This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ultrasounds are used to detect osteomyelitis (bone infection), soft tissue disorders, traumatic joint injuries, and surgical hardware placement. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 2. Bones are held together by tough tissues called A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Skeletal muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 3. This skull bone surrounds the ears. A) Occipital. B) Mandible. C) Lacrimal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 4. Uric acid crystals built up in the big toe A) Fracture. B) Arthritis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gout. 5. Swelling due to excessive liquid in the tissues. A) Osteoarthritis. B) Synovial sarcoma. C) Edema. D) Autoimmune diseases/disorders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edema. 6. Where can you classify the femur bone? A) Flat Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Short Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long Bones. 7. Marrow that contains fat and blood vessels A) Yellow Marrow. B) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow Marrow. 8. Where is yellow bone marrow located A) Articular Cartilage. B) Periosteum. C) Medullary Cavity. D) That one bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary Cavity. 9. What is the disorder of the skeletal system that results in having very brittle, soft bones? A) Osteomyelitis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Bursitis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 10. Sickle Cells are shaped like ..... A) Circles. B) Cube. C) Doughnuts. D) Crescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crescent. 11. In growing individuals, where would you find cartilage in the bone? A) Compact bone. B) Blood vessel. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyseal plate. 12. What type of joint is located in the knee and elbow? A) Pivot. B) Gliding. C) Ball and Socket. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 13. A fracture in which the bone breaks the skin A) Compound. B) Compression. C) Spiral. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 14. What are mature bone cells called? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Marrow. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes. 15. The outside layer of connective tissue that is present on long bones is: A) Articular cartilage. B) Endosteum. C) Medullary cavity. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 16. The type of bone tissue that resists compressive forces, looks smooth & uniform. A) Trabecular bone. B) Epiphyseal bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 17. It is also called as collarbone A) Ankle Bone. B) Clavicle. C) Scapula. D) Pelvic girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 18. Two bones from the elbow to the wrist are called ..... A) The radius and the ulna. B) The tibia and the fibula. C) The humerus and the sternum. D) The pelvis and the femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The radius and the ulna. 19. The process of bone tissue formation (osteogenesis) A) Osteoblast. B) Fracture. C) Osteoclast. D) Ossification. E) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 20. The total number of bones in human body are: A) 206. B) 602. C) 306. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 21. A group of organs that work together to perform a major function is an organ A) Bank. B) Stack. C) System. D) Column. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) System. 22. Which of the following IS considered part of the axial skeleton A) Skull. B) Thoracic cage. C) Vertebrae column. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 23. What are the Tendons? A) Where two or more bones meet. B) Attaches bones together at the joints. C) Attachs muscles to bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attachs muscles to bones. 24. This keeps our bones from scratching against each other. A) Skin. B) Cartilage. C) Calcium. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 25. A process that grows out from a bone in order to allow for attachment is what classification of bone marking? A) Short Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Depression. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Projection. 26. How many bones are there in adults A) 206. B) 208. C) 126. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 27. Which muscles are under our control A) Cardiac. B) Involuntary. C) Voluntary. D) Hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 28. What is the big bone in the lower arm called? A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Ulna. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 29. Fractures heal when specialized cells form new bone. What is this type of cell called? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 30. Joints that are immovable. Ex:sutures on your skull A) Cartilaginous Joints. B) Tendons. C) Fibrous Joints. D) Synovial Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrous Joints. 31. What is the longest bone the human body have? A) Thighbone. B) Ribs. C) Chin bone. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thighbone. 32. How do voluntary muscles move? A) A person "thinks" for a muscle to move and it moves. B) A person doesn't have to do anything it works automatically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person "thinks" for a muscle to move and it moves. 33. Magnesium assures what? A) Healthy bones. B) Attraction to other bones. C) Fluid throughout the whole body. D) Strong teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Healthy bones. 34. The bone building process is called? A) Getting stronger. B) Collagen. C) Ossification. D) Hypertrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 35. The long shaft of a bone: A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphyses. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 36. Does the skeletal system help the body move? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 37. All are bone shapes EXCEPT ..... A) Flat. B) Short. C) Regular. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regular. 38. The bones along the axis, or central line, of the human body A) Flat bones. B) Ulna. C) Axial skeleton. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial skeleton. 39. What is the top section of vertebrae called? A) Thoracic. B) Coccyx. C) Cervix. D) Cervical. E) Lumbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cervical. 40. Deltoid muscle action A) Hip extension and knee flexion. B) Dorsiflexion. C) Plantar flexion. D) Shoulder abduction, extension and flexsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder abduction, extension and flexsion. 41. The main shaft of a long bone is known as the A) Medularry Cavity. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 42. Functions of the Skeleton A) Protection. B) Support. C) Movement, blood cell formation, and storing inorganic materials. D) A B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A B and C. 43. Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints A) Articular cartilage. B) Intramembranous bone. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Endochondral bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 44. The main muscle of your scalp that allows you to raise your eyebrows and wrinkle your forehead. A) Epicranius. B) Masseter. C) Spine erector. D) Temporalis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicranius. 45. Which term best describes a group of cells that are similar in composition and function together to perform a task? A) Body system. B) Tissue. C) Organ. D) Organelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissue. 46. The outer surface of the bone is protected by a tough, fibrous membrane called the- A) Spongy bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 47. Layers of bone matrix. A) Osteoclast. B) Canals. C) Osteoblast. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamellae. 48. Ribs bones are categorized into ..... A) Flat bone. B) Pipe bone. C) Long bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat bone. 49. Without joints, we will A) Be able to chew but not talk. B) Be able to bend but not run. C) Be as stiff as a rock. D) Be able to walk but not sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be as stiff as a rock. 50. The inside of most bones contains a soft tissue is called ..... A) Tissues. B) Calcium. C) Bone Marrow. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone Marrow. 51. This nutrient is found in every cell and is the basic material in your blood. A) Proteins. B) Water. C) Vitamins. D) Fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 52. The skeletal system has 4 main functions. What are they? A) Protect, Shape, Support, Movement. B) Protractor, Shape, Swing, Motor. C) Protect, Mask, Swallow, Movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect, Shape, Support, Movement. 53. What does our skeletal system do for us? A) Provide structure. B) Helps us move. C) Protects our internal organs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. What are the bones that protect your heart and lungs? A) Sternum. B) Rib cage. C) Femur. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rib cage. 55. Babies are born with ..... less bones than they'll have as adults. A) More. B) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More. 56. Shoulder bone or shoulder blade A) Sternum. B) Scapula. C) Clavicle. D) Shoulder Girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 57. How many bones are in the spine? A) 33 bones. B) 23 bones. C) 12 bones. D) 26 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33 bones. 58. Approximately how many muscles are in our body A) 12. B) 600. C) 200. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 600. 59. Organisms with endoskeletons have bones on ..... A) The outside. B) The inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The inside. 60. Prefix that means above. A) Intra-. B) Syn-. C) Meta-. D) Supra-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supra-. ← 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