This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 125 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 125 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We dont have spongy bones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 2. Soft bones are known as A) Muscle. B) Cranium. C) Cartilage. D) Softlage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 3. Where is bone marrow? A) In the femur bone only. B) On the inside of bones. C) In the blood. D) On the outside of the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the inside of bones. 4. What are the two main jobs of the skeletal system? A) Get rid of wastes and defend the body from disease. B) Sense changes in the environment and carry food through the body. C) Support and protect the body. D) Digest food and carry messages for the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support and protect the body. 5. ..... muscles pull on bones to make them move. A) Strong. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 6. What disease results from a loss of bone density? A) Osteoporosis. B) Cancer. C) Arthritis. D) Fractures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 7. Excessive movement of muscles of the body as a whole. A) Osteomyelitis. B) Adduction. C) Hyperkinesia. D) Chronic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperkinesia. 8. Which joints in the human skeleton work in a similar way? A) Hips and backbone. B) Elbows and shoulders. C) Toes and shoulders. D) Ankles and wrists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ankles and wrists. 9. Gets out of its normal position at the joint A) Sprain. B) Dislocation. C) Fracture. D) First Aid Treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislocation. 10. Which of these bones does not belong to the group? A) Clavicle. B) Occipital. C) Scapula. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 11. The skull bones, vertebral column and bony thorax are included in the: A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 12. Supports the hands and palms A) Metacarpals. B) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpals. 13. A ..... fractures occurs then the skin is broken and the bone protrudes through the open skin. A) Collects. B) Pathologic. C) Compound. D) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 14. The bones that make up the upper part of the skull A) Fixed joints. B) Sutures. C) Joint. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed joints. 15. The direction toward the front of our body is called: A) Dorsal. B) Anterior. C) Inferior. D) Posterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anterior. 16. Flexing your foot; toes towards the ceiling A) Dorsiflexion. B) Opposition. C) Elevation. D) Plantar flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dorsiflexion. 17. The skeleton of infants is made of this material to allow for passage through the birth canal? A) Spongy bone. B) Bone. C) Cartilage. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 18. Another name for the collar bone is the ..... A) Sternum. B) Humerus. C) Clavicle. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clavicle. 19. The bone at the front of the rib cage is known as the ..... A) Tibia. B) Sternum. C) Scapula. D) Center rib. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 20. Which type of tissue supports, binds, and joins together various tissues? A) Nerve. B) Muscle. C) Epithelial. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connective. 21. Which part of the skeleton protects the heart and the lung? A) Spine. B) Femur. C) Rib cage. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib cage. 22. What is the other name for the toes? A) Calcaneals. B) Tarsals. C) Phalanges. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 23. The bone of the lower arm that is located on the pinkie side of the hand when in anatomical position. A) Clavicle. B) Radius. C) Phalanges. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulna. 24. Types of Fractures:Parts of the bone do not separate. A) Comminuted Fracture. B) Transverse Fracture. C) Hairline Fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hairline Fracture. 25. This connective tissue connects bone to bone. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 26. In the ossification process, which type of bone is formed first? A) Spongy. B) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy. 27. Which of these is an example of a long bone A) Skull. B) Vertebrae. C) Patella. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 28. An adult human skeleton has..... bones A) 250. B) 1, 004. C) 306. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 29. Bone formed by needlelike pieces of bone and lots of space are called A) Spongy bone. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 30. Where are your gliding joints located in your body? A) My shoulders. B) My fingers. C) My toes. D) My vertebrae and ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My vertebrae and ribs. 31. What is the longest bone called? A) Lemur. B) Femur. C) Spine. D) Linguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 32. The bending of a joint is A) Extension. B) Adduction. C) Flexion. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 33. What is contained inside cancellous bone? A) Cartilage. B) Blood. C) More bone. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Marrow. 34. What is the outer layer of the bone called? A) The periosteum. B) Cancellous bone. C) Bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The periosteum. 35. Which type of tissue covers and protects and can be found in the outer layer of skin or lining of stomach? A) Muscle. B) Nerve. C) Epithelial. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epithelial. 36. What is the bone that protects the brain? A) Skull. B) Pelvis. C) Rib cage. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 37. Hello! I know I'm located in the upper back and I'm not two bones, like some people think I am. My friend, Clavicle, referred to me as a shoulder blade, but he said I have a scientific name. Can you tell me what it is, please? A) Maxilla. B) Humerus. C) Scapula. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 38. Which of the following best describes:Sutures A) Joints which form when ligaments connect two or more bones. B) Teeth-like projections from adjacent bone interlock with just a thin layer of fibrous tissue connecting them. C) Unique joints between the root of a tooth and the mandible. Joined by fibrous connective tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeth-like projections from adjacent bone interlock with just a thin layer of fibrous tissue connecting them. 39. ..... within our skin release oils for moisture and protection. A) Glands. B) Follicles. C) Nerves. D) Blood Vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glands. 40. The bones that enclose the brain A) Skull. B) Cranium. C) Neurocranium. D) Viscerocranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurocranium. 41. Skeletal muscles ..... and ..... to move A) Contract and relax. B) Contact and reflex. C) Cringe and remove. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contract and relax. 42. The femur is what kind of bone? A) Flat. B) Long. C) Short. D) Sesamoid. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 43. What are the bones connected to the back bone A) Vertebrae. B) Tibia. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 44. Which of the following is the term given to a mature bone cell? A) Osteon. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocyte. 45. Milk takes the shape of its container because it is a: A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid. 46. Soft tissue inside your bones A) Cartilage. B) Bone marrow. C) Bones. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 47. Which Bone Marrow stores fat and is found inside the longest part of a bone? A) Red Marrow. B) Yellow Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow Marrow. 48. What makes up the skeletal system? A) Bones. B) Organs. C) Blood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 49. Which system assists and allows for movement A) Skeletal. B) Outgrowths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 50. Caused by a blood clot that cuts off oxygen to part of the brain A) Heart Attack. B) Hypertension. C) Hematoma. D) Stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stroke. 51. What is the tissue on the inside of our bones called? A) Marrow. B) Mellow. C) Sponge. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 52. Red bone marrow functions in the creation of A) Bone cells. B) Fat. C) Cartilage. D) Blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood cells. 53. Sam has low vitamin D and his legs are starting to bow out. What condition might he have? A) Osteoarthritis. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Rickets. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rickets. 54. Flexion is a straightening movement around a joint A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Which is an example of a movable joint? A) Ribs. B) Skull. C) Knee. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee. 56. How many bones do humans have? A) 300. B) 206. C) 400. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 57. The bones of the cranium are connected with this kind of joint A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot or Sliding. D) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immovable. 58. Which of the following statements about osteoporosis are not true? I. It causes pain and swelling of jointsII. It is decrease of bone massIII. Calcium deficiency and insufficient vitamin D can contribute to osteoporosisIV. It is a result of excessive phosphate and calcium accumulation in bones A) I and II only. B) II and III only. C) I and IV only. D) II and IV only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and IV only. 59. What is the agonist and what is the antagonist in a bicep curl? A) Triceps are the agonist, biceps are the antagonist. B) Biceps are the agonist, triceps are the antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biceps are the agonist, triceps are the antagonist. 60. Most common type of arthritis; caused by wear and tear A) Gout. B) Bursitis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. 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