This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 115 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many bones make up the adult human skeleton? A) 306. B) 216. C) 316. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 2. What is the anatomical name for the tail bone? A) Coccyx. B) Scapula. C) Clavicle. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx. 3. Loosening or setting free A) -lysis. B) -hiss. C) -one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -lysis. 4. Which bones make up the forearm? A) Humerus and femur. B) Tibia and fibula. C) Scapula and clavicle. D) Radius and ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radius and ulna. 5. Without our skeletal system A) Wouldn't be able to move. B) Our organs wouldn't be protected. C) Our body wouldn't have support. D) All of the other answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other answers. 6. The joints between the tibia and fibula are called: A) Funtabilious. B) Syndesmosis. C) Syncrunchlicious. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syndesmosis. 7. The ribs are attached to a flat bone in the middle of the ribcage called the ..... A) Spine. B) Cartilage. C) Scapula. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 8. What is the term for the bones of the fingers and toes? A) Carpals and Tarsals. B) Radius and Ulna. C) Phalanges. D) Metacarpals and Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 9. The heart beating is an example of A) A voluntary movement. B) An involuntary movement. C) Fast-twitch muscles. D) Slow-twitch muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An involuntary movement. 10. This marrow makes red and white blood cells: A) Red marrow. B) Marrow doesn't make blood cells. C) White marrow. D) Yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red marrow. 11. What type of joint allows for rotation, such as the one found in the neck? A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint. 12. What is the skeleton primarily made of in embryos? A) Connective tissue. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 13. Tissue that cover your bones and helps bones to grow and function properly A) Periosteum. B) Cartilage. C) Cartilage. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 14. Consists of fore and hind limbs A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Periosteum. C) Axial system. D) Greenstick fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 15. Which of the following is NOT true of a hematoma? A) Forms within 6-8 hours of a fracture. B) It is the predecessor (comes before) the procallus. C) It is made of coagulated (gelled) blood. D) Forms after a hard callus is present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forms after a hard callus is present. 16. Muscles that work without us having to think about it are called ..... muscles. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Conscious. D) Deliberate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 17. Which is an example of a Synarthroses joint? A) Ribs. B) Skull. C) Elbow. D) Back bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 18. Example of a ball and socket joint is where A) Shoulder. B) Neck. C) Wrist. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder. 19. Convex surface of one bone articulates with the concave surface of another. A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Condyloid. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 20. Which bone(s) is proximal in the elbow joint? A) Humerus and patella. B) Humerus and radius. C) Humerus. D) Ulna and radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 21. Bones that are formed by intramembranous growth are called A) Long bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Dermal bones. D) Sesamoid bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dermal bones. 22. Which of the following is not a major function of the Human Skeleton? A) Protection. B) Eliminating Body Wastes. C) Movement. D) Bodily Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliminating Body Wastes. 23. Periosteum is held tightly to bone by the A) Elmer's glue. B) Endosteum. C) Sharpey's fibers. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sharpey's fibers. 24. Where might you find a long bone? A) Chest. B) Leg. C) Wrist. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leg. 25. What is the role of osteocytes? A) Recycle old bone tissue. B) Create red & yellow bone marrow. C) Monitor & maintain bone health. D) Building new bones through calcification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monitor & maintain bone health. 26. Spaces within the lamellae where osteocytes are found A) Osteoblasts. B) Hydroxyapatite. C) Lacunae. D) Caniculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lacunae. 27. What is one of the functions of the human skeletal system? A) Helps with digestive system. B) Helps circulates blood. C) Helps with the immune system. D) Provides a framework that supports the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provides a framework that supports the body. 28. What are bones that are irregular shape and do not fit into other bone classification categories classified as? A) Flat bone. B) Long bone. C) Short bone. D) Irregular bone. E) Sesamoid bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular bone. 29. Where is the Radius and Ulna located? A) Upper leg. B) Upper arm. C) Lower leg. D) Lower arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower arm. 30. What do haversian canals contain? A) Blood capillaries only. B) Blood and lymph capillaries only. C) Red and yellow bone marrow. D) Blood and lymph capillaries and nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood and lymph capillaries and nerves. 