This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System β Quiz 106 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 106 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Long bones are found in the limbs like ..... A) Wrist and ankles. B) Shoulder blades and skull. C) Face and vertebrae. D) Arms and legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arms and legs. 2. Which vital organ does the rib cage protect? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Heart. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 3. What does the term 'penia' mean? A) Deficiency. B) To bind, tie together. C) Surgical removal, excision. D) Surgical puncture to remove fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deficiency. 4. The primary function of a muscle is what? A) Movement. B) Feel pain. C) Think. D) To protect us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 5. Which vitamin/mineral is important to keep the bone healthy? A) Vitamin E. B) Vitamin D. C) Vitamin A. D) Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitamin D. 6. Movement decreasing the angle between body parts (bending) A) Adduction. B) Extension. C) Flexion. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 7. How does the skeletal system and muscular system work together to move? A) The peristalsis moves the muscular system to move the bones. B) The skeleton system contracts to move the muscles. C) Muscles are attached to bones with tendons that contract to move the skeletal system. D) Muscles flatten out to move the bones in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles are attached to bones with tendons that contract to move the skeletal system. 8. The muscles present in the stomach and intestine are ..... A) Smooth muscle. B) Involuntary. C) Voluntatary. D) Both 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 and 2. 9. Heart and lungs are protected by ..... A) Rib cage. B) Chest cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rib cage. 10. Under the control of the person A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. 11. I am the tiniest living part of the human body ..... What am I? A) Cell. B) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell. 12. What is the smallest bone(s) in your body? A) Flat bones. B) The Stirrup bone. C) Short bones. D) Sesamoid bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Stirrup bone. 13. This includes the skull, vertebrae, sternum & ribs A) Axial. B) Girdle. C) Appendicular. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 14. What is the medical terminology for bone? A) Cyto. B) Cheeses. C) Myo. D) Derm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheeses. 15. True or False, all fractures (breaks) require surgery? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. The Skeletal system is made up of what three things: A) Bones, Joints and muscles. B) Bones, Joints and connective tissue. C) Joints, Muscles and blood. D) Bones, connective tissue and the nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones, Joints and connective tissue. 17. Teeth and bones are similar in mineral content. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which one of these body parts has a hinge joint A) Shoulder. B) Hips. C) Knee. D) Neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee. 19. How many organs are in the human body? A) 23. B) 14. C) 5. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 20. The ..... connects the pelvis to the patella. A) Tibia. B) Tarsals. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 21. The bones are hard because they are made of which of the following substances? A) Vitamins. B) Minerals. C) Concrete. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minerals. 22. What parts make up the skeletal system? A) Bones. B) Cells. C) Tissues. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 23. An example of a hinge joint is? A) The knee. B) The hand. C) The neck. D) In your back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The knee. 24. The pectoralis major has its origin on the A) Clavicle, sternum and anterior ribs. B) Medial humerus. C) Tibia. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle, sternum and anterior ribs. 25. Which jaw can move in human skull? A) Lower. B) Upper. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower. 26. The skeletal system helps us move. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Special bone forming cells that begin the mineralization process are referred to as what? A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteoblast. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblast. 28. Look at this picture carefully. Name the bone on number 6! A) Femur. B) Radius. C) Pelvis. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 29. What are the structures/organs of the Integumentary System? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints. B) Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle. C) System skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) System skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. 30. A ball and socket joint can move in a ..... motion. A) Circular. B) Oval. C) Round. D) Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular. 31. The shoulder and hit are examples of which type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoid/Condyloid. D) Pivot. E) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket. 32. What purpose does red bone marrow serve? A) Produces red blood cells. B) Protects the spongy bone. C) Shock absorption. D) Energy and fat storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produces red blood cells. 33. What happens to your skeleton as your grow? A) It grows. B) It stays the same size. C) It gets smaller. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It grows. 34. Consists of:βAbout 80 bones βAmong these bones are the skull, ribs, breastbone and vertebral column (backbone) βIts most complex part is the skull which consists of 29 bones A) Axial skeleton. B) Vertebral column. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 35. What type of fracture runs parallel to the long axis of a bone? A) Linear. B) Greenstick. C) Transverse. D) Oblique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linear. 36. Softening and weakening of bones in children usually due to an extreme and prolonged vitamin D deficiency A) Rheumatoid Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteopenia. D) Rickets. E) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rickets. 37. Your skeletal system: A) Gives your body shape and structure. B) Protect your organs. C) Allow your body to move. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 38. Osteo means..... A) Tissue. B) Pores. C) Skin. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone. 39. Yellow Bone Marrow stores ..... A) Blood Cells. B) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fat. 40. ....is as a video-game joystick lets you move your character all around, the shoulder lets your arm move freely in all directions. A) Gliding joint. B) Ball and Socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket joint. 41. How many senses are there? A) 6. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. E) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 5. 42. Which bone structure allows for muscles and ligaments to attached? A) Surfaces. B) Depressions and openings. C) Projections. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Projections. 43. Limbs (arms and legs) and pelvic bones are part of the ..... A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton. 44. ..... attached to bones help us to move A) Threads. B) Muscles. C) Skin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles. 45. A man had a stroke on the right side of the brain and had left arm weakness. This is describes: A) Bilateral. B) Unilateral. C) Contralateral. D) Ipsilateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contralateral. 46. What is NOT a type of bone joint? A) Hinge. B) Reflex. C) Pivot. D) Ball-and-socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 47. What is the canal that goes in the center of the Osteon? A) Haversian Canal. B) Volkmann's Canal. C) Canals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haversian Canal. 48. True or False:The femur (thigh bone) is a part of the axial skeleton. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 49. The type of bone cell that is responsible for bone resorption; that is, they break bone down and assist in depositing calcium and phosphate to the blood? A) Osteon. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclast. 50. The place where two bones meet is referred to as a A) Tendon. B) Joint. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 51. How many bones does an adult has? A) 208. B) 300. C) 206. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 52. Supportive holder for the bladder, intestines, reproductive system for women. A) Pelvis. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 53. What is the name of the protein that allows muscle contraction? A) Actin and myosin. B) Insulin. C) Collagen. D) Hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actin and myosin. 54. The backbone is made up of how many ring shaped bones A) 33. B) 13. C) 43. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 55. ..... are the bones that for the instep of the foot A) Clavicle. B) Metatarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metatarsals. 56. Growth ends when these ossify A) Diaphysis. B) Haversian canals. C) Canaliculi. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal plate. 57. Which of these movements only occurs at the ankle? A) Extension. B) Dorsiflexion. C) Abduction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dorsiflexion. 58. Which of the following is not a good way to protect your bones? A) Ride your bike without a helmet. B) Exercise daily. C) Eat a good diet. D) Be aware of your surroundings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ride your bike without a helmet. 59. Connect the muscles to bones A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 60. Where are your ribs located? A) Legs. B) Chest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chest. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books