This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 110 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 110 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the skeletons functions? A) Protects internal organs. B) Gives shape and mobility to the body. C) Forms RBC's and stores minerals. D) Muscles are attached. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 2. You can strengthen your bones through ..... A) Weight-bearing exercise. B) Drinking apple cider vinegar. C) Consuming more vitamin E. D) Not using deodorant. E) Spending time in space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weight-bearing exercise. 3. C2 What are the bones of the backbone called? A) Ribs. B) Skull. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 4. Hip, elbow and knee A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 5. The only bone in the head that moves is known as the ..... A) Jaw bone. B) Cranium. C) Vertebrae. D) Stirrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jaw bone. 6. What are the two main types of bone tissue? A) Compact and spongy bone. B) Long and short bone. C) White and red bone. D) Hard and soft bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact and spongy bone. 7. Whats protecting our heart and lungs A) Shoulder girdle. B) Rib. C) Cage. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib cage. 8. The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint. A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 9. A joint that allows bones to turn is called ..... A) A slide joint. B) A pivot joint. C) A ball-and-socket joint. D) A hinge joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pivot joint. 10. Stem cells for bone A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteogenic cells. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteogenic cells. 11. Process of bone formation before birth: A) Hematopoiesis. B) Atrophy. C) Ossification. D) Appositional growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 12. The main functions of the skeletal system are to provide framework to support the body, produce blood cells, store fat and ..... protect soft tissues, and help create body motion. A) Oxygen. B) Vitamins. C) Minerals. D) Glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerals. 13. The longest and strongest bone in the body is ..... A) Skull. B) Shin. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 14. Bone-forming cells. A) Chondrocytes. B) Osteocytes. C) Chondroblasts. D) Osteoclasts. E) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Osteoblasts. 15. What type of muscle makes up the walls of many internal organs, such as the stomach? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 16. ..... cover the surface of mature bones? A) Perichondrium. B) Periosteum. C) Endosteum. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 17. What is the scientific name of the upper 'jaw bone'? A) Maxilla. B) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxilla. 18. A joint that allows movement in 1 direction A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Saddle. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 19. There are two kinds of skeletons a external "case" and a internal "frame" . What terms might be used to denote which is which? A) Endoskeleton for insideExoskeleton for outside. B) Endoskeleton for inside Ecto skeleton for outside. C) Arctoskeleton and Thermoskeleton. D) Hard skeleton and Soft skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endoskeleton for insideExoskeleton for outside. 20. Type of synovial joint that allows motion in one direction only. A) Saddle. B) Gliding. C) Condyloid. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 21. Rectus abdominus muscle action A) Hip extention. B) Hip flexion and knee extention. C) Hip adduction. D) Trunk flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trunk flexion. 22. Which label is the periosteum? A) D. B) C. C) K. D) B. E) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) K. 23. What can make our bones denser (stronger)? A) Junk food. B) Exercise. C) Stress. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exercise. 24. The ankle joint is ..... to the knee joint. A) Distal. B) Caudal. C) Proximal. D) Cranial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distal. 25. What age do most people have Osteoporosis? A) 30-40 years. B) 19-22 years. C) 25 years. D) 50 years and up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 years and up. 26. Provides shock absorption A) Articular Capsule. B) Joint Cavity. C) Articular Cartilage. D) Synovial Fluid. E) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Articular Cartilage. 27. Which limbs are not in the correct order? A) Femur, tibia and fibula. B) Humerus, ulna and tibia. C) Humerus, ulna and radius. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus, ulna and tibia. 28. Which type of muscle is your bicep muscle? A) Immoveable. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 29. Select the five key sections of the human skeleton? A) Head, Chest, Arms, Toes & Knee. B) Head, Spine, Limbs, Ribs & Fingers. C) Head, Spine, Legs, Arms & Chest. D) Shoulder, Chin, Elbow, Knee & Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head, Spine, Legs, Arms & Chest. 30. About ..... percent of an average adult's body weight is bone A) 50. B) 80. C) 20. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 31. What are the two bones of the lower leg? A) Clavicle and scapula. B) Ulna and radius. C) Tibia and fibula. D) Ilium and ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia and fibula. 32. The human body has how many bones when it is fully developed? A) 26. B) 150. C) 206. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 33. The most common arthritis that occurs as a result of aging. A degenerative disorder. (Sec 5 and powerpoint) A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 34. Where are the metatarsal bones located? A) Feet. B) Spine. C) Skull. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feet. 35. The ribs articulate anteriorly with the ..... A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Sternum. D) Thoracic vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 36. The body contains ..... bones A) 120. B) 50. C) 206. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 37. The movement "adduction" involves: A) Taking the body part towards the midline of the body. B) An increase in the joint angle. C) A decrease in the joint angle. D) Taking the body part away from the midline of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taking the body part towards the midline of the body. 38. Joints in which the bones are connected by cartilage A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous. 39. The joint in your knees is most similar to: A) The pendulum in a grandfather clock. B) The wheels on an office chair. C) The sliding mechanism on a drawer. D) The hinge on a cupboard door. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hinge on a cupboard door. 40. Which label is the cranium? A) A. B) D. C) E. D) B. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 41. This bone helps support your ribs and is in the middle of your chest A) Sternum. B) Ribs. C) Cranium. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 42. Shaft of the bone A) Endosteum. B) Periosteum. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 43. The bones of ankle are called ..... A) Phalanges. B) Carpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarsals. 44. What is on the thumb side or inside of you lower arm? A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Ulna. D) Phibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 45. The primary ossification center in a long bone is found at the ..... A) Epiphysis. B) Epiphyseal plate. C) Center of the diaphysis. D) Articular surface of the joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Center of the diaphysis. 46. Axial skeleton is core structure of the skeleton? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Group of organs that move nutrients to body cells A) Endocrine. B) Circulatory. C) Skeltal. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circulatory. 48. This is a transport system that connects Osteocytes A) Canals. B) Volkmann Canals. C) Haversian Canals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canals. 49. What term refers to the top portion of the skull that protects the brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Vertebrae. C) Cranium. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 50. Also known as a slipped or ruptured disk, is the breaking apart of an intervertebral disk that results in pressure on spinal nerve roots. A) Spina Bifida. B) Spondylolisthesis. C) Herniated disk. D) Lumbago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herniated disk. 51. The organ system that supports and protects the body, stores minerals and allow movement. A) Skeletal. B) Digestive. C) Circulatory. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 52. Which forearm bone is attached to the pinky side of the hand A) Tibia. B) Radius. C) Pelvis. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulna. 53. THE MUSCLES USED TO PUMP BLOOD A) VOLUNTARY. B) INVOLUNTARY. C) CARDIAC. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CARDIAC. 54. What is made inside of our bone marrow? A) Saliva. B) Muscle. C) Sweat. D) Blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood cells. 55. A Fx where the bone is shattered is a ..... Fx. A) Comminuted. B) Compound. C) Compression. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comminuted. 56. A FREELY MOVABLE JOINT IS ALSO CALLED A SYNOVIAL JOINT. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 57. Ribs protect your ..... and ..... A) Muscles and bones. B) Lungs and heart. C) Stomach and liver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs and heart. 58. What can a skull help us? A) Protect our faces. B) Save our brain. C) All are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All are correct. 59. ..... is the larger bone of the lower leg that is also called the shin bone A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia. 60. Internal layer of skeletal bone also known as cancellous bone A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. ← 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