This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 145 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 145 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Flexion is ..... A) Increase of angle at a joint. B) Shortening of a muscle. C) Lengthening of a muscle. D) Decrease of angle at a joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease of angle at a joint. 2. Results in degeneration of bone and joints; bone rubs against bone A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Spondylolisthesis. D) Ankylosing spondylitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 3. Which of the following minerals are NOT stored in the Yellow Marrow of a bone? A) Phosphorus. B) Magnesium. C) Red blood cells. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red blood cells. 4. The dense, hard and very strong bone that forms the protective outer layer of bones. A) Periosteum. B) Endosteum. C) Long bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 5. What is the tip of the sternum called? A) Xiphoid process. B) Zygomatic process. C) Occipital protuberance. D) Mandibular condyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xiphoid process. 6. Look at this picture carefully. Name the muscle on number 2! A) Biceps. B) Abdominals. C) Deltoids. D) Triceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triceps. 7. What is located at number 7? A) Ulna. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 8. What is the longest and heavies bone in the body? A) Humerous. B) Femur. C) Vertebrae. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 9. Forearm turns the hand so the palm is downward A) Adduction. B) Circumduction. C) Pronation. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronation. 10. Smooth muscles are responsible for working with the digestive system to aid digestion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which function of the skeleton is responsible for creating red and white blood cells? A) Production. B) Protection. C) Storage. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Production. 12. Inflammatory condition resembles rheumatoid arthritis; gradual stiffening and fusion of vertenbrae A) Scoliosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Ankylosing spondylitis. D) Lordosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankylosing spondylitis. 13. Which is not a way muscles would be named? A) Color. B) Shape. C) Direction of fibers. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 14. The humerus which is found in the upper arm is a A) Short bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long bones. 15. The hard part inside our bodies is called ..... A) Blood. B) Brain. C) Beef. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 16. Which bone protects lungs? A) Ribs. B) Lungs. C) Skull. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib cage. 17. What hinge joint do you use when you throw a ball? A) Knee. B) Elbow. C) Shoulder. D) Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbow. 18. Which bones protect the heart, lungs, liver and stomach? A) Pelvis. B) Skull. C) Vertebrae. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib cage. 19. What are the skeletal system boby system parts A) Heart kidneys bladder. B) White blood cells. C) Red blood cells. D) Bones, ligaments, tendons, joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones, ligaments, tendons, joints. 20. What suture connects frontal bone to the parietal bones? A) Sagittal. B) Coronal. C) Lambdoidal. D) Squamosal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coronal. 21. Bone matrix break down is called ..... A) Quiescence. B) Resorption. C) Reversal. D) Mineralization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resorption. 22. What is Flexion? A) Pulling a muscle. B) Extending a joint. C) Straightening a joint. D) Bending a joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bending a joint. 23. Which layer lines the marrow cavity? A) Endosteum. B) Osteon. C) Periosteum. D) Perichondrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endosteum. 24. Blue top of hand A) Carpals. B) Metacrpals. C) Phalanges. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 25. The organs of the thoracic cavity are protected by the ribs, thoracic vertebrae and the: A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Scapula. D) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 26. The articulation between the humerus and the ulna is an example of which type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 27. A fontanelle..... A) Is the cartilage model that is turned into bone. B) Are the lines on the skull that separate the bones. C) Is the area on an infant's skull known as "soft spots". D) A type of bone found in the wrists and ankles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is the area on an infant's skull known as "soft spots". 28. Exercise ..... and ..... bones A) Elongates; weakens. B) Thins; atrophies. C) Weakens; thins. D) Thickens; strengthens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thickens; strengthens. 29. Bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces; also known as cancellous bone A) Osteoclasts. B) Spongy bone. C) Osteoblasts. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 30. This is at the end of a bone, like a cushion A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 31. What happens when your epiphyseal disk closes? A) Your bones stop growing. B) Your bones keep growing. C) Your bones shrink. D) Your bones become brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your bones stop growing. 32. New blood cells are made of A) Yellow Marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Air. