This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 141 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 141 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Muscles are attached to the bones with the help of A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 2. Where is your parietal bone? A) In the back of your skull. B) On top of your skull. C) In front of your skull. D) Your knee cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On top of your skull. 3. These bones are identified by their dimensions being roughly equal. A) Irregular. B) Short. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short. 4. Why is it important to keep bones protected? A) Bones can break. B) Bones are alive. C) Bones create blood cells. D) Bones are thick and strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones can break. 5. A6 Some cartilage changes to bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The ulna runs down to our little finger A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Which type of muscle is primarily voluntary? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Rigid. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 8. The bones of athletes are typically stronger and heavier than nonathletes due to the stress applied to the bones by muscles. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. This is an inflammation of the joints. A) Osteoporosis. B) Sprain. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 10. What is another name for your backbone? A) Femur. B) Cartilage. C) Spine. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spine. 11. Where two or more bones come together A) Joint. B) Bone. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 12. Where do bones connect together to help us move? A) Toes. B) Ribs. C) Nerves. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 13. What is the medical term for your wrist bones? A) Patella. B) Carpals. C) Tarsals. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpals. 14. What is the term for the ends of long bones? What is the term for the ends of long bones? A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Bone marrow. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 15. An endurance exercise that the muscle cells use oxygen when contracting. A) Aerobic. B) Osteoporosis. C) Calcium. D) Anaerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aerobic. 16. What does the term 'scopy' mean? A) Visual examination using a scope. B) Inflammation. C) Softening. D) Deficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual examination using a scope. 17. Isoinertial concentric A) Force created by muscle is maximal for all angles of the joint movement via use of a machine. B) Static work. Force is developed but no change in length of muscle occurs. C) Muscle contracts /shortens as force is produced. D) Muscle lengthens as force is produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle contracts /shortens as force is produced. 18. Which tissue type binds or supports other tissues in the body? A) Nervous. B) Muscle. C) Connective. D) Epithelial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connective. 19. What is contained within your yellow bone marrow A) Hematopoietic Bone Cells. B) Osteogenic Blood Cells. C) Smooth Muscle. D) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fat. 20. Which term means abnormal softening of the cartilage? A) Chondritis. B) Chondromalacia. C) Osteomalacia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chondromalacia. 21. Which of the following is not a common form of bone disease? A) Osteoporosis. B) Rickets. C) Paget's disease. D) Tumor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tumor. 22. Remnant of the growth plate: A) Epiphyseal plate. B) Epiphyseal line. C) Lacunae. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal line. 23. This anatomical structure of the skeleton is made of 2 coxae, supports trunk of body, and includes the coccyx: A) Pectoral girdle. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Thoracic cavity. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvic girdle. 24. All EXCEPT one are parts of the Appendicular Skeleton. A) Tibia. B) Phalanges. C) Humerus. D) Mandible. E) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandible. 25. Main purposes of the body is A) Protect external organs and Bones blood cell in the lung. B) A usually rigid supportive or protective structure or framework of an organism especially. C) Protect internal organs and Bones blood cell in the narrow. D) The bony or more or less cartilaginous framework supporting the soft tissues and protecting the internal organs of a vertebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protect internal organs and Bones blood cell in the narrow. 26. Freely moveable joint A) Metaphysis. B) Sesamoid. C) Epiphysis. D) Synovial Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synovial Joint. 27. Bones, joints, cartilage, ligaments A) Skeletal system. B) Painful. C) Muscular system. D) Integumentary system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 28. Which is not a type of bone tissue? A) Compact. B) Long. C) Spongy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 29. How do true ribs differ from false ribs? A) True ribs are attached directly to the sternum but the false ribs are not directly attached. B) True ribs are not directly attached to the sternum but the false ribs are attached directly to the sternum. C) True ribs are not directly attached to the sternum but the false ribs are completely detached. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True ribs are attached directly to the sternum but the false ribs are not directly attached. 