31. Tissues that provide support for your body and connects all its parts. A) Skeletal. B) Epidermal. C) Connective. D) Neuromuscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connective. 32. Which is the lowest level of organization in a multicellular organism? A) Organ. B) Cell. C) Organism. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell. 33. What is the tissue called that connects one bone to another? A) Ligament. B) Joint. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 34. Which organs of our body does the skull protect? A) Kidney. B) Heart. C) Brain. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 35. Larger bone of the lower arm A) Metacarpals. B) Humerus. C) Ulna. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulna. 36. What is the function of your cardiac muscle? A) Digest food. B) Helps you move. C) Pumps blood through the heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pumps blood through the heart. 37. Allows bones to resist breaking when compressed. A) Osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts. B) Collagens and other proteins. C) Calcium and phosphate minerals. D) Red bone marrow. E) Yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphate minerals. 38. Bones are mostly made of which type of tissue? A) Connective. B) Nervous. C) Epithelial. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connective. 39. Where are the Phalanges located? A) On your fingers and toes. B) In your ribs. C) In the clavicle. D) In the spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On your fingers and toes. 40. The bones of fingers and toes A) Fibula. B) Metacarpals. C) Phalanges. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 41. It Is made up of 33 small bones called A) Vertebrae. B) Ribcage. C) Spinal Cord. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 42. Tiny canals that connect osteocytes A) Hyaline. B) Diaphysis. C) Canaliculi. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canaliculi. 43. Creates a smooth surface for motion within the joints and protects the ends of bones. A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Bone Marrow. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 44. Where in the body is the metacarpus found? A) Feet. B) Hands. C) Knee. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hands. 45. What are the rings that make up osteons called? A) Osteons. B) Haversian Canals. C) Lacunae. D) Lamellae. E) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamellae. 46. The type of bone tissue that is hard and dense A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone. 47. Smallest bone in your body. A) Tooth. B) Mandible. C) Metatarsals. D) Stapes. E) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stapes. 48. Consists of the bones along the axis of the body, skull, vertebrae, ribs A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 49. Which of the following bone are found in your arm? A) Clavicle. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 50. ..... causes weak bones that do not form properly, and can be caused by a lack of calcium and vitamin D. A) Rickets. B) Anemia. C) Scurvy. D) Kwashiorkor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rickets. 51. How does marrow change throughout a person's lifetime? A) Infants contain a lot of red marrow, and over time much of it gets converted to yellow marrow. B) Infants contain a lot of yellow marrow, and over time much of it gets converted to red marrow. C) A person always has more yellow than red marrow. D) A person always has more red than yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infants contain a lot of red marrow, and over time much of it gets converted to yellow marrow. 52. Where can you classify the skull bone? A) Long bones. B) Flat bones. C) Short bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat bones. 53. Ball and socket joint found in A) Elbows. B) Neck. C) Shoulders. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulders. 54. Which two major organs are protected by the thorax (or ribcage)? A) Stomach and Liver. B) Heart and Lungs. C) Pancreas and Small Intestine. D) Brain and Esophagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart and Lungs. 55. Spongy bone tissue. A) Contains interconnecting rods called trabeculae. B) Is very dense. C) Contains concentric lamellae. D) Is the primary component of bone. E) Has many spaces and lacks osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains interconnecting rods called trabeculae. 56. What is located at number 5? A) Pelvis. B) Femur. C) Sacred. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 57. Long bones are called long bones because they are longer than other bones. A) True. B) True again!. C) Also true. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 58. Infants have ..... bones A) 300. B) 206. C) 250. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 59. The main purpose of synovial fluid is: A) Keeping bones moist. B) Lubrication. C) Strengthening tendons and cartilage. D) Protecting the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lubrication. 60. Which type of joints has the head of bone that fits into a round socket of another? A) Hinge Joints. B) Ball and Socket Joint. C) Pivot Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket Joint. ← 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