This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 131 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 131 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is one True statement about the skeletal system? A) The cranium is surrounds the brain. B) The pelvis is a curved bones that protect the organs. C) The phalanges is a bone of the shoulder girdle that links together the collar bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cranium is surrounds the brain. 2. These ribs do not directly connect to the sternum. A) True ribs. B) Floating ribs. C) Rib cage. D) False ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False ribs. 3. Bones in the forelimbs are part of the ..... skeleton. A) Pelvic. B) Axial. C) Cranial. D) Pectoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pectoral. 4. What 2 organs are responsible for recycling damaged RBC A) Heart and liver. B) Liver and spleen. C) Spleen and small intestine. D) Liver and bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liver and spleen. 5. What is the name for a push or pull? A) A force. B) Density. C) Speed. D) A movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A force. 6. What is the name of the joint that allows movement in many directions? A) Hinge. B) Fixed. C) Gliding. D) Ball-and-socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball-and-socket. 7. A ..... fracture is one that does not have a wound. A) Comminuted. B) Break. C) Open. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closed. 8. What is the definition of a synarthroses? A) Not movable joint. B) Slightly movable joint. C) Freely movable joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not movable joint. 9. Femur is the shortest bone in the human body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Where Do Two Or More Bones Meet? A) Marrow. B) Calcium. C) Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 11. Which type of bone is very hard and strong? A) Spongy bone. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bone. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 12. Which of the following is Not part of the Skull? A) Clavicle. B) Cranium. C) Mandible. D) Maxilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 13. Broken bones jam into each other A) Impacted Fracture. B) Colles Fracture. C) Degenerative Fracture. D) Complete fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impacted Fracture. 14. Which of the following is a bone of the brain case? A) Zygomatic bone. B) Maxillary bone. C) Parietal bone. D) Lacrimal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal bone. 15. What is one example of a slightly moveable joint? A) Carpals. B) Vertebrae. C) Tarsals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 16. What type of joints is used to protect your soft organs? A) Movable joints. B) Fixed joints (Sutures). C) Slightly movable joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed joints (Sutures). 17. Movement of a body part away from the body's midline A) Abduction. B) Circumduction. C) Adduction. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abduction. 18. Name a joint that doesn't move. Name a immovable joint. A) Cartilage deficiency. B) SternumSternum. C) SendiJoint. D) SuturSuture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SuturSuture. 19. The muscular and skeletal system work together to allow your body to?The muscular and skeletal system work together to allow your body to? A) Maintain posturemantener la postura. B) DigestDiggerir. C) MoveMove. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MoveMove. 20. How does walking show the coordinated work of the skeletal and muscular system? A) The bones pull the muscles to move. B) The muscles and bones pull against each other. C) The muscles push the bones. D) The muscles pull the bones to move. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The muscles pull the bones to move. 21. What region is the patella bone in? A) Upper. B) Lower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower. 22. What will cause the skeletal system to collapse? A) Hormones. B) Diseases. C) Osteonecrosis. D) A unhealthy system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteonecrosis. 23. Where is articular cartilage found? A) At the ends of long bones. B) The anterior rib cage. C) In the intervertebral discs. D) Respiratory passages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the ends of long bones. 24. Axial skeleton location A) Central core of the body, includes bones of the head, chest, and back. B) Includes the bones of the shoulders, arms, hands, hips, legs, and feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central core of the body, includes bones of the head, chest, and back. 25. A geriatric inflammatory diorder of the muscles and joints characterized by pain and stiffening in the neck, shoulders, upper arms, hips and thighs, A) Sprain. B) Polymyalgia rheumatica. C) Gray furrow. D) Chondroma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polymyalgia rheumatica. 26. How many pairs of ribs are in the adult body? A) 6. B) 15. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 27. Sophia, Abigail, and Charles are discussing the important job of our skull or cranium. What do you think is the main function of the skull? A) It helps our pelvis work better. B) It protects your brain. C) It helps us scare people at Halloween. D) It heals a broken bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It protects your brain. 28. A curvature of the spine A) Osteogenesis imperfecta. B) Rickets. C) Osteosarcoma. D) Osteoporosis. E) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Scoliosis. 29. What are osteocytes? A) Red blood cells. B) Muscle cells. C) Dead skin cells. D) Living bone cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living bone cells. 