This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 109 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 109 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The more mobility a joint has the weaker & less stable it is: A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. The inner layer of bone with the lattice structure A) Marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Spongey bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongey bone. 3. Which type of bone is complex shaped (like the vertebrae)? A) Short bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Flat bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular bone. 4. Joint that only allows limited movement such as turning your head to the right and left A) Saddle. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 5. Which of the following is not one of the tissues we have discussed in class? A) Muscle. B) Organ. C) Connective. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organ. 6. Turning the hand so that the palm faces downward. A) Supination. B) Rotation. C) Elevation. D) Pronation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronation. 7. The place where two bones meet is a A) Muscle. B) Joint. C) Bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 8. The skeletal and muscular systems can be considered as one system because together they move the body. The skeleton is the framework of the body to which the voluntary muscles are attached A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 9. What kind of joint gives you opposable thumbs? A) Hinge Joint. B) Saddle Joint. C) Ball in Socket Joint. D) Pivot Joint. E) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saddle Joint. 10. Which of the following are not features of compact bone/ A) Osteocytes. B) Lamellae. C) Beams. D) Haversian canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beams. 11. The tough, flexible strand of connective tissue that holds bones together is a ..... A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Marrow. D) Growth plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 12. Attached to the sternum, it is only long bone in the human body that lies horizontally. A) Femur. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle. 13. What are the joints in the skeletal system? A) Ball and socket, gliding, pivot, fused, hinge. B) Ball and socket, screw, wrench, metatarsals. C) Ball and socket, gliding, immovable (fused) and juking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket, gliding, pivot, fused, hinge. 14. ..... join allows movement in several direction. A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Sliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 15. Sutures of the skull are what type of joint? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous. 16. What part of the bone allows blood vessels and nerve endings to enter into the bone through tiny openings and move through canals? A) Long bones. B) Spongy bone. C) Irregular bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 17. 8) The bones of the legs consist of what 3 bones? A) Phalanges, Metatarsals, Tarsals. B) Thigh, Tibia, Buckle. C) Sternum, Ribs, and Scapula. D) Humerus, Radius, and Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thigh, Tibia, Buckle. 18. How many bones to babies have? A) 300. B) 150. C) 213. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 19. An example of an injury to the axial skeleton is A) A hockey player with a broken rib. B) A construction worker with a fractured shoulder. C) A skateboarder with a broken ankle. D) A small child with a fractured wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hockey player with a broken rib. 20. Deep layer of the skin composed of the papillary and reticular layers A) Papillary Layer. B) Hypodermis. C) Melanin. D) Dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dermis. 21. Which of the following is the main function of the skeletal system? A) Producing red and white blood cells. B) Allowing the body to take in oxygen and get rid of Carbon Dioxide. C) Producing Hormones. D) Allowing the blood to flow through the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producing red and white blood cells. 22. The middle section of the sternum is known as the ..... A) Handle. B) Tubercle. C) Xiphoid process. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Body. 23. Arms, legs, pelvis, fingers, toes- A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton. 24. Bone marrow is located ..... A) The space where two bones meet. B) In the medullary cavity surrounded by compact bone. C) Circulating through the heart. D) On the other portion of compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the medullary cavity surrounded by compact bone. 25. The olecranon process is found on the: A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 26. Mature female pig A) Gilt. B) Sow. C) Boar. D) Barrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sow. 27. Breaks down bone to remove damaged or old cells, and release minerals into the blood stream A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteon. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast. 28. What is your thigh bone called? A) Femur. B) Clavicle. C) Phalanges. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 29. Which type of joint is found in our elbows and fingers A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 30. Another name for the knee cap is the: A) Cacaneous. B) Tibia. C) Pubis. