the skeletal system A) A main purpose is it helps you breathe. B) One main purpose is helping protect organs in your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One main purpose is helping protect organs in your body. 45. Dense fibrous connective tissue that connects bone to bone. A) Sinuses. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 46. Hinge joint is present in A) Backbone. B) Elbow. C) Cranium. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbow. 47. Skeletal muscles have all of the following functions, except: A) Storage of hormones. B) Heat production. C) Maintaining body posture. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storage of hormones. 48. The ..... is the largest organ of the human body and acts like the wrapper on a piece of candy. A) Hair. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 49. The neck is an example of which synovial joint? A) Saddle. B) Pivot. C) Condyloid. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot. 50. Many cells combine to form A) Organs. B) Tissues. C) Organ system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissues. 51. Which of the following 2 joints classifications allows more movement? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous. 52. A muscle which is controlled by an individual A) Involuntary muscle. B) Remote controlled muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) Voluntary muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voluntary muscle. 53. Contraction and shortening of muscles: A) Excitability. B) Contraction. C) Elasticity. D) Isometric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isometric. 54. Which type of fracture happens when the bone is fractured into two places, leaving a "floating" piece of bone? A) Transverse Fracture. B) Spiral Fracture. C) Segmental Fracture. D) Compound Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Segmental Fracture. 55. Cardiac muscle cells are A) Located in walls of hollow organs and appear spindle-shaped. B) Located in muscles and are striated and are under voluntary control. C) Located in the walls of the heart and appear striated. D) Are part of the endocrine system and appear cuboidal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Located in the walls of the heart and appear striated. 56. Total number of bones in the feet. A) 52. B) 30. C) 26. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 52. 57. What bone disease causes your bones to become too big and weak for your body and usually affects the legs, skull, pelvis, and spine. A) Brittle Bone Disease. B) Paget's Disease of Bone. C) Cortly Disease of Bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paget's Disease of Bone. 58. A bacterial infection from an open wound that is can cause a muscular problem often called "Lock Jaw" is A) Tetanus. B) Tenacious. C) Tetras. D) Tinnitus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tetanus. 59. The ..... bone in the horse is equal to the knee bone in Humans. A) Hock. B) Vertebrae. C) Patella. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 60. The muscle that helps your heart to pump is your ..... muscle. A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) None of above. 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