This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 103 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root word scoli/o means what A) Pubis. B) Foot. C) Left. D) Crooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crooked. 2. Gastrocnemius muscle action A) Hip extension and knee flexion. B) Dorsiflexion. C) Plantar flexion. D) Shoulder abduction, extension and flexsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantar flexion. 3. Match the example to the job:Your rib cage protects your heart. 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: B) Protects your inner organs. 4. The femur of the thigh is considered a(n) ..... bone A) Flat. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long. 5. Which of the following doesn't belong with the others? A) Short Bones. B) Flat Bones. C) Compact Bones. D) Irregular Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact Bones. 6. Which part of the bone contains VEINS, ARTERIES and CAPILLARIES? A) Compact Bone. B) Bone Marrow. C) Spongy Bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone Marrow. 7. B4 your nose and ears are supported by A) Marrow. B) Red blood cells. C) Blood vessels. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 8. Loss of bone density and is associated with aging A) Comminuted fractures. B) Gout. C) Osteoporosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 9. What is Scoliosis? A) Abnormal spine curve. B) Displacement of a shoulder disc. C) Your bones breaking down. D) Calcium holes in your bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abnormal spine curve. 10. What is the name of the injury when a bone leaves its normal position in the joint? A) Sprain. B) Dislocation. C) Fracture. D) Contusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislocation. 11. What is yellow bone marrow? A) The hard dense layer of bone. B) The layer of bone that makes the bones lightweight. C) The soft tissue in the bone that stores energy as fat. D) The soft tissue in the bone that makes blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The soft tissue in the bone that stores energy as fat. 12. What is the blue shaded area at the top of the femur called? A) The tibular head. B) The trochanter. C) The trochlear notch. D) The femur head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The femur head. 13. The term used to describe where two bones meet is: A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 14. Radius is located where? A) Upper leg. B) Lower leg. C) Lower arm. D) Upper arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lower arm. 15. Which type of joint provides the largest range of motion? A) Pivot. B) Ball-and-socket. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball-and-socket. 16. The joint that enables us move our neck: A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint. 17. What is the function of shivering? A) To circulate blood. B) To help your posture. C) To provide support. D) To help maintain body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help maintain body temperature. 18. Which bone cells direct the start of bone resorption? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteogenic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes. 19. An injury where the bone is broken A) Arthritus. B) Leukemia. C) Osteoporosis. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fracture. 20. Abigail, Aiden, and Aria are having a debate about the temporal and parietal bones. Can you help them understand how these bones are different from the other skull bones? A) They are unpaired bones. B) They are paired bones. C) They make up the orbit of the eyes. D) They are located at the base on the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are paired bones. 21. The flexible rubbery tissue that helps cushion bones where they meet is A) Knee pads. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 22. Spondyl/o means: A) Broken. B) Bone. C) Crooked. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 23. We use levers to make work easier.? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. The upper long bone of the arm is called: A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Clavicle. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 25. Which of the bones do not come under the axial skeleton? A) Vertebral column. B) Skull bones. C) Pectoral girdle. D) Ribs & sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pectoral girdle. 26. Describe the difference between osteoporosis and arthritis. A) O:Inflamed bursa of the kneeA:Severe blow or twisting of the knee. B) O:Loss of bone massA:Inflammation in one or more joints. C) O:Crunched Toes due to tight fitting shoesA:When a bone is out of socket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O:Loss of bone massA:Inflammation in one or more joints. 27. I am any of the bones located between the ankle and the toes. A) Phalanges. B) Metatarsals. C) Cranium. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metatarsals. 28. True or False:Bone is a type of connective tissue. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. Deep pressure receptors A) Pacinian Corpuscles. B) Parietal Layer. C) Meissner's Corpuscles. D) Cutaneous Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacinian Corpuscles. 30. This cushions the joint and keeps the bones from rubbing against one another. A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 31. Substance in the center of bones that makes blood cells A) Muscle. B) Tendons. C) Periosteum. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 32. Which system controls the working of the internal organs, our movements and even our thoughts and emotions? A) Organ system. B) Nervous system. C) Muscular system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 33. Anterior thigh muscles serve as prime movers of: A) Abduction of the thigh at the hip joint. B) Adduction of the thigh at the hip joint. C) Flexion of the leg at the knee joint. D) Extension of the leg at the knee joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extension of the leg at the knee joint. 34. Bone that is composed of small needlelike pieces of bone and lots of open space? A) Long bone. B) Flat bone. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 35. A ball and socket joint are found? A) At the elbow. B) At the hip. C) Ankle. D) At the knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the hip. 36. Which of the following is NOT a bone found in your leg? A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 37. There are ..... many bones in a baby A) 206. B) 200. C) 250. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 38. The scientific name for "bone of the upper arm" is A) Tibia. B) Humerus. C) Metatarsal. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 39. The periosteum is a membranous tissue that covers all of the surfaces of your bones except the A) Articular cartilage. B) Lacuna. C) Bone marrow. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 40. The majority of a baby's skeletal system is made of ..... A) Bone marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 41. How many bones has an adult human? A) 206. B) Both. C) None of these. D) 306. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 42. Which joint allows bones to rotate? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 43. Which bone would be another word for scapula? A) Thigh bone. B) Skull. C) Shoulder blade. D) Hip bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulder blade. 44. Match the example to the job:Your skull protects your brain. 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: B) Protects your inner organs. 45. A broken bone is called a A) Fracture. B) Arthritis. C) Diarrhoea. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fracture. 46. Tiny openings that connect and support osteocyte projections A) Canals. B) Osteon. C) Lamellae. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canals. 47. The process where fibrous connective tissue is converted into bone is called A) Hyaline cartilage ossification. B) Endochondral ossification. C) Intramembranous ossification. D) Endocartilage ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intramembranous ossification. 48. What is the scientific name for your collar bone? A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Vertebrae. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 49. Which of the following things are skeletons associated to? A) Halloween and death. B) Museums and dinosaurs. C) Plastic models. D) All the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the answers are correct. 50. Bone crushed into several pieces-adds concern of bleeding internally A) Greenstick Fracture. B) Comminuted Fracture. C) Open/Compound Fracture. D) Closed/Simple Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comminuted Fracture. 51. The articular system includes A) Articulation. B) Joints. C) Articulation = Joints. D) Articulation and joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Articulation = Joints. 52. The ..... is composed of collagen and inorganic materials like calcium and phosphate in the bone tissue. A) Ossein. B) Osteocyte. C) Cartilage. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossein. 53. How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region of the spine? A) 7. B) 10. C) 12. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 54. What are bones used for? A) Make blood, shape, protection, structure. B) Support, protection, sanitation, shape. C) Support, movement, protection, shape, make calcium. D) Support, protection, digestion, shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make blood, shape, protection, structure. 55. Where are voluntary (skeletal) muscles found in the body? A) On skin. B) On nerves. C) On bones. D) On organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On bones. 56. A floating bone designed to protect the knee joint. A) Skull. B) Scapula. C) Humerus. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 57. Axial Skeleton does what? A) Is the part of your skeleton that can move easily. These are your arms, legs, feet, and hands. B) Moves less but supports the body's weight and protect internal tissues. Your skull protects your brain and your ribs and breastbone protect the heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moves less but supports the body's weight and protect internal tissues. Your skull protects your brain and your ribs and breastbone protect the heart and lungs. 58. The backbone is also called vertebral column A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. What joins the bones together? A) Joints. B) Muscles. C) Tendons. D) Knobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 60. What is the joint where the rounded end of one bone fits into a ring? A) Saddle. B) Ball and socket. C) Condyloid. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. ← 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