This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the condition called where your bones weaken and can break easily? A) Osteoporosis. B) Ostrich. C) Occipital. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 2. Cancer of the bone A) Scoliosis. B) Lordosis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteosarcoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteosarcoma. 3. What kind of joint is in your neck? A) Swivel. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swivel. 4. What is the name of the bone that corresponds with H on the skeleton? A) Patella. B) Ulna. C) Carpal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patella. 5. The "backbone of DNA" is made up of? A) Sugar, nitrogen base. B) Sugar, phosphate. C) Phosphate, nitrogen base. D) Nitrogen bases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar, phosphate. 6. Which of the following is not something that the periosteum does? A) Growth and repair. B) Calcium stores. C) Supplies blood. D) Supplies nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium stores. 7. The pelvis is the most important difference between a female and male skeletal system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. What type of muscle makes up your heart? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Cardiac and skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 9. What is the process of bone formation called? A) Sinus. B) Ossification. C) Foramen. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 10. What are bones made up of? A) Hydrogen. B) Titanium. C) Calcium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 11. What tissue does bone use to help it grow? A) Cartilage. B) Elastin. C) Enamel. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 12. The long bones of the skeleton contains two ends called ..... A) Endosteum. B) Epiphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis. 13. Mature female horse A) Heifer. B) Mare. C) Filly. D) Colt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mare. 14. Forearm is rotated to face palm UP is: A) Supination. B) Circumduction. C) Inversion. D) Plantar Flexion. E) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supination. 15. The Red Bone Marrow makes ..... cells. A) Muscle. B) Skin. C) Proteins. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood. 16. What can you do to keep your bones healthy? A) Diet. B) Exercise. C) Diet and exercise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diet and exercise. 17. The fibrous protein that gives the skin form and strength while making it flexible is called? A) Collagen. B) Muzzle. C) Keratin. D) Dermal papillae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collagen. 18. What type of connective tissue covers the ends of bone at joints? A) Ligaments. B) Fibrocartilage. C) Dense Connective Tissue. D) Hyaline Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyaline Cartilage. 19. The last ..... pairs of lower ribs are called floating ribs. A) Two. B) Four. C) Three. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 20. What is the scientific name for the collarbone? A) Humerus. B) Scapula. C) Femur. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle. 21. There are ..... bones in an adult human skeleton A) 106. B) 206. C) 260. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 22. THE JOINT THAT ALLOWS MOVEMENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS A) BALL AND SOCKET. B) HINGE. C) PIVOT. D) GLIDING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BALL AND SOCKET. 23. What is the medical term for a broken bone? A) Tear. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 24. How many bones are present in a newborn baby? A) 175. B) 212. C) 206. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 25. How many bones does an AVERAGE ADULT SKELETON consist of? A) 260. B) 206. C) 300. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 26. Cardiac muscle is..... A) Voluntary and striated in appearance. B) Voluntary and non-striated in appearance. C) Involuntary and striated in appearance. D) Involuntary and non-striated in appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Involuntary and striated in appearance. 27. Which bone of the lower extremity carries all the weight? A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Phibia. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 28. When the spine looks like the letter S, this is known as A) Osteoporosis. B) Lordosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scoliosis. 29. What is a haversian canal? A) Channels lying at right angles to the central canal, connecting blood and nerve supply of the periosteum to that of the Haversian canal. B) One of a network of tubes running through compact bone that contains blood vessels and nerves. C) Dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones. D) Tiny canals that link osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of a network of tubes running through compact bone that contains blood vessels and nerves. 30. The vertebral column made up of ..... vertebrae A) 34. B) 30. C) 29. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 31. 12 Pairs form the walls of the bony thorax A) Vertebrae. B) Ribs. C) Carpals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs. 32. Which of below contains of mitochondria that generates energy for contraction and relaxation? A) Tendon. B) Muscle. C) Ligament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle. 33. The shaft of a long bone is properly referred to as the ..... A) Diaphysis. B) Long portion. C) Wide portion. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis. 34. Which pathology is known to cause pain, stiffness, and swelling. This leads to reduced functions and possibly disability. A) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteoporosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 35. What does the term 'itis' mean? A) Deficiency. B) Inflammation. C) Softening. D) Abnormal condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflammation. 36. Which one of these is not a bone type? A) Flat. B) Short. C) Wide. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wide. 37. Which of the following conditions below is an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation within the joints? A) Gout. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Rheumatoid Arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 38. When does ossification exceed bone loss? A) Childhood. B) Adulthood. C) Elderly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Childhood. 39. Which type of joint allows movement in all directions? A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joint. 40. Another name for backbone is A) Ribcage. B) Limbs. C) Vertebral column. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebral column. 41. A joint that moves back and forth is called ..... A) A hinge joint. B) A sideways joint. C) A ball-and-socket joint. D) Twist joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hinge joint. 42. One bone rotates around another bone. A) Fixed joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Ball and socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint. 43. What is a muscle cramp? A) Torn ligament. B) Muscle separtation from the bone. C) Muscle tear. D) Involuntary spasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involuntary spasm. 44. Lining of the joint capsule. Secretes synovial fluid. A) Joint Cavity. B) Synovial Fluid. C) Joint Capsule. D) Synovial Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synovial Membrane. 45. Avery, Isla, and David are playing a trivia game. Avery pulls out a card and reads, 'The only freely moveable bone in the skull is the ..... Who can guess it right?' A) Frontal. B) Maxilla. C) Occipital. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandible. 46. Joint preset between skull and backbone. A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot joint. 47. You have a doctor's appointment because you hurt your knee. The knee is a bone, and bones make up the ..... A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. C) Skeletal System. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal System. 48. The largest bone in the human body is the: A) Femur. B) Pelvis. C) Fibula. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 49. The ribs that connect directly to the sternum are called: A) False ribs. B) True Ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) Fake Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True Ribs. 50. ..... is a part of the human ribcage. A) Humerus. B) Sternum. C) Thigh bone. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 51. Movement support system means what A) Determines the shape of your body. B) Allows bones to move in different ways. C) Stores minerals until the body needs them. D) Bones produce blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allows bones to move in different ways. 52. Which pathology is known to have bones that are not formed correctly? A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. C) Osteoarthritis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. 53. A tissue that has the ability tocontract is A) Muscle tissue. B) Epithelial tissue. C) Nerve tissue. D) Connective tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle tissue. 54. Toughest type of cartilage. Found in between the vertebrae as Intervertebral Disks A) Elastic Cartilage. B) Hyaline Cartilage. C) Fibrocartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrocartilage. 55. How many classifications of bones are there? A) 6. B) 3. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 56. What belongs in number 1? A) Mandible. B) Radius. C) Skull. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 57. Which system does the brain take place in? A) Nervous system. B) Circulatory system. C) Skeletal system. D) Digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 58. ..... is also known as the kneecap. A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 59. Collagen makes it tough, whereas the water filled proteoglycans make it smooth and resilient, so that it is an excellent shock absorber. A) Bones. B) Tendons and ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 60. What part of the skeletal system is #5? A) Pelvis. B) Femur. C) Sternum. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs. ← 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