This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 102 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 102 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. These cells are responsible for making new cells, they divide every 1 to 2 days. A) Bone Cells. B) Muscle Cells. C) Stem Cells. D) Cardiac Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stem Cells. 2. Which type of bones provide a large surface area for muscle attachment? A) Flat Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Short Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat Bones. 3. Extension that is greater than 180 degrees and is beyond anatomical position? A) Extension. B) Hyperextension. C) Abduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperextension. 4. Small holes in bones making them weak and brittle A) Spina bifida. B) Rickets. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteosarcoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 5. Made up of all the bones in your body. A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Marrow. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeleton. 6. Which system gives your body shape? A) Outgrowths. B) Skeletal. C) Muscular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 7. An example of an invertebrate is A) A lizard. B) A bat. C) A jellyfish. D) A bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A jellyfish. 8. What term means cutting into the skull? A) Craniomalacia. B) Craniotomy. C) Ostectomy. D) Craniomegaly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Craniotomy. 9. Artificial replacement for a missing body part (arm or leg) A) Arthrodesis. B) Amputation. C) Prosthesis. D) Orthosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prosthesis. 10. The name of the part of human skeleton based on the picture is ..... A) Skull. B) Body skeleton. C) Limbs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 11. What is a sesamoid bone? A) A bone that has an irregular shape. B) A bone that is longer than it is wide. C) A bone that is found in the sutures of the skull. D) A short bone embedded in a tendon that has a sesame seed shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A short bone embedded in a tendon that has a sesame seed shape. 12. Blood cells are made from which bone structure? A) Haversian system. B) Beams. C) Marrow cavity. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 13. There are 80 bones along the axis of the body, which protect organs. This area is known as the? A) Appendicular. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Axial. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial. 14. Sesamoid bones are found embedded in ..... A) Tendons. B) Muscles. C) Joints. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 15. Which of the following are condyloid joints? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 16. Which of the following tissues is found only in the heart? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Spikes. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 17. Which is a thick jelly in the center of the bone; it creates blood cells? A) Bone marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 18. Which body part moves similar to a door? A) Tailbone. B) Pelvis. C) Elbow. D) Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow. 19. The body's longest bone is the ..... A) Femur. B) Sternum. C) Tibia. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 20. Tissues that can contract. A) Epidermal. B) Cardiac. C) Connective. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle. 21. The bone that forms the back of the skull above the nape is the? A) Temporal. B) Mandible. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 22. Different joints cause the same movement. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. Which type of tissue gives bone its strength? A) Yellow Marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Red Marrow. D) Compact Bone. E) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact Bone. 24. What is the area where bones meet? A) Fracture. B) Joint. C) Marrow. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 25. Where is the origin of the sartorius? A) Ischium. B) Femur. C) Medial tibia. D) Of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of them. 26. Inside your skin you have a framework of ..... A) Nonliving things. B) Bones. C) Humans. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones. 27. What part of the skeletal system is #4? A) Skull. B) Sternum. C) Pelvis. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 28. My vertebrae are identified as? A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 29. Bones provide the framework of the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. Spongy Bone is ..... A) Vertebrae. B) A red blood cell. C) Axial skeleton. D) Lightweight tissue inside the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lightweight tissue inside the bone. 31. What is an osteocyte? A) Mature bone cell. B) Bone tissue. C) Dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones. D) Tiny canals that link osteocytes. E) Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mature bone cell. 32. Bones will continue to grow till you are about 20 years old A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. What joint is found in the neck? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 34. The name of the disease because of bacteria causes extreme pain in bones is ..... A) Tuberculosis. B) Ricket. C) Kyphosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuberculosis. 35. What two bones articulate with each other? A) Patella and ulna. B) Vertebrae and sternum. C) Metacarpals and phalanges. D) Carpals and humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metacarpals and phalanges. 36. What is the correct term for:-poietic A) Surrounding. B) Pertaining to formation. C) Pertaining to abnormal condition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pertaining to formation. 37. The bone cells that maintain bone tissue are A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteon. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes. 38. Which connecting tissue connects bone to bone? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 39. Spongy bone (which does not belong) A) Gives weight to bone. B) Filled with red marrow. C) Known also as cancellous bone/trabecular bone. D) Ends of long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gives weight to bone. 40. Myelography is usually reserved for patients unable to have a computed tomography scan or magnetic resonance imaging, or for complicated spinal surgery revisions. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 41. The thumb is ..... to the shoulder. A) Superior. B) Proximal. C) Dorsal. D) Distal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distal. 42. What are the two types of bone marrow? A) Red and blue. B) Red and green. C) Yellow and green. D) Red and yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red and yellow. 43. Tissue that covers the exterior surfaces of the body A) Epithelial. B) Nervous. C) Connective. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithelial. 44. Where does the pivot joint found? A) It is found in knees, elbows, fingers and toes. B) It is found in the bones of wrist and ankle, and between the bones of the vertebral column. C) It is found in first and second vertebrae of the neck region of the backbone. D) It is found in shoulders and hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is found in first and second vertebrae of the neck region of the backbone. 45. What is a type of connective tissue that produces red and white blood cells? A) Bones. B) Bone marrow. C) Ball and socket. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 46. The fused plates in your skull (little/no flexibility) are an example of which type of joint? A) Cartilaginous. B) Fibrous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibrous. 47. Interpret the radiological appearances in the image given: A) Donut sign in CT image of Paget's disease. B) Marble sign in MRI image of Paget's disease. C) Cotton ball sign in CT image of Paget's disease. D) Cotton ball sign in MRI image of Paget's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton ball sign in CT image of Paget's disease. 48. When calcium levels are too high in the blood, which of the following will happen: A) Osteoclasts will be stimulated to start breaking down bone tissue. B) Osteoblasts will be stimulated to start laying extracellular matrix with more calcium in it. C) None of these events will occur. D) Osteocyctes will leave their lacunae and enter the blood stream which restores normal calcium levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts will be stimulated to start laying extracellular matrix with more calcium in it. 49. Where in a long bone are red and yellow bone marrow located? A) Periosteum. B) Medullary cavity. C) Compact bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary cavity. 50. Which bone is responsible for supporting the body's weight when standing? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 51. Which is not a portion of the appendicular skeleton in a vertebrate animal? A) Scapula. B) Pelvis. C) Humerus. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs. 52. Areas within the cranium where the bones have not fused together creating "soft spots" . A) Fontanels. B) Sinuses. C) Sutures. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fontanels. 53. Which of the following actions is caused by contraction of skeletal muscle? A) Moving your feet in walking. B) Movement of food through the digestive tract. C) Constriction of blood vessels. D) Contraction of the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving your feet in walking. 54. It protects the heart and lungs. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs. 55. Which of these cells are specialized bone cells that regulate mineral homeostasis? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes. 56. The function of the ribs is ..... A) To function as the protective organs. B) To breath. C) To protect the internal organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect the internal organs. 57. Muscles are attached to bones that allow the body to move in many different ways. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 58. Which organ moves food down into the stomach? A) Vertebrae. B) Esophagus. C) Trachea. D) Mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Esophagus. 59. Muscles help maintain ..... and body position A) Posture. B) Height. C) Weight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Posture. 60. A female patient is brought to the emergency room with an injury to her lower leg from an ATV accident. You notice a white tip of a bone protruding through the skin as you cut her pant leg off. Her injury is described as what kind of fracture. A) Open. B) Stress. C) Closed. D) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open. ← 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