This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 128 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which bone is NOT found in the arm? A) Ulna. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 2. Why do rhinos have special behaviors to protect themselves from extreme weather? A) To cool its body during hot weather. B) To gain heat during hot weather. C) To store heat during cold weather. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cool its body during hot weather. 3. What are any of several small angular bones that in humans make up the wrist called? A) Phalanges. B) Tarsals. C) Vertebrae. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpals. 4. Which picture represents cartilage? A) . B) . C) . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 5. It is the uppermost and largest portion among the pairs of fused bones in the pelvis. A) Hinge Joints. B) Ischium. C) Pubis. D) Ilium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ischium. 6. There are seven ..... in the ankle, five ..... in the middle of each foot, two phalanges in each big toe, and three phalanges in each other toe. A) Carpals / metatarsals. B) Carpals/ metacarpals. C) Tarsals/ metacarpals. D) Tarsals/ metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarsals/ metatarsals. 7. Type of ossification that uses a cartilage template which is gradually replaced by bone: A) Endochondrial ossification. B) Intramembranous ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endochondrial ossification. 8. Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. An opening of a bone where vessels and ligaments pass through is a A) Process. B) Foramen. C) Endosteum. D) Articulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foramen. 10. What is the largest skeletal muscle in your body? A) Stapedius. B) Gluteus maximus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gluteus maximus. 11. A break in the bone shaft would be a break in the ..... A) Articular cartilage. B) Perichondrium. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 12. Examples of hinge joints are A) Shoulder and elbow. B) Hip and knee. C) Knee and elbow. D) Shoulder and hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee and elbow. 13. Which bone is composed of trabeculae? A) Spongy. B) Articulate. C) Cartilage. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy. 14. What is the main function of the skull? A) To keep out electromagnetic waves. B) Allows for movement from one place to another. C) Produces brain cells. D) Protects the brain from injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protects the brain from injury. 15. Muscles are partially contracted at all times, this is known as? A) Hypertrophy. B) Strain. C) Muscle tone. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle tone. 16. This bone holds your teeth and helps you chew and talk A) Mandible. B) Cranium. C) Sternum. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 17. Which of the following is NOT a function of the periosteum? A) Nutrition of bones. B) Repair of bones. C) Bone growth. D) Muscle contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle contraction. 18. Bones protect you internal organs. For example, ribs surround the heart and lungs, and the skull encloses the brain. Los huesos protegen tus órganos internos. Por ejemplo, las costillas rodean el corazón y los pulmones, y el cráneo encierra el cerebro. A) False False. B) True True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True True. 19. What food contains Calcium that gets stored in our bones and keeps them healthy? A) Oranges. B) Mountain Dew. C) Celery. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milk. 20. It's a picture of the inside of the body, usually of the bones A) Ecography. B) 3-D image. C) Electrocardiogram. D) X-ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X-ray. 21. A ..... is an important part of the nervous system A) Head. B) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 22. Irregular bones protect your vital organsand also provide attachment of muscles to help movement for every type of physical exercise A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. How many vertebrae does an adult have? A) 24. B) 23. C) 25. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26. 24. Match the Long Bone Structures:G A) Periosteum. B) Proximal Epiphysis. C) Distal Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 25. What combining form means straight? A) Synovial membrane. B) Cortic/o. C) Medull/o. D) Orth/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orth/o. 26. This bone can also be known as the shin bone? A) Tibia. B) Femur. C) Metatarsals. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia. 27. What surrounds spongy bones? A) Muscles. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bones. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bones. 28. The outside layer of the bone is called the ..... A) Epiphysis. B) Epiphyseal Plate. C) Diaphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 29. The place where bones meet A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 30. Tough bands of tissue that attach your muscles to bones A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Marrow. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 31. Specialized bone cells that clear away weakened or damaged bone cells are ..... A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Ossiferous cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 32. The hand is made of 2 bones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 33. What is more superior, the talus or the calcaneus? A) Calcaneus. B) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talus. 34. All of the following are functions of the skeletal systems except? A) Fat storage. B) Production of red blood cells. C) Protection. D) Breakdown of fatty acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breakdown of fatty acids. 35. Bone tissue that has many open spaces is called A) Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy Bone. 36. What are skeletal muscles? A) Muscles attached to bones and are responsible for movement. B) Muscles found in your brain. C) Tissue that connects muscles to other muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles attached to bones and are responsible for movement. 37. What is osteogenesis imperfecta? A) A condition where bones grow too fast. B) A condition where bones are brittle and easily fracture. C) A condition where bones are overly flexible. D) A condition where bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A condition where bones are brittle and easily fracture. 38. Osteoporosis mainly affects your ....., ....., and ..... A) Scull, Neck, Forearms. B) Shins, Ribs, Teeth. C) Hips, Wrists, Spine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hips, Wrists, Spine. 39. What is the name of the contractile unit in a muscle cell? A) Fascicle. B) Sarcomere. C) Tendon. D) Endomysium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcomere. 40. What is K on the skeleton in front of the classroom? A) Tarsals. B) Metacarpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metacarpals. 41. A synonym for ability is? A) Strong. B) Loose. C) Power. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power. 42. The long bone at the centre of the chest is called: A) Collar bone. B) Backbone. C) Ribs. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone. 43. What type of tissue is your nose, ears, and part of your ribs made of? A) Cartilage. B) Capillaries. C) Carton. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 44. The bones in your spine are called: A) Little bones. B) Vertebrae. C) Cartilage. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 45. ..... is a combining form that means vertebrae or backbone. A) Search. B) Spondyl/o. C) Myel/o. D) Blachi/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spondyl/o. 46. X is bone that form superior part of hip bone. X consist of body ala and inferior body.What is X? A) Ilium. B) Pubis. C) Sacral. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ilium. 47. Mia, Michael, and Abigail are playing a trivia game about the human body. They come across a question:Which of the following skeletal system organs creates blood cells? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 48. The middle of your hand A) Phalanges. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metacarpals. 49. What is something that helps make your bones strong? A) Candy. B) Magnesium. C) Calcium. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 50. Red bone marrow functions in the formation of: A) Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. B) Red blood cells only. C) White blood cells only. D) Red and white cells only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. 51. What is the combining form for vertebrae? A) Vertebr/o. B) Cost/o. C) Myel/o. D) Thorac/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebr/o. 52. Tissue found in some bones that produce blood cells are called ..... A) Red marrow. B) Bone marrow. C) Spongy bone. D) Yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red marrow. 53. The ends of the long bones are the A) Diaphysis. B) Typiphysis. C) Medullary cavitry. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 54. Which of these structural classifications of joints is the most freely moving? A) Cartilaginous. B) Fibrous. C) Synovial. D) All structural classifications of joints have the same amount of movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 55. The collar bone is ..... and a bone of pectoral girdle? A) Clavicle. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 56. Which minerals are important for the functioning of the body and stored in bone tissue? A) Calcium and phosphorus. B) Iron and magnesium. C) Sodium and potassium. D) Zinc and copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and phosphorus. 57. What are the 2 types of bone tissue? A) Spongy bone and compact bone. B) Marrow and blood vessels. C) Axial and appendicular. D) Soft and hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone and compact bone. 58. Synovial membrane, synovial fluid A) Spondyl/o. B) School. C) Sons/o. D) Arthr/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sons/o. 59. The first part of the skeleton includes ..... A) Arms and Legs. B) Top of the head to the hips. C) Chest and Legs. D) Fingers and Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Top of the head to the hips. 60. Which bone is located on your kneecap? A) Patella. B) Radius. C) Femur. 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