30. The following is NOT one of the 3 Joint Classifications ..... A) Cartilaginous. B) Cartilage. C) Synovial. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 31. Which Bone Marrow has tissue where blood cells are made? A) Red Marrow. B) Yellow Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Marrow. 32. Large Lower arm bone A) Humerus. B) Mandible. C) Cranium. D) Clavicle. E) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Radius. 33. Which of the following bone layers fill the gap between the spongy bone? A) Bone Marrow. B) Compact Bone. C) Periosteum. D) They're all just the same 🤷♀️. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone Marrow. 34. What coats and protects the end of bones? A) Cartilage. B) Muscles. C) Tendons. D) More bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 35. During bony callus formation, what is fibrocartilaginous callus converted into? A) Compact Bone. B) Red Blood Cells. C) Spongy Bone. D) Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy Bone. 36. The disease found mostly in the elderly is ..... A) Scoliosis. B) Osteomalacia. C) Osteoporosis. D) Breaks and Fractures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 37. All bones of the upper and lower limbs, plus the girdle bones that attach each limb to the axial skeleton. A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Supination. C) Chronic. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 38. An open, or compound, fracture can be described as when ..... A) Adjacent bones fracture simultaneously. B) The bone is crushed. C) The broken bone is exposed to the outside. D) The broken bone ends are forced into each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The broken bone is exposed to the outside. 39. Joints that develop & fuse with age are: A) Synovial Joints. B) Fibrous Joints. C) Cartilaginous Joints. D) Condylar Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibrous Joints. 40. An increase in myoglobin is a long term effect of exercise on the muscular system, but what does it enable A) It allows more oxygen to breathed in. B) More oxygen can be delivered to the working muscles. C) Increase in the production of slow twitch muscle fibres. D) Increased strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More oxygen can be delivered to the working muscles. 41. Extracellular matrix contains collagen and proteoglycans. A) Bones. B) Tendons and ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 42. Fingers and toe bones are called ..... A) Patellas. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 43. ARTHRALGIA MEANS A) THE CONDITION OF BEING SHORT. B) JOINT PAIN. C) PERTAINING TO THE KNEE. D) MUSCLE WEAKNESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) JOINT PAIN. 44. Which of the following means "the long, flat bone in front of the chest that connects the ribs; breastbone?" A) Sternum. B) Cartilage. C) Patella. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 45. Choose the correct answer:Hip bones-near gluteus maximus muscle A) Rib cage. B) Hide. C) Vertebrae. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pelvis. 46. What would happen to your bones if you do not get enough calcium? A) Your body would be weak. B) Nothing, our body does not need calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your body would be weak. 47. Your shoulders and hips are an example of what type of joint A) Ball and Socket. B) Gliding. C) Pivot. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket. 48. How many bones are in your back? A) 50. B) 12. C) 1. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 49. Protect and support the body partsframeworkblood cell production in bone marrowcalcium an phospurous storage A) Skeletal system. B) Endocrine system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 50. The epiphysis is A) A bone cell. B) The end of a long bone. C) The covering of a bone. D) The shaft of a bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The end of a long bone. 51. Which suture holds the 2 parietal bones together? A) Sagittal. B) Lambdoid. C) Squamous. D) Coronal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sagittal. 52. Which bone is in the forearm BUT on the little finger side? A) Radius. B) And then. C) Tarsal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And then. 53. What is the singular of "vertebrae" A) Vertebra. B) Vertebrae. C) Vertebrae. D) Vertebera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebra. 54. An immobile or nearly immobile joint. A) Arthrodesis. B) Synarthrosis. C) Osteopetrosis. D) Hyperkinesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synarthrosis. 55. It is attached to the base of the skull A) Ribs. B) Backbone or spine. C) Breastbone. D) Floating ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone or spine. 56. The skeletal and muscular systems work together in pairs by ..... A) Moving in any direction. B) Sitting and standing. C) Moving in a circular motiom. D) Contracting and relaxing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contracting and relaxing. 57. A bundle of muscle cells. A) Fiber. B) Fascicle. C) Sarcomere. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascicle. 58. What are the openings in bones that allow nerves and blood vessels to enter or leave the bone called? A) Foramina. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foramina. 59. The tail feathers attatched to the pygostyle are used for steering and breaking in flight A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. This type of bone is dense and very hard. This is where calcium to stored A) Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. C) Bone Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact Bone. ← 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