This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 104 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 104 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one is not included as Appendicular skeleton? A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Scapula. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 2. Nicole a fitness guru feels compelled to do a few jumping jacks. Which movement is taking place as her hands come together above her head? A) Circumduction. B) Adduction. C) Abduction. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abduction. 3. What type of bone marrow produces blood cells? A) Blue. B) Unicorn. C) Red. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red. 4. What is the longest bones in the human skeleton? A) The ribs. B) The femur. C) The clavicle. D) The humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The femur. 5. One similarity between the big toes and the thumb is A) Both are opposable. B) Both have 3 phalanges. C) Both have 2 phalanges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both have 2 phalanges. 6. Which bone is responsible for protecting your heart? A) Sternum. B) Cranium. C) Mandible. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 7. What is the function of the Cranium? A) Helps support the vertebral column. B) Helps protect the spinal cord. C) Helps protect the nerves to the brain. D) Helps protect the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helps protect the brain. 8. What is the name of the skeletal disease that is caused by the lack of vit D? A) Dwarfism. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rachitis. D) Acromegaly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rachitis. 9. What does hemapoietic tissue do? A) Forms red blood cells. B) Forms white blood cells. C) Forms bone marrow. D) Makes your liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forms red blood cells. 10. Where do muscle fiber and neurons meet A) Electromuscular Junction. B) Neurofiber Junction. C) Neuromuscular Junction. D) Electrofiber junction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuromuscular Junction. 11. The prime mover for inhalation. A) The broadest back. B) Diaphragm. C) Epicranius. D) Tibial anterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphragm. 12. A function of the skeletal system is to protect vital organs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Bones can act as a reservoir for calcium and phosphorus and serve as the fat storage such asfats stored in the ..... of long bones. A) Red bone marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow bone marrow. 14. Cordlike structures that attach muscle to bone (page 141) A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Articulation. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendon. 15. The place in a bone where bone marrow is stored. A) Medullary Cavity. B) Bone Cells. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medullary Cavity. 16. The humerus and scapula join together to form a joint. This type of joint is called a ..... joint. A) Ball & socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball & socket. 17. Inflammation of the periosteum A) Myeloma. B) Periostitis. C) Malacia. D) Necrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periostitis. 18. What type of joint is found at the hip? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Saddle. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket. 19. What is primarily found at each end of a long bone to limit friction when the bones move against one another? A) Osteons. B) Adipose. C) Articular cartilage. D) Osseous membranes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Articular cartilage. 20. What muscle is shown? A) Quadriceps. B) Hamstrings. C) Adductors. D) Gastrocnemius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gastrocnemius. 21. Our skull has what type of joint movement? A) Assembly. B) Osteoporosis. C) Diarthrosis. D) Amphiarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assembly. 22. Hey Avni, Kiara, and Aashi! Can you tell me what are the three types of bones in the human body? A) Long bones, short bones, and flat bones. B) Hard bones, soft bones, and flexible bones. C) Round bones, irregular bones, and sesamoid bones. D) Pointy bones, curved bones, and irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bones, short bones, and flat bones. 23. Muscles are attached to bones with tendons and- A) Skin. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 24. A muscle that straightens a joint A) Extensor. B) Hamstring. C) Hip. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extensor. 25. The white covering of the epiphysis is formed by the A) Articular cartilage. B) Endosteum. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 26. Intramembranous bone fromation A) Is responsible for bone growth in diameter. B) Gives rise to the flat bones of the skull. C) Occurs within the hyaline cartilage model. D) Occurs in the epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives rise to the flat bones of the skull. 27. The function of the axial skeleton is movement. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. The central portion of the long bones that contain yellow marrow. A) Medullary Canal. B) Red marrow. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medullary Canal. 29. What type of muscle forms the heart? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 30. What are the organs of the skeletal system? A) Bones. B) Muscles. C) Skin, hair, and nails. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 31. In the healing of bone fractures what major event happens first? A) A blood clot forms around the break. B) A callus is formed. C) Both intramembranous and endochondral ossification are involved. D) The callus may eventually disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A blood clot forms around the break. 32. This type of joint provides movement around a certain point A) Hinge. B) Immoveable. C) Ball and socket. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 33. On the inside; underneath another structure is known as A) Ventral. B) Anterior. C) Deep. D) Dorsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deep. 34. Your bones will stop growing by age: A) 40. B) 10. C) 18. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 35. Your bicep is an example of ..... muscle. A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Nervous. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 36. Condition of slow movement. A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Bradykinesia. C) Pronation. D) Hyperkinesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bradykinesia. 37. Scarlett, Abigail, and Charlotte are studying bone tissue under a microscope. Which of the following structures would they not be able to see? A) Osteocytes. B) Canaliculi. C) Epiphysis. D) Haversian canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 38. Another word for skull A) Shoulder blade. B) Collar bone. C) Cranium. D) Shin bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 39. Supports the skull and protects the spinal chord. A) Rib cage. B) Joints. C) Vertebral column. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebral column. 40. Carpals are..... A) Sutural bones. B) Short bones. C) Long bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short bones. 41. Identify the part of the bone which produces red blood cells. A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 42. The longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton- A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 43. The shortest bone in the skeletal system A) Stapes. B) Tarsals. C) Femur. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stapes. 44. Main face bones ..... supports upper teeth A) Nasal bone. B) Cheeks. C) Mandible. D) Lacrimal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheeks. 45. What strong fibrous tissue connects muscle to bone? A) Cartliage. B) Phalanges. C) Tendon. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendon. 46. These bones are plates of bone that form protective barriersaround vital organs A) Flat. B) Short. C) Sesamoid. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 47. This term refers to bone growth or the formation of bone. A) Erythrocytes. B) Osteoporosis. C) Ossification. D) Osteogenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 48. The root word "chondr/i" or "chondr/o" means: A) Cartilage. B) Rib. C) Arthritis. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 49. The patella is an example of this type of bone A) Short. B) Long. C) Sesamoid. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid. 50. Also called cortical bone dense and tough surrounds the spongy bone A) LONG BONES. B) COMPACT BONE. C) SHORT BONES. D) SPONGY BONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COMPACT BONE. 51. The scientific name for "hip bone" is A) Ulna. B) Pelvis. C) Carpal. D) Metacarpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 52. Which joint allows movement in only one direction? A) Ball and socket. B) Fiibrous. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 53. The smallest bone in the body is found ..... A) In the teeth. B) In the leg. C) In the finger. D) In the ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the ear. 54. A process when a cartilage gradually changes into bone tissue is called A) Bones. B) Resorption. C) Bone modification. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 55. How many skeletal muscles do we have in our body. A) 600. B) 50. C) 800. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 600. 56. Major muscles are attached to bones and help them move. The major muscles are attached to the bone and help them move. A) True True. B) False False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False False. 57. Found in the humerus, femur, pelvis and vertebrae A) Red bone marrow. B) Bone marrow. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow. 58. What is the main purpose of the axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton respectively? A) Movement and protection. B) Protection and hematopoesis. C) Protection and movement. D) Hematopoesis and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection and movement. 59. A long bone at centre of the chest is called ..... A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 60. This muscle is found in the heart and never gets tired. A) Smooth. B) Strong. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. 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