30. Which of the following muscles is not part of the hamstring group? A) Semitendinosus. B) Semimembranosus. C) Biceps femoris. D) Rectus femoris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rectus femoris. 31. What is an example of a Saddle joint? A) Shoulder. B) Wrist. C) Elbow. D) Thumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thumb. 32. The human skeletal system is an..... skeleton because the bones are inside our bodies. A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton. 33. What connects 2 bones A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 34. Abigail, Grace, and Mia are learning about the skeletal system. They discovered an organ that is flexible but still provides protection and support. Can you guess which organ they found? A) Cartilage. B) Bones. C) Ligaments. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 35. When bone grows into pre-existing cartilage, the process is called A) Osteoblastation. B) Intramenbranous Ossification. C) Primary Ossification. D) Endochondral Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endochondral Ossification. 36. The brain interprets and stores information. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Which of the following inherited traits are the most important in bird flight? A) Talons on their feet. B) Beak design. C) Specialized eyes. D) Hollow bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hollow bones. 38. Skeletal muscle fibers are A) Located in walls of hollow organs and appear spindle-shaped. B) Located in muscles that are attached to the skeleton and are striated and are under voluntary control. C) Located in the walls of the heart and appear striated. D) Are part of the endocrine system and appear cuboidal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Located in muscles that are attached to the skeleton and are striated and are under voluntary control. 39. Your bones are dead cells. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. What is the job of a turbine? A) It moves the energy from the flow of water to a generator. B) When it spins, it makes sparks causing electricity. C) It slows down the speed of the water to keep it at a steady pace. D) It controls the water so it can be pumped back up the dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It moves the energy from the flow of water to a generator. 41. Which two organ systems work together to help you move? A) Skeletal and Muscular. B) Skeletal and Circulatory. C) Muscular and Circulatory. D) Digestive and Excretory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal and Muscular. 42. Compact bone is made of A) Canaliculi. B) Beams. C) Central canals. D) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteons. 43. Specialized cells that are responsible for bone formation, regulation, and repair. A) Osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts. B) Collagens and other proteins. C) Calcium and phosphate minerals. D) Red bone marrow. E) Yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts. 44. The appendicular skeleton consists of the shoulder and pelvic girdles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. What are bones that are as wide as they are long? A) Irregular bones. B) Long bones. C) Short bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short bones. 46. The femur bones of the human body are also known as A) Wrist bone. B) Shoulder bones. C) Collar bone. D) Thigh bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thigh bone. 47. What are cavities containing bone cells? A) Osteocyte. B) Lacunae. C) Osteoblast. D) Lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacunae. 48. The example of the cardiac muscle is ..... A) The heart. B) The liver. C) The brain. D) The lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The heart. 49. Which part of the bone is less dense and pourous A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Bone marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 50. Back and forth joint. Ex. knee or elbow A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 51. What does the prefix 'Ortho-' mean? A) Skin. B) Straight. C) Bones. D) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straight. 52. The backbone, which is also called ..... is the center of the skeleton. A) Vertebra. B) Vertebral column. C) Joint. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral column. 53. What is the composition of bones? A) Rubbery tissue. B) Mechanical devices. C) Fibrous tissue. D) Dense, hard connective tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dense, hard connective tissue. 54. How many carpal bones are in the human body? A) 10. B) 8. C) 16. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 55. Which bone is known as heel bone? A) Cuneiform. B) Calcaneus. C) Navicular. D) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcaneus. 56. Cartilage is most like..... A) The wheels of a car:it helps your bones move. B) The airbag of the car:it protects your bones. C) The seatsbelts of a car:it keeps the bones in place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The airbag of the car:it protects your bones. 57. The ribcage protect your ..... A) Heart and lungs. B) Brain. C) Stomach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart and lungs. 58. What are the two blood cells A) Red and whit. B) White and red. C) W and r. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White and red. 59. Malignant tumor of bone. A) Diarthrosis. B) Vertebroplasty. C) Osteitis. D) Osteosarcoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteosarcoma. 60. The production of blood cells is called A) Homeostasis. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Hemostasis. D) Homologous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematopoiesis. ← 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