This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 138 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 138 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of cells build bone up? (page 116) A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteon. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblast. 2. The prefix chondro means A) Cartilage. B) Bone. C) Through. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 3. Which type of tissue is not found in the skeleton of babies? A) Spongy Bone. B) Cartilage. C) Compact Bone. D) Yellow Marrow. E) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Red Marrow. 4. An acute or chronic bone infection, usually caused by bacteria. A) OSTEOSARCOMA. B) OSTEOMYELITIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OSTEOMYELITIS. 5. The epiphyseal plate grows toward the ..... A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Hyaline cartilage. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 6. A place where two or more bones meet is called? A) Joint. B) Meeting place. C) Marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 7. What mineral helps to make strong bones? A) Fluoride. B) Calcium. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 8. It is attached to the cagelike flat, curved bones A) Floating ribs. B) Breastbone. C) Ribs. D) Collar bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 9. What is the procedure of 'arthrocentesis'? A) Inflammation of a joint. B) Condition that causes stiffness. C) Surgical removal of a joint. D) Joint fluid aspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint fluid aspiration. 10. An injury to the shoulder joint would impact which type of joint? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Plane. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 11. When a muscle shortens under tension, it is called ..... A) Isometric eccentric contraction. B) Isotonic concentric contraction. C) Isotonic eccentric contraction. D) Isometric concentric contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isotonic concentric contraction. 12. Arms and legs are ..... muscles. A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. 13. Narrowing of spinal canal; causes pressure on spinal cord and nerves A) Spinal stenosis. B) Spondylolisthesis. C) Scoliosis. D) Spinal spondylosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal stenosis. 14. ..... connects bone to bone in joints. A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Marrow. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 15. Your ribs protect your A) Bladder and lungs. B) Brain and intestines. C) Heart and lungs. D) Stomach and heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart and lungs. 16. Which system protects the cardiovascular system? A) Digestive system. B) Muscular system. C) Skeletal system. D) Circulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 17. Your body is made of 33 small bones called vertebrates. What's the whole structure called? A) Spine. B) Skull. C) Phalanges. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spine. 18. This highly flexible structure, also called the ....., supports the head and body. A) Vertebral column. B) Spinal cord. C) Intervertebral discs. D) Frontal, parietal, and temporal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column. 19. What gas does the Respiratory System absorb? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 20. Tissues that connect bones to other bones A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) Skin. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 21. Skin, hair, and nails make up which system? A) Outgrowths. B) Nervous. C) Muscular. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outgrowths. 22. The foot is made of 26 bones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. Your backbone is which type of bone? A) Long. B) Flat. C) Small. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular. 24. A woman in her mid 50s suddenly starts experiencing weakness in her bones that lead to fractures much easier than before. What disease is she suffering from? A) Gout. B) Rickets. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 25. The cytoplasm of a muscle cell is called the A) Sarcoplasm. B) Fascia. C) Actin. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcoplasm. 26. The shaft ( middle part) of a long bone is called? A) Metaphysis. B) Cartilage. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 27. Painful swelling near the joint of the big toe is called ..... A) Bursitis. B) Turf Toe. C) Bunion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bunion. 28. What cell type is active during primary and secondary ossification? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteon. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 29. What is the text mainly about? A) Interesting parts of the human skeletal system. B) The number of bones found in the human body. C) How the skeletal system compares to other body systems. D) Raindrops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interesting parts of the human skeletal system. 30. All the bones in an adult skeleton would find there are 206 bones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. I am located in the middle ear, and I am the smallest bone in the body. A) Femur. B) Stapes. C) Pelvis. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stapes. 32. For a bone marrow transplant, surgeons would have to drill a needle into this portion of the bone: A) Periosteum. B) Medullary cavity. C) Spongy bone. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary cavity. 33. What is the function of the patella? A) To protect the knee joint. B) To support the ankle joint. C) To connect the thigh bone and shin bone. D) To facilitate movement of the hip joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect the knee joint. 34. The joint in the neck that allows your head to turn is what type of joint? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 35. Which of the folloiwng is NOT a major classificatiton of joint? A) Fibrous. B) Saddle. C) Synovial. D) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saddle. 36. What type of joint is between the humerus and ulna?(look at the picture!) A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 37. ..... is present inside the bones which produce red blood cells A) Bone marrow. B) Bone space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 38. ROUND BONES ARE FOUND IN OUR HANDS AND FEET. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 39. It is also called as breastbone located at the center of the chest. A) Skull. B) Vertebral Column. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 40. If you have a colles Fx you have broken your..... A) Elbow. B) Wrist. C) Foot. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist. 41. The elbows and knees are examples of this type of joint A) Ball and socket. B) Condyloid. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 42. (a) is the best definition of the word ESSENTIAL. A) Completely unnecessary. B) Somewhat optional. C) The bones. D) A extremely important. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A extremely important. 43. Which part of the bone stores the Calcium and Phosphorus and is dense? A) Marrow. B) Spongy Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact Bone. 44. Which is not a function of the muscular system? A) Maintaining posture. B) Movement of substances. C) Generating heat. D) Protecting organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protecting organs. 45. Bones stop growing at the age of A) 15 years old. B) 10 years old. C) 20 years old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20 years old. 46. Blood cells are produced here. A) Cartilage. B) Bone marrow. C) Muscles. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 47. Ava and Benjamin are playing a game of arm wrestling. Which forearm bone allows them to move their arms during the game? A) Ulna. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 48. Which type of joints are immovable or only slightly movable? A) Synovial or cartilaginous. B) Synovial & fibrous. C) Cartilaginous and fibrous. D) Fibrous & irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilaginous and fibrous. 49. The vertebra of the backbone is considered a(n) ..... bone A) Irregular. B) Short. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular. 50. Bones on the wrists A) Carpal. B) Metacarpal. C) Phalanges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpal. 51. Which joints are known as immovable? A) Cartilaginous. B) Synovial. C) Fibrous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrous. 52. What is the shape of the bones of limbs, except for the patella, wrist, and ankle? A) Long. B) Short. C) Sesamoid. D) Flat. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 53. Solid material used to immobilize an body structure to allow it to heal. A) Callus. B) Cast. C) Crepitation. D) Wrap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cast. 54. Which bones help you move? A) Standicular Bones. B) Axial Bones. C) Movmicular Bones. D) Appendicular Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular Bones. 55. Which part of the body is this A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Kidney. D) Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 56. What is a flexible tissue that is found in your nose and ears? A) Ulna. B) Cartilage. C) Socket. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 57. What type of joints make up your spinal column? A) Elastic. B) Synovial (freely moveable). C) Fibrous (immovable). D) Cartilaginous (slightly moveable). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilaginous (slightly moveable). 58. What is the name of the long bone in the leg? A) Tibia. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 59. Which of the following is a function of at bones? A) Support the body's weight. B) Protect internal organs. C) Provide stability in complex joints. D) Act as levers for joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect internal organs. 60. Which category of bones are the carpals of the wrist classified under? A) Short bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Long bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short bones. ← 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