This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 149 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 149 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Most of the bones of the arms and hands are long bones; however, the bones in the skull are mostly categorized as ..... and bones A) Flat bones. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Short bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat bones. 2. Joint between atlas and axis (hint:they move more than the rest of the vertebral column) A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Fibrous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial. 3. Polio can be prevented by ..... in children. A) Consume vitamin A. B) Do oral vaccination. C) Do exercise. D) Do physical activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do oral vaccination. 4. Yellow bone marrow is found: A) Inside the longest part of long bones. B) At the end part of long bones. C) In all parts of long bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside the longest part of long bones. 5. What transports new red blood cells from the marrow? A) Blood vessels. B) Marrow. C) Red blood cells. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood vessels. 6. What are the 2 organs in the skeletal system? A) Muscles and joints. B) Joints and bones. C) Heart and lungs. D) Kidney and pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints and bones. 7. Which of the following increases your risk for having melanoma? A) Using sunscreen. B) Having darker skin. C) Being young. D) Being exposed to UV light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being exposed to UV light. 8. Which cells are considered the bone breakers? A) Calcium. B) Greenstick. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 9. The figure shows an example of what type of bone? A) Irregular tagsSAP2. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular tagsSAP2. 10. How many skeletal muscles do you have in your body? A) 300. B) 500. C) 600. D) 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 600. 11. Which of the following would be found in the lower back? A) Tch. B) L10. C) Smear. D) Oh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oh. 12. What does the combining form kyph/o mean? A) Hump. B) Bent backward. C) Crooked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hump. 13. The formation of bone by the osteoblasts is known as ..... A) Remodeling. B) Ossification. C) Photosynthesis. D) Healing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 14. When bones grow, they ..... A) Lengthen. B) Expand. C) Shrink then stretch. D) Lengthen & expand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lengthen & expand. 15. Movement in the sagittal plane that increases the angle of a joint (straightens the joint). A) Tenosynovitis. B) Osteochondritis. C) Bradykinesia. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extension. 16. Fracture repair has four major steps. When osteoblasts replace the cartilaginous precursor with osseous tissue, what stage of repair is occurring? A) Hematoma. B) Soft callus. C) Bony callus. D) Bone remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bony callus. 17. Either end of a long bone. A) Spongy Bone. B) Periosteum. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphyses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyses. 18. How many bones are there in human and baby skeleton A) 206, 300. B) 300, 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206, 300. 19. ..... fracture occurs due to a weakness in the bone from disease. A) Spiral. B) Comminuted. C) Pathological. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathological. 20. Muscles of your internal organs A) Skeletal muscle. B) Cartilage. C) Smooth muscle. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth muscle. 21. Hard, dense bone tissue that is beneath the outer membrane of a bone A) Skeleton. B) Compact bone. C) Joint. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 22. A gym teacher models a common exercise. A) Abduction. B) Pronation. C) Flexion. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abduction. 23. Which bones make up the pelvic girdle? A) Ilium, Ischia, and Pubis. B) Femur and Humerus. C) Tibia and Fibula. D) Radius and Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ilium, Ischia, and Pubis. 24. What connects two bones? A) Joint. B) Muscle. C) Air. D) Heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 25. Cancer of blood making cells of the red bone marrow A) Periostitis. B) RA. C) Multiple myeloma. D) Osteitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiple myeloma. 26. Which of the following would not be found in compact bone? A) Beams. B) Haversian canals. C) Lamellae. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beams. 27. 2-Your lungs and heart are protected by ..... A) Vertebrae column. B) Skull. C) Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 28. What is the job of the pelvis? A) Help the arms and legs. B) Support upper body weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support upper body weight. 29. Synovial oil is oil at the ..... that allows smooth movement is ..... A) Tendon. B) Tissue. C) Joint. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 30. What type of doctor uses manipulative tx involving manually adjusting the positions of the bones A) Chiropractor. B) Osteopath. C) Prosthetist. D) Orthopedic surgeon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiropractor. 31. What is the name of number 9? A) Sternum. B) Fibula. C) Humerus. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 32. Collagen and calcium hydroxyapatite are the primary constituents of: A) Blood. B) Fibrous cartilage. C) Hyaline cartilage. D) Ligaments. E) Bone matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Bone matrix. 33. What does "bone remodeling" refer to? A) The exchange of bone material for muscle mass. B) How without gravity we lose bone mass. C) How spongy bone and compact bone house our bone marrow. D) The constant breaking down and building back of our bone matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The constant breaking down and building back of our bone matrix. 34. What are bone destroying cells? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Ossification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 35. Tough band of tissue that holds bones together at the joint A) Tendon. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 36. An example of a bone completely formed by endochondral bone formation is A) Frontal bone. B) Occipital bone. C) Clavicle. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 37. People with Rh-can receive Rh+ blood A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Which bone cells are undifferentiated? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteogenic cells. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteogenic cells. 39. Supports lifting and physical activities A) Arrive. B) Ula. C) Radius. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 40. What do you call the type of bone that is less dense and has more open spaces? A) Hollow Bone. B) Honeycomb Bone. C) Spongy Bone. D) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy Bone. 41. The ball and socket joint at the shoulder allows which of the following joint actions? A) Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation. B) Abduction, adduction and rotation. C) Rotation, extension, abduction and adduction. D) Flexion and extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation. 42. The skull protects your? A) Blood. B) Muscles. C) Brain. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 43. The joints of the carpal and tarsal bones produce ..... movements. A) Special. B) Gliding. C) Rotational. D) Angular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 44. The skin is moistened and softened by oil made in A) Salt glands. B) Rain glands. C) Water glands. D) Oil glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil glands. 45. Bones are a solid matrix made up of: A) Living cells & fibers, surrounded by calcium deposits. B) At least 3 different types of tissues serving a common purpose. C) Only calcium and other mineral salts responsible for hardness & strength. D) Multiple different types of cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living cells & fibers, surrounded by calcium deposits. 46. Some bones produce blood cells and store minerals. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. More than half of the total number of bones are found in hands and feet A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. Which of the following contains the head, neck, vertebrae, ribs, and sternum? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 49. Healthcare profession that treats malalignment of the spine A) Nurse. B) EMT. C) Athletic trainer. D) Chiropractor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiropractor. 50. Is irregular bones classification as general bones? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Smallest region the coxal bones A) Of them. B) Ischium. C) Pubis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ischium. 52. We have more bones in our body that joins A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 53. According to the story, which of the following is an accurate description of your teeth? A) They help get you a date. B) They are hard and white. C) They help keep you healthy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are hard and white. 54. How many bones are found in a human body? A) 206. B) 620. C) 260. D) 602. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 55. Which one of the following bones is located in the lower arm? A) Humerus. B) Scapula. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 56. What is cartilage in the human skeleton? A) Enables movement for the body. B) Protects your internal organs. C) Two bones meet to create movement. D) A strong, flexible connective tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A strong, flexible connective tissue. 57. Ligaments and tendons attach to the ..... of bones. A) Articular cartilage. B) Purses. C) Periosteum. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 58. The two ends of the long bone is called A) Articular cartilage. B) Diaphysis. C) Spongy bones. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 59. What type of bone is the spine (vertebrates)? A) Irregular. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular. 60. This is defined as the minimum voltage required to produce a muscle contraction: A) Twitch. B) Stairs. C) Tetanus. D) Threshold. 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