This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 114 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 114 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a bone is forcibly displaced from a joint: A) Sprain. B) Dislocation. C) Bursitis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislocation. 2. Most rough football tackles result in: A) Damage to the phalanges. B) Clavicle or collarbone damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle or collarbone damage. 3. Our teeth are bones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. Bones are spongy on the inside making them less dense and lighter weight. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. The largest bone in the body is the: A) Femur. B) Ulna. C) Tibia. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 6. What is the study of the bones and other components of the skeletal system? A) Neurology. B) Osteology. C) Myology. D) Orthopedics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteology. 7. During a hiking trip, you slip and feel a sharp pain in your ankle. The medical guide suggests it might be an issue with the tissue that connects bones to other bones. What is this tissue called? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Muscles. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 8. Which of the following receptors do opioid analgesics not act upon? A) Alpha. B) In. C) Kappa. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alpha. 9. The scientific name for skull is ..... A) Cranium. B) Brain. C) Noggin. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 10. The hip bones form a ring called ..... A) Femur. B) Tibia and fibula. C) Knee cap/patella. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pelvis. 11. Which type of skeleton includes the bones of the limbs and the girdles that connect them to the axial skeleton? A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Skeletal system. D) Vertebral skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 12. What percentage of bones are made from Calcium? A) 60%. B) 77%. C) 70%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70%. 13. What is the cushion between the joints? A) Cartilage. B) Callus. C) Hematoma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 14. Which part of our skeletal system protects our brain? A) Hinge. B) Ribcage. C) Skull. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 15. The main function of the musculoskeletal system is to ..... A) Provide movement and support for the body. B) Protect internal organs. C) Provide attachment sites for muscles. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Which of the following structures form part of the axial skeleton? A) Hip/pelvic girdle. B) Upper limbs. C) Lower limbs. D) Vertebrae column. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae column. 17. Shaking your head "no" is an illustration of using what type of joint in your neck? A) Hinge. B) Immoveable. C) Ball and socket. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 18. Name the joints of the skeletal system? A) Zipper and button. B) Bolt and nut. C) Screw and nail. D) Ball and socket, Pivot, Hinge and Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and socket, Pivot, Hinge and Gliding. 19. Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle tissue? A) Skeletal. B) Rough. C) Cardiac. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rough. 20. The production of new bone during a child's development is accomplished by: A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Bone marrow. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 21. The Skull is weak. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. How many bones are in the skeleton? A) 80. B) 206. C) 260. D) 126. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 23. Mr. Swatter has a fly on his shoulder, the poor thing. He reaches his right hand over to his left shoulder to try and squish the fly. Which movement is occurring at his ELBOW joint? A) Circumduction. B) Extension. C) Flexion. D) Supination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 24. ..... is hardest bone which forms the lower jaw A) Mandible. B) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 25. A disorder in bones which is caused by vitamin D deficiency and shaped X or O bones is called ..... A) Rickets. B) Lordosis. C) Kyphosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rickets. 26. A magnet can attract or repel another magnet from a distance. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Joints can move to any direction ..... A) Saddle Joint. B) Pivot Joint. C) Ball-and-Socket Joint. D) Hinge Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-Socket Joint. 28. Long bones are found in ..... A) Lower and upper limbs. B) Wrist and ankle. C) Fingers and toes. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower and upper limbs. 29. What skeletal structure is located in the skull? A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Carpal. D) Sinus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinus. 30. Which type of joint is in your neck? A) Gliding. B) Ball-and-socket. C) Pivot. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 31. The smooth, hard, white layer of bone is called ..... A) Spongy bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Compact bone. D) Blood vessels and nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 32. Bones that have platelike structures. A) Irregular. B) Short. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 33. The root word orth/o means what A) Curved or incorrect. B) Up or down. C) Straight or correct. D) Left or right. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Straight or correct. 34. These bones don't have a specific shape and make up the bones of the face, vertebrae, and hips A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 35. True or False:Long bones normally protect a body's vital organs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. This is when you are able to control the movement like in skeletal muscles A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. 37. Name the agonist during flexion of the elbow joint A) Pectoralis major. B) Deltoid. C) Bicep. D) Tricep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bicep. 38. This type of bone cell breaks down old or damaged bone: A) Osteocyte. B) Osteogenic. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 39. What does peripheral mean? A) Important. B) Central. C) Outer. D) Strange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer. 40. This is the strongest bone in the skull. A) Maxilla. B) Mandible. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandible. 41. When you flex your arm, your BICEPS are the flexors. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Medial bone of the lower leg A) Tibia. B) Femur. C) Phibia. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia. 43. Bone on the pinkie side of the forearm. A) Ulna. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna. 44. Provides extremely limited movement A) Immovable joint. B) Slightly movable joint. C) Pivot joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slightly movable joint. 45. A group of cells that work together to perform the same functions. A) Tissue. B) Tendons. C) Organ Systems. D) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissue. 46. Which is not a bone located in your arm? A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 47. The above fluid between joints acts as ..... A) Cushion. B) Pain medication. C) Lubricant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lubricant. 48. The largest of the tarsal bones, the heel, is called the: A) Sesamoid. B) Megatarsal. C) Calcaneus. D) Carpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcaneus. 49. Periosteum is a membrane that surrounds bones.It ..... Bones A) Protects. B) Surrounds. C) Periosteum. D) Nourisnes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nourisnes. 50. How many regions is the spine divided into? A) Five. B) Eight. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Five. 51. What are the characteristics of long bones? A) Composed mainly of spongy bone. B) Longer than they are wide. C) Shorter than they are wide. D) Have a shaft with heads at one end only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longer than they are wide. 52. Which of these is a long term effect on the skeletal system? A) Increased cardiac output. B) Increased bone density. C) Increased strength in muscles. D) Increased heart rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased bone density. 53. What is the term used for broken bones? A) Broken bone. B) Joints. C) Fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fracture. 54. The joints between pelvis and femur are called ..... joints. A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and socket. 55. Besides the brain, the skull also protects ..... A) THE LUNGS. B) THE BODY CELLS. C) THE SENSE ORGANS. D) THE DIAPHRAGM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE SENSE ORGANS. 56. Where is the humerus bone located? A) Lower arm. B) Upper arm. C) Lower leg. D) Upper leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upper arm. 57. Refers to a condition where the bone does not harden the way it should after forming A) Osteopenia. B) Bone Cancer. C) Osteomalacia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteomalacia. 58. Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine A) Leukemia. B) Tendonitis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scoliosis. 59. When a bone is formed, renewed, and repaired. A) Fracture. B) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 60. There are about 50 bones in both hands. A) True. 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