This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 132 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bone marrow is important for blood production. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What type of bone tissue organized into osteons with a lamella and a Haversian canal? A) Spongy. B) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 3. The NON-LIVING bone matrix is made up of A) Minerals and protein. B) Cartilage. C) Muscles. D) Tendons and ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minerals and protein. 4. You have two bones in the lower part of your leg. What are their names? A) Femur and Scapula. B) Tibia and Fibula. C) Pelvis and Cranium. D) Rib and Shoulder Blade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia and Fibula. 5. All these bones protect organs EXCEPT- A) Ribcage. B) Carpals. C) Cranium. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpals. 6. Bones can be repaired if broken but enamel cannot. Is it true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. It takes more muscles to smile than it does to frown. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. What do you call the spongy material inside your bones? A) Cancellous bone. B) Cartilage. C) Bone marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cancellous bone. 9. The physical foundation of the body consisting of bones connected by joints is the? A) Nervous system. B) Endocrine system. C) Skeletal system. D) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 10. The long bone, which helps to attach the ribs to the skeleton A) Skull. B) Spinal Cord. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 11. Bones have nerves. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. The epiphysis ..... A) A thin layer of compact bone enclosing spongy bone. B) Creates red blood cells. C) A thick layer of spongy bone enclosing compact bone. D) A connective, fiberious tissue that covers the diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thin layer of compact bone enclosing spongy bone. 13. How many bones are there in backbone? A) 33. B) None of these. C) 23. D) 43. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 14. Skull protects which part of the body? A) Brain. B) Eyes. C) Rib Cage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 15. Castrated male sheep A) Ewe. B) Lamb. C) Ram. D) Wether. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wether. 16. What is an example of a pneumatic bone? A) Skull. B) Patella. C) Hock. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 17. Inflammation of the tendon, the cord or and of fibrous tissue that serves to connect a muscle with a bone or part A) Endocarditis. B) Tendonitis. C) Acrodermatitis. D) Bronchitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendonitis. 18. ..... bones make up the cranium, and ..... bones make up the face. A) 7 cranial, 14 facial. B) 7 cranial, 12 facial. C) 8 cranial, 12 facial. D) 8 cranial, 14 facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8 cranial, 14 facial. 19. Carpals in the wrist and the tarsals in the foot are an example of what bone classification? A) Flat bones. B) Long bone. C) Short bone. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short bone. 20. The curved chains of 33 separate bones form a canal running through the center of the vertebrae which protects the ..... A) Chest. B) Spinal chord. C) Brain. D) Thorax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal chord. 21. When Sarcomeres line up end to end they make? A) Muscle Fibers. B) Sarcomere. C) Myofibrils. D) Fascicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myofibrils. 22. The joint that lets you turn your head is a ..... A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Ball-and-socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint. 23. The outer layer of the bone is made of ..... A) Contact Bone. B) Combat Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) Concrete Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact Bone. 24. Which is not a function of bone? A) Support. B) Heat production. C) Protection. D) Reservoir for minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat production. 25. During a game of trivia, Kai, Emma, and Evelyn were asked which skeletal organ connects bone to other bones. Can you help them answer this question? A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 26. All of the following are true about bone RESORPTION EXCEPT A) Involves rebuilding of the bone matrix. B) Done by the osteoclasts. C) Is initiated by the osteocytes. D) Releases calcium from the blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involves rebuilding of the bone matrix. 27. Which food will help you build STRONG bones? A) Milk. B) Soda. C) Cupcakes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milk. 28. The bone cells that dissolve bone matrix are called A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoprogenitor cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 29. What is the third stage of bone growth and repair? A) Bone Remodeling. B) Bone Generation. C) Hematoma Formation. D) Bony Callus Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bony Callus Formation. 30. What tissue binds muscle to bone? A) Ligaments. B) Synovial Fluid. C) Articular cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendons. 31. Found in limbs, shaft known as a diaphysis and two ends know as a epiphysis are? A) Short bones. B) Tarsals. C) Long bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bones. 32. To keep our bones strong we need to eat food rich in A) Protein. B) Calcium. C) Fibre. D) Both a and b. E) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both b and c. 33. #3 is pointing to? A) Fibula body. B) Medial malleolus. C) Lateral malleolus. D) Interosseous membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lateral malleolus. 34. An infant's soft spot is called: A) Fontanel. B) Soft spot. C) Foramen. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fontanel. 35. The ..... zone of a sarcomere contains no actin filaments while the skeletal muscle is at rest A) H. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Sarcomere. D) Z. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H. 36. Which of the following is found in the center of some bones? A) Jello. B) Bone marrow. C) Blood. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 37. Main Organs:Muscles A) Nervous. B) Skeletal. C) Muscular. D) Outgrowths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 38. Must be present in the blood for the nervous system to transmission, muscles contraction, and blood clotting: A) Phosphorus. B) Calcitonin. C) PTH. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 39. The humerus is located A) In the lower arm. B) In the upper leg. C) In the lower leg. D) In the upper arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the upper arm. 40. What system works with your skeletal system? A) Circulatory. B) Muscular. C) Respiratory. D) Nervous. E) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular. 41. This type of Joint has the greatest range of motion. A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 42. Cube shaped bone A) Sesamoid. B) Irregular bone. C) Short bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short bone. 43. Which term means an inflammation of bone and bone marrow? A) Osteitis. B) Osteomyelitis. C) Periostitis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteomyelitis. 44. The second layer of the skin A) Dermis. B) Epidermis. C) Subcutaneous fat. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dermis. 45. This is the ability of skeletal muscle where it can return to its original shape after it has been stretched A) Extensibility. B) Elasticity. C) Excitability. D) Contractility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elasticity. 46. Soft spots of a baby's skull A) Fibrous joints. B) Sutures. C) Fontanels. D) Fused joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fontanels. 47. What mineral should be in your diet to help with bone an dental health? A) Magnesium. B) Phosphorus. C) Calcium. D) Zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 48. Joints are held together by strong tissues called ..... A) Cartilage. B) Ribs. C) Bones. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 49. An adult has this amount of bones ..... A) 206. B) 105. C) 45. D) 3000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 50. The ..... includes the bones of the shoulder, arms, hands, hips, legs, and feet. A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 51. Which of the following is not a major function of the Skeletal System? A) Movement. B) Fight off harmful bacteria. C) Protection for major arteries. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fight off harmful bacteria. 52. Which two muscles are in your upper arm? A) Biceps and Triceps. B) Biceps and hamstrings. C) Hamstrings and quadriceps. D) Femur and Humerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biceps and Triceps. 53. What is the life span of the red blood cells? A) 140 days. B) 180 days. C) 120 days. D) 160 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 120 days. 54. The hollow space in the middle of bones is filled with ..... A) Blood. B) Air. C) Bone cells. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 55. Osteoarthritis is usually the result of A) Genetics. B) Aging. C) Fractures. D) Bad posture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aging. 56. What does the combining form prosthet/o mean? A) Inner region. B) Joint. C) Sac. D) Addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Addition. 57. A combination of a hinge joint and a pivot joint is called ..... A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Saddle joint. C) Elbow joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow joint. 58. What are the three types of muscle tissues? A) Red, White, Blue. B) Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal. C) Cardiac, Skeletal, Red. D) Skeletal, Red, White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal. 59. Which joint has the widest range of motion? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Gliding. D) Ball & socket tagsSAP2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball & socket tagsSAP2. 60. Cranial bones and the scapulae are examples of ..... bones A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. ← 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