This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 124 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What vitamin does Rickets lack? A) Vitamin A. B) Vitamin B. C) Vitamin D. D) Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D. 2. Which is the strongest bone in the skull? A) Temporal bone. B) Sphenoid bone. C) Frontal bone or skull. D) Mandible or jaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandible or jaw. 3. Which joint allows bones to move and rotate in all directions? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket. 4. What is step 2 of bone repair? A) The injured area forms a blood clot. B) The injured area starts to itch. C) The injured area becomes inflamed or swollen. D) The injured area becomes numb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The injured area becomes inflamed or swollen. 5. A pimple forms when a ..... becomes clogged with oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria. A) Sweat Gland. B) Sebaceous Gland. C) Melanocyte. D) Blood Vessel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sebaceous Gland. 6. This type of joint does NOT move. A) Movable. B) Ball and socket. C) Hinge. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed. 7. X is structure found on the surface of epiphysis of bone and it helps to reduce frictionbetween two bones. What is X? A) Synovial membrane. B) Articular cartilage. C) Diaphysis of bone. D) Yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage. 8. Which connective tissue connects muscles to bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 9. The heavy, long bone that forms the leg above the knee is called: A) Talus. B) Patella. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 10. A thick, spongy kind of jelly inside your bones A) Spongy Cell. B) Blood Vessel. C) Bone Marrow. D) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone Marrow. 11. Areas of the skull where bones fuse together. A) Joints. B) Fontanels. C) Sutures. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sutures. 12. UVB rays are primarily responsible for which of the following skin findings? A) Photoaging. B) Sunburn. C) Wrinkle development. D) Skin cancer promotion skin cancer promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunburn. 13. The bones in the spine are A) Vertebrae. B) Little bones. C) Cartilage. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 14. ..... consist in bones and joints A) Skeleton. B) Face. C) Muscle. D) Flesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton. 15. Bone of the lower arm that is located on the thumb side of the hand when in anatomical position. A) Clavicle. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 16. Which of the following ribs is an example of false ribs A) Rib 4. B) Rib 2. C) Rib 8. D) Rib 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib 8. 17. What does 'arthritis' refer to? A) Inflammation of a joint. B) Condition that causes stiffness. C) Surgical removal of a joint. D) Condition that causes pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflammation of a joint. 18. What is the correct term for:peri- A) Bone. B) Blood. C) Tissue. D) Surrounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surrounding. 19. What is the smooth substance at the end of a bone called A) Bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Joints. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 20. Bones are organs. True or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. What does calcium do to the actin? A) Covers actin binding sites. B) Uncovers actin binding sites. C) Uncovers myosin binding sites. D) Covers myosin binding sites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncovers myosin binding sites. 22. The 2 bones that make up the lower arm. A) Ulna and Radius. B) Fibula and Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna and Radius. 23. Example of a sesmoid bone. A) Humerous. B) Trapezoid. C) Sternum. D) Patella. E) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 24. What is endosteum and where is it found? A) Endosteum is a thin layer of connective tissue that lines the inner surface of bones. B) Endosteum is a type of cartilage found in the joints. C) Endosteum is a layer of skin found on the surface of bones. D) Endosteum is a type of muscle tissue found in the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endosteum is a thin layer of connective tissue that lines the inner surface of bones. 25. Red bone marrow produces white blood cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Epiphyseal plate is also known as the A) Epiphyseal line. B) Growth plate. C) Kid bone plate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growth plate. 27. The term cervic means: A) Skull. B) Neck. C) Wrist. D) Rib. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neck. 28. What type of cell creates new bone tissue A) Osteoclast. B) Osteogenesis. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 29. Which of the following practices are important in helping to maintain a healthy musculoskeletal system? I. Having a balanced dietII. Maintaining good postureIII. Exercising regularlyIV. Avoiding stretching exercise A) I, II and III only. B) I, II and IV only. C) I, III and IV only. D) II, III and IV only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I, II and III only. 30. What happens to bone trabeculae after trauma? A) They repair stronger and denser. B) They stay broken until fixed by surgery. C) There is no way to repair them at this time. D) None are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They repair stronger and denser. 