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Marrow. 33. Which of the following is not classed as an irregular bone? A) Spinal vertebrae. B) Pelvis. C) Temporal. D) The jaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 34. Which one is a type of fracture A) The Magic School Bus. B) Shattered Fracture. C) Comminuted Fracture. D) Traction Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted Fracture. 35. What is NOT a function of the skin? A) Maintains Body Temperature. B) Eliminates Waste. C) Protects Body. D) Produces Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produces Calcium. 36. What type of muscle tissue is VOLUNTARILY controlled A) Skeletal Only. B) Skeletal and Cardiac. C) Smooth and Cardiac. D) Cardiac Only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal Only. 37. Stem cell transplant used to treat certain cancers A) IV antibiotics. B) Bone marrow transplant. C) Bone removal. D) Arthrodesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow transplant. 38. What is another word for skull? A) Head. B) Cranium. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 39. Part of medicine that specializes in diagnosis and treatment of the foot and lower leg. A) Dentistry. B) Podiatry. C) Prosthetics. D) Chiropractor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Podiatry. 40. Where is the humerus located? A) Kneecap. B) Upper Leg. C) Lower Arm. D) Upper Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upper Arm. 41. What genetic disorder affects collagen production and causes brittle bones? A) Osteogenesis imperfecta. B) Rickets. C) Osteoporosis. D) Marfan membership. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 42. A ball and socket joint is located at which of these body parts? A) Ankle. B) Neck. C) Hips. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hips. 43. We are born with more bones at birth. Where do they go as we age? A) They disintegrate. B) They fuse together. C) They fall out of our pockets. D) This is false. We are born with 206 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They fuse together. 44. What lines the medullary cavity and spaces of the spongy bone? A) Periosteum. B) Intramembranous. C) Endosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endosteum. 45. The upper arm bone that inserts into the shoulder girdle. A) Humerus. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Carpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 46. The shaft of the long bone is known as the: A) Distal epiphysis. B) Proximal epiphysis. C) Endosteum. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 47. Which type of bone canal forms a pathway from the outside of the bone to the inside? A) Perforating canal (Volkmann's). B) Lamellae. C) Lacunae. D) Canaliculi. E) Central canal (Haversian). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perforating canal (Volkmann's). 48. After a break, your body forms a hematoma around the damaged area. What is the next step to repairing a bone fracture? A) Fibrocartilage forms a callus around the break. B) A bony callus forms around the area. C) Osteoblasts come in to immediately start bone remodelling. D) Osteoclasts destroy the damaged bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrocartilage forms a callus around the break. 49. Which of the following describes a diathrotic joint? A) Moveable (elbow). B) Immovable (skull). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moveable (elbow). 50. The fingers and toes are considered what type of joints? A) Hinge. B) Gliding. C) Saddle. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 51. The outer surface of the bones that contains of nerves and blood vessel is called ..... A) Periosteum. B) Compact bones. C) Spongy bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 52. Made up of eight bones total that surround the brain. A) Cranium. B) Fibula. C) Tibia. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 53. The arm has three bones:one in the upper arm called HUMERUS, two in the lower arm, called RADIUS and ULNA. Each hand also has several bones for the fingers and palm. In total, one arm has 30 bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. Caused by over-exercising: A) Cancer. B) Hiccup. C) Hypertrophy. D) Hyperplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypertrophy. 55. What is the purpose of your skeletal system? A) To have for a Halloween costume. B) To protect your internal organs. C) To give your body structure. D) Only B and C. E) All the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only B and C. 56. What are the structures of the skeletal system? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints. B) Support, protection, movement, storage, blood cell production. C) Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle. D) Skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints. 57. The joints between Ribs and ..... are immovable. A) Breastbone. B) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breastbone. 58. What are the cells of bones called? A) Ossification. B) Cartilage. C) Periosteum. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocytes. 59. Ear and nose are made up of cartilages A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. What is an overuse injury A) Long lasting injury that typically occurs overtime. B) Injury that occurs due to repetitive, excessive stress on a particular part of the body. C) An injury that occurs instantly. D) An injury that occurs due to direct contact and takes a long time to heal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Injury that occurs due to repetitive, excessive stress on a particular part of the body. ← 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