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 31. A condition leading to softening or brittle bones. Treatment can involve hormone replacement and increase calcium and Vitamin D in diet. A) Osteoarthritis. B) Osteomyelitis. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 32. What mineral compound makes up about 1/3 of your bone matrix? A) Collagen. B) Proteins. C) Calcium Phosphate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium Phosphate. 33. A tough fibrous tissue which connects one bone to another A) Tendon. B) Bone Marrow. C) Ligament. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 34. True or False:Your bones make red blood cells A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. The scientific name for the skull is called the A) Cranium. B) Mandible. C) Sternum. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 36. What are the two main minerals that make up the majority of bone tissue? A) Zinc and copper. B) Sodium and potassium. C) Iron and magnesium. D) Calcium and phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and phosphorus. 37. Which material in the bone make new blood cells to keep you healthy? A) Calcium. B) Marrow. C) Ligaments. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 38. This attaches your bone to bone A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Aponeurosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 39. What you use to chew your food A) Mandible. B) Teeth. C) Cranium. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeth. 40. Bone does not break through the skin A) Fissure fracture. B) Transverse fracture. C) Compound fracture. D) Simple fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple fracture. 41. What type of bone marrow acts as a storage site for fat? A) Red. B) Yellow. C) White. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow. 42. Joints allow movement and ..... of the body. A) Speed. B) Flexibility. C) Growth. D) Pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexibility. 43. Which bone articulates with the femur anteriorly? A) Coxa. B) Patella. C) Tibia. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 44. When the ligaments in a joint are stretched or twisted and cause swelling it is called a ..... A) Overuse injury. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sprain. 45. What foods contain Calcium that helps our bones? A) Milk. B) Oranges. C) Soda. D) Celery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milk. 46. Spongy bone is made up of trabeculae found along lines of stress. Its purpose is: A) To provide an attachment point for muscles. B) Provide strength & hardness to bone. C) To connect bone cells, allowing them to receive nutrients & remove wastes. D) To provide perfect resistance from compression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide perfect resistance from compression. 47. X is the only bone that do not connected with other bones. What is X? A) Sternum. B) Hyoid. C) Auditory ossicles. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyoid. 48. T/F:The speed with which a fractured bone heals is dependent, in part, on how closely the fractured parts lie in relation to one another. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. There are ..... pair of true ribs, whereas there are ..... pair of floating ribs. A) 5;2. B) 5;7. C) 7;2. D) 2;5. E) 7;5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7;2. 50. How does Upper Limb helps A) Eating. B) Writing. C) Lifting things. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 51. What do your bones contain? A) Milk. B) Acid. C) Bone Marrow. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone Marrow. 52. To absorb calcium, your body needs A) Hepaslimin. B) Vitamin D. C) Potassium. D) Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitamin D. 53. Tuberculosis-Calcium deficiency in elderly women.2.Osteoporosis-A bacteria attacks the bone.3.Kyphosis-A bad posture where the person often hunches.4.Polio-A virus that causes paralysis in children. The correct answer between the disease and the causes are numbers ..... A) 1 and 2. B) 2 and 3. C) 3 and 4. D) 1 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 and 4. 54. What is an involuntary muscle A) A muscle that works on it own. B) A tendon. C) A bone. D) A muscle that works when you tell it to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A muscle that works on it own. 55. Adults have ..... bones in their body A) 208. B) 207. C) 206. D) 209. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 56. The ribcage is formed by ..... pairs of thin ..... bones A) 10; straight. B) 12; curved. C) 12; straight. D) 10; curved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12; curved. 57. Why is skeletal system important? A) The skeletal system works as the excretory system. B) The skeletal system works of your heart from inside. C) The skeletal works only to go to sleep fast. D) The skeletal systemworks as a support structure for your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The skeletal systemworks as a support structure for your body. 58. Who/what has a hydrostatic skeleton? A) Person. B) Worm. C) Insect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worm. 59. Most insects and crustaceans have a ..... A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton. 60. Which of the following means "the framework of bones that forms the structure of the body and protects internal organs?" A) System. B) Skeleton. C) Support. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeleton. ← 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