31. True or False ..... bones can bend before they break. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. It is the main part of the skeletal system which is made of proteins and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus. A) Cartilage. B) Skeleton. C) Bones. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 33. Which type of bone cells are responsible for dissolving or "chewing up" old bone matrix? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteons. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 34. The ulna is ..... side, while the radius is ..... side of the forearm. A) Pinky, thumb. B) Bottom, top. C) Top, bottom. D) Thumb, pinky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinky, thumb. 35. The femur is a ..... bone. A) Flat. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 36. What injury results from a ligaments being torn. A) Sprain. B) Fracture. C) R.I.C.E. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sprain. 37. Bone building cells; deposit calcium A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Hematoma. D) Fibrocartilage callus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 38. What is inside your boes? A) Nothing. B) Gold fish. C) Air. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 39. Which Famous women had Osteoporosis? A) Joan Rivers. B) Blythe Danner. C) Gwyneth Paltrow. D) Sally Field. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 40. The area where the bones of the upper and lower arm meet is called ..... A) Knee. B) Elbow. C) Hinge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbow. 41. Skeletal muscles are striated (striped) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. The inside of the stomach is condsidered to be this type of muscle A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Voluntary. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 43. HONORS / EXTRA CREDITWhat are the lines where the bones have come together in the skull called? A) Fontanelles. B) Surgical. C) Incision. D) Suture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suture. 44. A body builder's muscles enlarge after months of exercise, this is known as? A) Hypertrophy. B) Strain. C) Atrophy. D) Hyperthyroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypertrophy. 45. You are able to tip your head back and look at the sky because your neck is a/an ..... A) Ligament. B) Joint. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 46. Cartilage made mainly with collagen II fibers. A) Elastic cartilage. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Fibrous cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyaline cartilage. 47. The name of the smallest bone in our body is ..... which is as small as a grain of rice A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Stirrup. D) None of the these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stirrup. 48. The collar bone is also known as A) Scapula. B) Clavicle. C) Ribs. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 49. Places where bones join together A) Joints. B) Bones. C) Ligaments. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 50. How many bones make up the adult skeletal system A) 206. B) 300. C) 216. D) 260. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 51. Which of the following is NOT stored in bones? A) Sugar. B) Phosphorus. C) Fat. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sugar. 52. What does the spinal cord do? A) Sends messages to the brain and other parts of the body. B) Keeps the body upright. C) Allows movement. D) Protects the lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sends messages to the brain and other parts of the body. 53. The type of ossification that occurs in mesenchyme and has 1 ossification center. A) Intramembranous. B) Deterministic. C) Appositional. D) Endochondral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intramembranous. 54. Luna, Aria, and Michael are learning about the human skull. They come across the occipital bone and wonder why there is a hole in it. Can you help them figure it out? A) The hole allows for a connection of the brain to the spinal cord. B) That is where the middle ear is located. C) It is the orbit of the eye. D) Another bone fills it in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hole allows for a connection of the brain to the spinal cord. 55. ..... muscles are muscles you can control. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 56. The 2 types of bone marrow are ..... A) Yellow and pink. B) Brown and blue. C) Yellow and red. D) Red and black. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow and red. 57. What are transverse tubulues? A) Cell membrane of a muscle cell. B) Membranous channel that extends inward from the sarcolemma to sarcoplasmic reticulum to signal Ca ion release. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Specialized Endoplasmic reticulum that stores Ca ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Membranous channel that extends inward from the sarcolemma to sarcoplasmic reticulum to signal Ca ion release. 58. How many types of bone tissue we discussed in class? A) 5. B) 2. C) 4. D) 10. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 59. The medical term for shoulder blades. A) Sternum. B) Clavicles. C) Shoulders. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulders. 60. ..... is made inside our bones A) Vitamin C. B) Tendon. C) Blood. D) Vitamin B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood. ← 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