This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 121 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 121 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is known as ossification or osteogenesis. A) Bone formation. B) Generating bone. C) Bone Tissue. D) Beginning of the skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone formation. 2. All of the following are bones in the Ear except? A) Incus. B) Malleus. C) Surface. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface. 3. These bones protect the heart and internal organs A) Skull. B) Pelvis. C) Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 4. In an osteon, the area where the osteocytes (bone cells) are found is called the ..... A) Sharpey's fibers. B) Haversian canal. C) Lamellae. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacunae. 5. Which of the following is not a characteristic of long bones? A) They sometimes contain spongy bone at the ends. B) They are more numerous than any other bone type. C) They are longer than they are wide. D) They are always long in length. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are always long in length. 6. How many joints in skeletal system A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 7. The flexible tissue that makes up our nose and ears is called ..... A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 8. Bone marrow makes blood cells and platelets for the blood-which systems are working together? A) Skeletal & endocrine. B) Skeletal and digestive. C) Skeletal & muscular. D) Skeletal & circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal & circulatory. 9. 5) How many total bones are found in the ENTIRE vertebrae? Hint* Don't count the bones in the image. A) 56. B) 33. C) 44. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 10. Parts of the sphenoid bone include the ..... A) Glabella. B) Squamous portion. C) Turkish saddle. D) Zygomatic process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turkish saddle. 11. The Mandible is part of what section of the human body? A) Axial Skeleton. B) Skull Skeleton. C) Facial Skeleton. D) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton. 12. A ball & socket joint lets you move in how many directions? A) No direction-these don't move. B) One direction. C) Every direction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every direction. 13. What type of bone is a femur? A) Irregular. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 14. What type of bones protect internal organs? A) Flat Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Long Bones. D) Irregular Shaped Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat Bones. 15. What does the term acute mean when looking at the responses to exercise? A) In one place. B) Long Term. C) In the gym. D) Short Term/ Immediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short Term/ Immediate. 16. Which type of inflammatory condition is caused by inflammation of the bursa caused by a blow or friction? A) Arthritis. B) Tendinitis. C) Bruise. D) Canulitis. E) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Bursitis. 17. Which of these statement is not true A) Ribs protect the heart. B) Skull protects the brain. C) Ribs protects the brain. D) Vertebral column protects the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs protects the brain. 18. Which type of bone is longer than it is wide and tends to be moved in muscle contraction? A) Short bones. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Long bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bones. 19. The medullary cavity contains a soft material called ..... A) Pelvic girdle. B) Cartilage. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) Oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow bone marrow. 20. What is the function of the floating ribs? A) To absorb shock between vertebrae. B) To protect the lungs. C) To protect the heart. D) To attach the leg bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To attach the leg bones. 21. Appendicular Skeleton does what? A) Is the part of your skeleton that can move easily. These are your arms, legs, feet, and hands. B) Moves less but supports the body's weight and protect internal tissues. Your skull protects your brain and your ribs and breastbone protect the heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the part of your skeleton that can move easily. These are your arms, legs, feet, and hands. 22. Bone is formed into these thin sheets of extracellular matrix A) Lamellae. B) Lacunae. C) Caniculi. D) Hydroxyapatite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamellae. 23. Describe the composition of bone. A) 30% living tissue, 30% water and 40% minerals. B) 40% living tissue, 30% water and 40% minerals. C) 30% living tissue, 40% water and 40% minerals. D) 30% living tissue, 30% water and 50% minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30% living tissue, 30% water and 40% minerals. 24. The radius is located in the: A) Arms. B) Legs. C) Chest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arms. 25. Abnormal muscle tone A) Myotnia. B) Hypotonia. C) Dystonia. D) Hypertension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dystonia. 26. Crabs and beetles have an? A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exoskeleton. 27. What does bone marrow produce? A) Blood. B) Muscles. C) Water. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 28. Your heart is a/an ..... muscle. A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 29. Which portion of the skeleton forms the main trunk of the body? A) Endosteum. B) Axial Skeleton. C) Clavicles. D) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 30. Children have lesser bones A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. Which joint is being described-Rounded head of one bone fits into round socket of another allowing movement in all axes. A) Pivot. B) Saddle. C) Gliding. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and Socket. 32. Which bones involved in forming lateral longitudinal arches of the foot? A) Talus. B) Navicular. C) Cuneiform. D) Cuboid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cuboid. 33. Connective tissue that connects bone to bone. A) Periosteum. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 34. The bones cannot move by themselves A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Bone is a dense connective tissue composed of collagen fibers and minerals. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 36. Where two or more bones meet is called a(n) A) Break. B) Joint. C) Cartilage. D) Junction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 37. The first vertebra supports the head. A) Coccyx. B) Atlas. C) Sacred. D) Axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atlas. 38. Carpals are what kind of bone? A) Short. B) Sesamoid. C) Irregular. D) Flat. E) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short. 39. The posterior wall of the pelvic girdle is formed by the A) Ribs. B) Femur. C) Humerus. D) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sacred. 40. A(an) ..... is a painful condition impacting the cushioning between the bones, tendons and muscles near the joints causing aching and stiffness in the joints. A) Pathologic fracture. B) Carpal tunnel syndrome. C) Tendonitis. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bursitis. 41. How many floating bones are there in ribcage? A) 22. B) 12. C) 2. D) 222. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 42. Which of these suffixes indicates a surgical removal? A) "-genic". B) "-ectomy". C) "-gram". D) "-emia". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "-ectomy". 43. What is a process? A) The membrane covering the outside of the bone. B) Any bump or projection on a bone. C) The basic unit of compact bone. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any bump or projection on a bone. 44. An injury of a body part without a break in the skin is called a: A) Compress. B) Condition. C) Concussion. D) Contusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contusion. 45. Seven pairs or ribs attach to the front of the chest on a bone is called ..... A) The sternum. B) The skull. C) The ribs. D) The spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sternum. 46. Which of the following is not a type of skeletal joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Bending. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bending. 47. How many joints did you studied in this term? A) 4. B) 10. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 48. What is the proper name for the shoulder blade? A) Scapula. B) Ulna. C) Fibula. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 49. Have the greatest mobility A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 50. Tubular shaft of long bone A) Diaphysis. B) Endosteum. C) Epiphysis. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis. 51. The bone that protects the heart? A) Spin. B) Ribs. C) Sternum. D) Stirrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 52. A fracture that is a partial break and occurs more in younger children A) Greenstick. B) Communited. C) Spiral. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenstick. 53. Which is the part that doesn't move? A) Mind. B) Hands. C) Stomach. D) Knees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mind. 54. The elbows, Knees, Fingers and toes have A) Hinge Joint. B) Ball and Socket joint. C) Pivotal joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint. 55. How many bones do you have in your body? A) 5. B) 100. C) 206. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 56. The place where to bones meet: A) Bone. B) Calcium. C) Joint. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 57. A tissue that holds bones together at the joints A) Skeleton. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 58. Is the main or midsection (shaft) of a long bone. It is made up of cortical bone and usually contains bone marrow and adipose tissue (fat). A) Diaphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Endosteum. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis. 59. What is NOT a primary function of the skeletal system? A) Support the body. B) Protect the body. C) Allow the body to move. D) Allow you to lift things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allow you to lift things. 60. This is a curvature of the spine that is beyond normal parameters. A) Osteoporosis. B) Arthritis. C) Scoliosis. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scoliosis. ← 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