This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 139 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 139 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The type of bone found in muscle and tendon A) Periosteum. B) Sesamoid bone. C) Flat bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid bone. 2. What is the name of the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gaseous exchange occurs? A) Bronchi. B) Alveoli. C) Oxygen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alveoli. 3. Why do adults have less bone then babies A) There bones fuse together when they get older. B) People break bones in your body an they don't reform. C) When you burn your finger your bones fuse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There bones fuse together when they get older. 4. Most muscles in the body are ..... muscles. A) Involuntary. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 5. We have 12 pair of ribs A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Tissues put together to perform a function is called an ..... A) Organism. B) Cell. C) Organ. D) Organ system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organ. 7. The knee is considered what type of joint? A) Ball and socket. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 8. The cranium, mandible, sternum, vertebrae, and rib cage all belong to the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 9. The navicular bone is located behind the ..... bone. A) Tarsal. B) Cannon. C) Coffin. D) Splint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coffin. 10. Which of the following is formed by the grouping of different tissues? A) Cells. B) Organs. C) Tissues. D) Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organs. 11. Another name for the system dealing with calcium regulation A) Negative Feedback System. B) Positive Feedback System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Feedback System. 12. Bones that are not long, short, or flat are called ..... bones. A) Short bones. B) Flat bones. C) Long bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular bones. 13. What best describes the lamellae? A) Growth plate in long bones. B) Connective tissue in bones. C) Canal housing blood vessels. D) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal. 14. What makes our bones Stronger and white? A) Calcium. B) Oxygen. C) Starch. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 15. ..... carry oxygen all around the body. A) White blood cells. B) Bone marrow cells. C) Soft tissues. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red blood cells. 16. What type of muscle is located in the heart? A) Voluntary. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 17. Joints are classified in 2 ways: A) Structural and functional. B) Functional and ability. C) Structural and flexibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structural and functional. 18. An embryo's skeleton is almost entirely made up of ....., until after the third month of development A) Cartilage. B) Nerves. C) Hard bone. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 19. How many muscles does your body have? A) 206. B) 348. C) 600. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 600. 20. These cells help to build bone (a) A) A osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A osteoblasts. 21. Which bone in your arm is on the same side as your thumb? (Make your body is in anatomical position.) A) Humerus. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 22. Which bone tissue are filled with red marrow? A) Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy Bone. 23. Thin filaments are made of A) Sarcoplasm. B) Sarcomeres. C) Actin. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actin. 24. Movement increasing the angle between body parts (straightening) A) Abduction. B) Extension. C) Adduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extension. 25. This type of bone cell shaves away old bone when your bones are growing wider. A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteogeniccells. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 26. Because of these holes in our skull we are able to take in air to breathe, food and water, and are able to hear things. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Offspring/Baby Hog A) Piglet. B) Calf. C) Sow. D) Gilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piglet. 28. How many bones make up the human body? A) 206. B) 300. C) 360. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 29. A storage area for fat cells; also contains cells that form leukocytes (white blood cells) A) Medullary canal. B) Periosteum. C) Yellow marrow. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow marrow. 30. They help you bend your arms A) Shoulders and neck. B) Elbows and wrists. C) Knee and ankles. D) Hips and shoulders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbows and wrists. 31. In which layer would you find the hair follicles and nerve cells? A) Epidermal. B) Dermal. C) Subcutaneous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dermal. 32. In isometric contraction force is applied but muscle length A) Lengthens. B) Contracts. C) Relaxes. D) Does not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does not change. 33. Freely moveable joints: A) Synarthroses. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses. 34. Bones are covered with tissue called A) Ligaments. B) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles. 35. How many functions are associated with the Skeleton System? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 36. What structure consists of groups of cells working together to perform a function? A) Organ. B) Organ system. C) Tissue. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissue. 37. Cells found within cartilage are called: A) Osteocytes. B) Chondrocytes. C) Osteoblasts. D) Chrondroclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chondrocytes. 38. The joint that does not allow any movement is called ..... A) Saddle. B) Fixed. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed. 39. What kind of joint is your shoulder? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 40. A substance that is primarily collagen, which gives bone its high tensile strength A) Red marrow. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Osteoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoid. 41. Disease of bones A) Osteocyte. B) Ostealgia. C) Osteomalacia. D) Osteopathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteopathy. 42. Bone that looks like a "sponge" A) Compact. B) Spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 43. Which type of muscle is not striatedand is found in structures such asblood vessels, the stomach andintestines? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 44. What separates gouty arthritis from the other types of arthritis covered in this chapter? A) It's due to normal aging. B) It's an autoimmune disease. C) It causes permanent deformities. D) It can be controlled with diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It can be controlled with diet. 45. To point your toes down or raise up onto tippy toes is: A) Inversion. B) Supination. C) Circumduction. D) Rotation. E) Plantar Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Plantar Flexion. 46. Rolling your ankle so that the sole of your foot moves medially A) Circumduction. B) Eversion. C) Inversion. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inversion. 47. This is a part of shoulder girdle- A) Collar bone. B) Toes. C) Hindlimbs. D) Forelimbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collar bone. 48. There are ..... types of bones. A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 49. Which of the following is a form of arthritis in which uric acid builds up in the blood, causing joint swelling and pain? A) Osteoarthritis. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Gout. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gout. 50. The skeletal framework also protects the A) Inner delicate organs. B) Skull. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner delicate organs. 51. Which system Provides body structure and shape A) Skeletal. B) Outgrowths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 52. The rib cage surrounding vital organs is an example of which function of the skeletal system? A) Storage. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Protection. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection. 53. This type of joint allows no movement A) You got it together. B) Amphiarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You got it together. 54. They attach bones to other bones. What are they? A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 55. When blood calcium is too LOW ..... A) Parathyroid hormone is released to stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone. B) You are likely to develop Brittle Bone Disease. C) Calcitonin is released to stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone. D) Calcitonin is released to deposit calcium from blood into bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parathyroid hormone is released to stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone. 56. Bones make up ..... per cent of our body's weight. A) 4 percent. B) 41 per cent. C) 14 per cent. D) 40 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 per cent. 57. What movement causes a limb to be move away from the centre line of the body A) Extension. B) Abduction. C) Adduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abduction. 58. The scientific name for "ankle bone" is A) Ulna. B) Tarsal. C) Femur. D) Metatarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tarsal. 59. An example of a flat bone is the ..... ? A) Cranium. B) Sternum. C) Phalanges. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 60. What is apart of the axial skeletal? A) Tibia, Fibula, Phalanges. B) Ribs, Sternum, Skull. C) Humerus, Tarsals, Metatarsal. D) Clavicles, Cranium, Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs, Sternum, Skull. ← 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