This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 111 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 111 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a fracture is exposed to the environment and the bones are no longer lined up it is called A) Closed Nondisplaced. B) Closed Displaced. C) Open Displaced. D) Open Nondisplaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open Displaced. 2. An example of a short bone would be? A) Carpels. B) Skull bone. C) Vertebra. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpels. 3. Lymphatic system brings nutrients, removes wastes, absorbs extra fluid, and fights diseases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The ..... bone forms the bridge of the nose. A) Lacrimal. B) Nasal. C) Femur. D) Hyoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nasal. 5. The part of the skeleton that includes legs and arms is the A) Appendage. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular. 6. The largest human body organ which regulates temperature and serves as a barrier against harmful microorganisms belongs to the- A) Circulatory system. B) Integumentary system. C) Digestive system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integumentary system. 7. Where is the strongest bone in the body located A) Thigh. B) King julian's hat. C) Skull. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thigh. 8. What are the last two pairs of ribs which are not attached to the sternum called A) Separate bones. B) Floating ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating ribs. 9. True or False. The patella is a bone found in the knee. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Calcium is NOT stored to keep our bones strong and healthy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. A newborn baby has more bones than an adult. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. Ella waves goodbye from the bus. What body system pulls on bones to let Ella wave her arm? A) Digestive system. B) Nervous system. C) Circulatory system. D) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular system. 13. An abnormal curvature of the spine is called A) Arthritis. B) Greenstick fracture. C) Osteoporosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scoliosis. 14. Muscles cells will have more mitochondria cells than any other human cells because A) It produces the most protein. B) It is red and red is hot. C) It uses the most energy. D) It needs to produce sweat when the body overheats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It uses the most energy. 15. Older people might get this A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 16. Cells make up..... A) More cells. B) Organ systems. C) Tissues. D) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissues. 17. What are the major cells in the Skeletal System? A) Osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts. B) Rod, cone. C) Red blood, White blood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts. 18. Palms and wrist up A) Supination. B) Pronation. C) Adduction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supination. 19. In newborns, certain cranial bones are NOT completely formed and instead are joined by membranous regions called ..... A) Chitin. B) Osteons. C) Fontanels. D) Sinuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fontanels. 20. The lowest ribs are called ..... ribs. A) Flat bone. B) Floating. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating. 21. Another name for the hip bone A) Clavicle. B) Pelvis. C) Ulna. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 22. Which tissue is found on the end of each bone to protect them when they rub together? (Hint:It is also found in your ears and nose!) A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 23. What type of muscle can be found in the heart? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) Silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 24. Muscle that causes movements that you cannot control A) Cardiac muscle. B) Striated muscle. C) Tendon. D) Smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smooth muscle. 25. Thin layer of cells lining the medullary cavities A) Yellow marrow. B) Endosteum. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endosteum. 26. Which of the following descriptions accurately characterizes rheumatoid arthritis? A) Autoimmune disease that causes joint degeneration. B) Gradual wear-and-tear of synovial joints. C) Often precipitated by a tick bite. D) Loss of cartilage between a joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autoimmune disease that causes joint degeneration. 27. How do the muscular and skeletal system work together to help the body? A) They provide blood to the body. B) They provide nutrients to the body. C) They provide structure and movement to the body. D) They provide oxygen and carbon dioxide to the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They provide structure and movement to the body. 28. Which type of marrow makes blood cells? A) White marrow. B) Green marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red marrow. 29. In the fourth step of fracture healing this will occur A) Fibrocartilaginous converts to bony callus. B) Bony callus formation. C) Bone remodeling. D) Mass or clot is forming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone remodeling. 30. What spinal disfigurement involves a sideways bend or sway of the spinal column? A) Lordosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Torsion. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis. 31. How many bones is the adult skull made of? A) 27. B) 24. C) 18. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22. 32. Which muscle fibre type allows players to jog around and has the highest resistance to fatigue A) Type I. B) Type IIa. C) Type IIx. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type I. 33. The medical term for the kneecap is the ..... A) Phalanges. B) Pantella. C) Mandible. D) Maxilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pantella. 34. Another name for (Breastbone) A) Metatarsals. B) Tibia. C) Sternum. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 35. Protects the lungs, heart, and liver. It is made up of the ribs and the breastbone. A) Vertebral column. B) Rib cage. C) Skull. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rib cage. 36. The movement of a limb towards the midline of the body is ..... A) Adduction. B) Abduction. C) Circumduction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adduction. 37. Are our bones alive? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 38. Another name for the shoulder blade A) Patella. B) Tarsals. C) Femur. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scapula. 39. What place in the world has the most hydroelectric energy A) China. B) Europe. C) Africa. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 40. Freely movable joint exhibiting a joint cavity. Also called diarthrosis A) Fibrous joint. B) Synovial joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial joint. 41. The proximal and distal ends of long bones. The site of hemopoiesis. A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 42. Which fracture involves the protrusion of bone through the skin? A) Hairline. B) Compound. C) Comminuted. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 43. Which structure is made up of trabeculae? A) Spongy bone. B) Osteons. C) Cartilage. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 44. Bones can form in two ways, either A) Intramembranous and intermembranous. B) Endochondral and exochondral. C) Intramembranous and endochondral. D) Endochondral and intermembranous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intramembranous and endochondral. 45. Which is NOT a thing of cardiac muscle? A) They keep working for 24 hours. B) They are Involuntary in nature. C) They are not attached to any bone. D) They get tired very quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They get tired very quickly. 46. Your rib-cage and other bones provide ..... for vital organs. A) Protection. B) Structure. C) Support. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. 47. These are the cavities containing osteocytes A) Canaliculus. B) Lacunae. C) Lamella. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacunae. 48. The light spongy bone between the eye sockets is the ..... bone. A) Hynoid. B) Ethmoid. C) Zygomatic. D) Sphenoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethmoid. 49. Muscles are made of ..... A) Silica. B) Polyester threads. C) Calcium and phosphorous. D) Groups of cells called fibres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groups of cells called fibres. 50. What means "grow together?" A) Fuse. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fuse. 51. Do all humans have bones? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 52. Each lower limb contains the thigh bone, the patella, and two leg bones, the tibia and fibula. A) Shin bone/kneecap/ femur. B) Femur / kneecap / shin bone. C) Femur/ shin bone/ kneecap. D) Kneecap/ femur/ shin bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur / kneecap / shin bone. 53. Persons have different abilities in some sports. One reason is that: A) Our skeletal systems vary in size. B) Our skeletal system have the same size. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our skeletal systems vary in size. 54. Snakes and crocodiles are? A) Mammals. B) Amphibians. C) Reptiles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reptiles. 55. The skull contains which type of joint? A) Fixed Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Ball-and-Socket Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed Joint. 56. Birds have more ..... bone than humans. A) Hard. B) Spongy. C) Soft. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 57. Strong cords of dense connective tissue which binds two bones together A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 58. Tissue that connects muscles to the bones A) Articular Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) DIaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendon. 59. Which type of bone cells are responsible for dissolving and recycling old bone tissue? A) Osteoprogenitor cells. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 60. How many types of joints are present in Skeletal System? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. ← 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