This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 143 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 143 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Leonard has a greenstick fracture. What can you assume about Leonard? A) He twisted is leg skiing. B) He has an increased chance of infection. C) He is a child. D) He was hit in the head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is a child. 2. The tailbone is the ..... A) Coccyx. B) Pubis. C) Sacred. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx. 3. My patella (knee cap) is identified as what type of bone? A) Long. B) Short. C) Sesamoid. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid. 4. Skeletal system is a framework of ..... that gives support to our body A) Skin. B) Bones. C) Muscles. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones. 5. How many tissues are in the human body? A) 26. B) 6. C) 84. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 6. Elbows and knees are this type of joint A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot or Sliding. D) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 7. What are fontanels? A) Bone that has fully grown in adults. B) Bone that has not completely grown, found in elderly people. C) Bone that has full grown in children. D) Bone that has not completely grown, found in newborns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone that has not completely grown, found in newborns. 8. What is the function of irregular bones? A) To provide strength. B) To protect tendons. C) To produce minerals. D) To protect internal organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To protect internal organs. 9. The upwards phase of a bicep curl would be which movement? A) Extension. B) Circumduction. C) Rotation. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexion. 10. What is the name of the bone that supports the tongue? A) Tyoid. B) Nasal cavity. C) Hyoid. D) Cheek sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyoid. 11. Which bones protect your organs? A) Patella. B) Femur. C) Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 12. Hip girdle joins the femur to A) Upper part of spine. B) Lower part of spine. C) It is not connected to spine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower part of spine. 13. The band of cartilage in the epiphysis where lengthwise bone growth occurs in children is known as the ..... A) Z line. B) Hyaline plate. C) Zone of ossification. D) Ephiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ephiphyseal plate. 14. Found in the epiphysis and produces red blood cells, platelets, and some white blood cells. A) Endosteum. B) Fat cells. C) Yellow marrow. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red marrow. 15. 1) What system works as a support structure for your body A) Respiratory System. B) Skeletal System. C) Nervous System. D) Muscular System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal System. 16. Which joint is slightly movable? A) Diathrosis. B) Sutures. C) Synarthrosis. D) Amphiarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amphiarthrosis. 17. What is the definition of the skull? A) Bone that surrounds the brain of a person or animal. B) A nutrient that helps make bones and teeth strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone that surrounds the brain of a person or animal. 18. The "cracks" in osteons which radiate from the center allowing for the diffusion of nutrients to the osteocytes. A) Central Canal. B) Canals. C) Lacunae. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canals. 19. This type of joint is located in our elbow and knee? Hint:these are on doors also A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 20. Name the joint that is found in wrists and ankles between the carpals and tarsals. A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding Joint. 21. Which of the following bones in an example of a flat bone? A) Rib Cage. B) Humerus. C) Patella. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rib Cage. 22. What is the function of the skeletal system in protection? A) Regulation of body temperature. B) Production of red blood cells. C) Transportation of nutrients. D) Structural support and protection of organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structural support and protection of organs. 23. Pointing at the sky A) Dorsiflexion. B) Flexion. C) Rotation. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extension. 24. The Humerus, radius and ulna are examples of A) Short bones. B) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long bones. 25. What does the spongy bone acts like? A) Shock absorber. B) Cleaner. C) Filter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shock absorber. 26. Which of the following is a hard substance that keeps bones from rubbing together? A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 27. My nose is ..... to my shoulders A) Proximal. B) Distal. C) Inferior. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superior. 28. ..... is the largest bone in the rear leg of an animal A) Femur. B) Mandible. C) Flat bones. D) Joint. E) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 29. The knee is made up of tendons, several ligaments, and the patella (the knee cap). What type of joint is the knee? A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 30. The wrist is called the A) Metatarsal. B) Tarsal. C) Carpal. D) Metacarpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpal. 31. Bones vary in size and shape depending on their location in the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. Bones in movable joints are held together by ..... They are also made of strong connective tissue. Bone to Bone. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Tape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 33. The humerus, radius, and ulna have some similarities. All three bones ..... A) Are narrow at the ends and wide in the middle. B) Are wider at the ends and thinner in the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are wider at the ends and thinner in the middle. 34. The skull is part of the: A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 35. How many bone shapes does the skeletal system have? A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 36. Which is NOT a kind of muscle in the human body? A) Smooth. B) Exoskeletal. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exoskeletal. 37. The matrix of bone is unique because it contains A) Collagen. B) Fat. C) Blood. D) Mineral salts. E) Elastic fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mineral salts. 38. True or False:TENDONS are also part of the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. What is the name of a long bone? A) Femur. B) Ribs. C) Phalanges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 40. The bones in the wrist are called what? A) Phalanges. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpals. 41. Your nose and ears are made up of A) Tendons. B) Plastic. C) Cartilage. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 42. Tendons connect bone to bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. What are trabeculae? A) Bony fibers inside the bones that give it strength and protect is from stress. B) Outer layer of bone support pieces. C) Growth plates. D) Hard thick bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bony fibers inside the bones that give it strength and protect is from stress. 44. A fracture where the bone breaks into many pieces is called: A) Impacted. B) Comminuted. C) Greenstick. D) Spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comminuted. 45. Scapula, sternum, ribs, pelvis, and skull are examples of ..... bones. A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 46. What happens first in bone repair? A) Hematoma. B) Fibrocartilaginous callus. C) Spongy bone callus. D) Bone remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma. 47. What is the role of the synovial membrane? A) Produces the synovial fluid. B) Holds joint together. C) Lubricates the moving parts within the joint. D) Cushions the bone ends in the joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produces the synovial fluid. 48. Spinal Column is part of which skeleton A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 49. Which of the following functions is not performed by the skeleton of human body? A) Support. B) Energy production. C) Locomotion. D) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy production. 50. Some of your biggest and most powerful muscles are: A) In your calves and thighs. B) In your back near your spine. C) In your arms. D) In your fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In your calves and thighs. 51. What bone disorder is an inflammatory process of the joint or joints? (page 146) A) Osteomyelitis. B) Bursitis. C) Arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthritis. 52. Which bone is best for weight bearing? A) Short. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short. 53. What two systems work together to help with movement? A) Skeletal and Circulatory. B) Muscular and Endocrine. C) Skeletal and Muscular. D) Respiratory and Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal and Muscular. 54. Of the following, what muscle is superior to the other three? A) Answer in medial. B) Deltoid. C) Intercostals. D) External obliques. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deltoid. 55. Your father broke his femur, which is the long bone in the upper thigh. A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 56. Joint that connect bones to the lower arm such as the hand A) Ball-and-socket. B) Gliding. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 57. Bones are attached with each other with tough tissues call A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 58. What percentage of the body is made of muscles? A) 25%. B) 40%. C) 75%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40%. 59. Is spongy bone lightweight or heavy? A) Lightweight. B) Heavy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lightweight. 60. All your body systems work together to maintain a stable environment which is called ..... A) Homeostasis. B) Regular. C) Gucci. D) None of above. 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