This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System โ Quiz 120 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 120 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The suffix cyte means A) Inside. B) On top of. C) Cell. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell. 2. Ankle and wrist have flat bones, type of joint A) Hinge. B) Gliding. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 3. Over 50 bones can be found here: A) Hand/Wrist. B) Knee/lower leg. C) Skull. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand/Wrist. 4. Which general observations are matched properly? A) Sway back is scoliosis, humped back is kyphosis, curved back is lordosis. B) Humped back is scoliosis, sway back is lordosis, curved back is kyphosis. C) Sway back is kyphosis, humped back is lordosis, curved back is scoliosis. D) Sway back is lordosis, humped back is kyphosis, curved back is scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sway back is lordosis, humped back is kyphosis, curved back is scoliosis. 5. Which of these have 22 bones? A) Backbone. B) Rib cage. C) Skull. D) Girdles. E) Hndlinbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 6. In adults, the substance at #6 would be A) Yellow marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Red marrow. D) Clotted blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow marrow. 7. The bones are a hard, dense type of connective tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Ligaments connect bones to ..... A) Bones. B) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 9. In adults, where do you find cartilage in the bone? A) Compact bone. B) Bone marrow. C) At the ends of the bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the ends of the bone. 10. The ..... skeletal division is involved in locomotion and manipulation of the environment. A) Cartilaginous. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) Articulating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular. 11. What type of bones are muscles attached to? A) Flat bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Long bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat bones. 12. The type of joint between the sternum and ribs is called ..... A) Cartilaginous. B) Synovial. C) Fibrous. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous. 13. The shoulder muscles can perform which movement:(choose best answer) A) Supination. B) Rotation. C) Circumduction. D) Pronation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circumduction. 14. ..... bone provides most of the strength and support for a bone. A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 15. The two extremities or ends of the bones are called ..... A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 16. Which of the following is the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots? A) Axle. B) Kingpin. C) Hub. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support. 17. The tibia and fibula are located in your ..... ? A) Neck. B) Spine. C) Leg. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leg. 18. Name the longest bone in the human body. A) Fibula. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 19. What its the name of the first cervical vertebra? A) Axis. B) Skull. C) Atlas. D) Alpha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlas. 20. The double-layered, tough, fibrous membrane covering a long bone is called: A) Periosteum. B) Endosteum. C) The medullary covering. D) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 21. Bones of the fingers and toes are called ..... A) Phalanges. B) Tarsals. C) Metaphalanges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 22. Our body is made up of a frame called A) Skeleton. B) Neuron. C) Blood vessels. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton. 23. Which technique is a screening test for osteoporosis? A) Arthroscopy. B) Ultrasonic bone density testing. C) Bone marrow biopsy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultrasonic bone density testing. 24. Which of the following is an example of a third class lever? A) Head & Neck joint. B) Ankle joint. C) Elbow joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow joint. 25. Hey Luna, Elijah, and Sophia, do you know what the hollow spaces in our skulls are called? It's a fun fact! A) Patella. B) Sinuses. C) Ulna. D) Nose cavities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinuses. 26. What is the marrow cavity of a bone called? A) Epiphysis. B) Medullary Canal. C) Fontanels. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary Canal. 27. An acute inflammatory disease characterized by joint pain, inflammation, fever, and sore throat is called ..... A) Rheumatic fever. B) Scarlet fever. C) Guillan-Barre. D) Myasthenia gravis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rheumatic fever. 28. Which type of muscle is found in the walls of internal organs? A) Smooth muscle. B) Striated muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) Skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscle. 29. Sue has three fractured ribs; in relation to the sternum the ribs are: A) Sagittal. B) Lateral. C) Superior. D) Medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lateral. 30. Are bones alive? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. Pelvis main function is to ..... A) Connect the upper arm with lower arm. B) Connects the spine with the legs and to hold the intestines. C) Protect the lungs and heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connects the spine with the legs and to hold the intestines. 32. The body of a newborn baby has about 300 bones, but the average adult has only ..... bones. A) 206. B) 212. C) 220. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 33. This disorder mainly affects the big toe:buildup of uric acid: A) Rickets. B) Osteomalacia. C) Strain. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gout. 34. This is humpback; abnormal outward curvature of thoracic spine. A) Kyphosis. B) Lordosis. C) Mycosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyphosis. 35. Rib cage protects our A) Intestine. B) Brain. C) Heart and Lungs. D) Lever. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart and Lungs. 36. Limbs form the appendicular skeleton A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 37. The hip bone is located in the ..... A) Femur. B) Coccyx. C) Pelvis. D) Incus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 38. What kind of joints are Synovial Joints? A) Immovable Joints. B) Partially Movable Joints. C) Freely Movable Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freely Movable Joints. 39. What is found where bones meet? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Cartilage. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 40. This is where two or more bones meet: A) Bone marrow. B) Articulations. C) Beams. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articulations. 41. TRUE OR FALSE:Bones are made up of water and calcium. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) PARTLY FALSE. D) PARTLY TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 42. Whats another word for a broken bone? A) Fuse. B) Fracture. C) Frankfurter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 43. Connective tissue that covers the epiphyses where the bone forms an articulation. A) Articular cartilage. B) Synovial. C) Ligament. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 44. Why are joints important in the skeletal system? A) To maintain body shape and posture. B) To produce red and white blood cells. C) To allow for movement and flexibility. D) To shield vital organs from damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To allow for movement and flexibility. 45. The smallest part of an element is known as the A) Period. B) Atom. C) Periodic Table. D) Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atom. 46. What is the outer most layer of bone called?It could be called the 'skin' of the bone. ยฟCรณmo se llama la capa mรกs externa de hueso?Podrรญa llamarse la "piel" del hueso. A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Bone marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 47. TRUE OR FALSE:Bones are lightweight. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. What are the bones that make up the arches of the foot? A) Metatarsals. B) Metacarpals. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metatarsals. 49. Cells that make cartilage A) Osteoblasts. B) Fibroblasts. C) Mast cells. D) Chondroblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chondroblasts. 50. Which of the following is an example of a voluntary muscle movement? A) Raising your hand. B) Heart beating. C) Peristalsis. D) Stomach mechanically digesting food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raising your hand. 51. Which of the following cells are not striated? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 52. Choose the correct answer:Upper arm bone A) Humerus. B) Mandible. C) Cranium. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radius. 53. Cartilaginous joints all for the largest range of motion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. Which of the following doesn't belong with the other functions of the Skeletal System? A) Support. B) Movement. C) Comfort. D) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comfort. 55. A ..... fracture is a wrist fracture that results from reaching out to break a fall A) Greenstick. B) Gangs. C) Potts. D) Spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gangs. 56. What type of bone are the tarsals and carpals? (ankles and wrists) A) Short bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short bones. 57. Which type of joint is present in our wrists? A) Hinge joint. B) Gliding joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Ball and socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding joint. 58. What type of bones are found at joints and are generally cube shaped? A) Flat Bones. B) Irregular shaped bones. C) Short Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short Bones. 59. Rhinoceros protect itself from extreme weather by A) Migrating. B) Hibernating. C) Soak in the mud. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soak in the mud. 60. What are two important functions of the skeletal system? A) Movement and sleep. B) Movement and play. C) Movement and protection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement and protection. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books