This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 150 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 150 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of skeleton protect our vital (important) organ? A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 2. The part of skeleton along the midline of the body. A) Appendix. B) Appendicular. C) Axial. D) Axl Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial. 3. Which of the following will reduce pressure and stress on the vertebral column and muscles? A) Drinking a lot of water. B) Having a good posture. C) Wearing loose clothing. D) Doing warming-up exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having a good posture. 4. This is a disease found mostly in the elderly. A) Osteoporosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Osteomalacia. D) Breaks, fractures, and sprains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 5. The ends of the long bones. A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Yellow marrow. D) Medullary canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 6. The prefix osteo means A) Cell. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone. 7. Why do adults have less number of bones when compared to babies even though their bodies are bigger? A) The bones disappear. B) The bones become bigger. C) The bones tuse together. D) The bones fuse together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bones fuse together. 8. When the body is divided into front and back halves, the front half of the body is the A) Superior. B) Posterior. C) Inferior. D) Anterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anterior. 9. Which type of break results in at least one end of bone tearing through the skin? A) Stress fracture. B) Closed/simple. C) Hairline fracture. D) Open/compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open/compound. 10. True or False:The sternum is a part of the axial skeleton. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Which one is NOT a function A) Makes your body be able to breathe. B) Allows body to move. C) Provides support. D) Protection of vital organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes your body be able to breathe. 12. A surgical procedure that creates space within the spinal canal by removing part of the vertebra A) Arthrocentesis. B) Vitrectomy. C) Vertebrectomy. D) Laminectomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laminectomy. 13. The main function of the arches of the foot are to act as shock absorbers: A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Where two bone surfaces meet. A) Osteoporosis. B) Adduction. C) Articulations. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Articulations. 15. Any place where two or more bones meet is called a A) Ligament. B) Bone. C) Cartilage. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 16. This wraps the fascicles A) Epimysium. B) Endomysium. C) Perimysium. D) Idontseeum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perimysium. 17. For a lever to be a first class lever the fulcrum needs to be ..... A) Between the load and the effort. B) On one side and the load and effort on the other side. C) On the same side as the load arm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the load and the effort. 18. List the 4 levels of organization from least basic to most complex A) Cells, tissue, organ, organ system. B) Organ system, organ, tissue, cell. C) Cells, prokaryotic, eukaryotic, organelle. D) Cell, tissue, skeleton, human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cells, tissue, organ, organ system. 19. What is the condition called when a bone breaks? A) Sprain. B) Fracture. C) Arthritis. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 20. Bones with roughly equal lengths and widths, such as the wrists (carpals) or the ankles (tarsals) A) Long bones. B) Flat bones. C) Short bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short bones. 21. Which bone is the radius? A) Number 5. B) Number 9. C) Number 14. D) Number 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number 5. 22. The ..... look like a bunch of grapes and are where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes places. A) Lung. B) Alveoli. C) Diaphragm. D) Bronchial tubes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alveoli. 23. The major part of the skeletal system that includes the skull, vertebral column, sternum, and ribs A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 24. Skull protects our ..... A) Spine. B) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 25. How many main parts of skeletal system A) 6. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 26. What protects the vertebrae? A) Shield. B) Cartilage. C) Marrow. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 27. What are two ways to keep your bones strong and healthy? A) Eat candy and sit around playing video games all the time. B) Eat only vegetables and fruits. C) Eat dairy products and exercise. D) Take vitamins and drink diet pop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eat dairy products and exercise. 28. Which phrase best describes the inorganic part of bone tissue? A) Consists mostly of protein. B) Provides a soft framework for the bone. C) Resists tensile or pulling forces. D) Is the primary material in bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the primary material in bone tissue. 29. Which type of bone cells are responsible for dissolving old bone matrix? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteons. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 30. Joints that allow slight movement A) You jointed. B) Amphiarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthroses. 31. ..... are the cells responsible for production of new bone. A) Osteocytes. B) Osteons. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 32. How many bones baby got? A) 206. B) 300. C) 399. D) 260. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 33. It is a long, flat bone at the middle of the chest attached to cagelike curved bones. A) Sternum. B) Scapula. C) Vertebrae. D) Clavicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 34. How many bones make up the adult human body? A) 206. B) 106. C) 306. D) 406. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 35. The sternum belongs to A) The appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 36. Define this major function Protection A) Minerals like calcium are stored in the bones to add strength. B) Red and white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow found in many bones. C) It is our body's framework. It provides shape for our body, holds our vital organs in place and allows us to have a good posture. D) It protects our delicate organs e.g.-the SKULL protects the BRAIN, and the RIB CAGE protects the HEART and LUNGS etc . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It protects our delicate organs e.g.-the SKULL protects the BRAIN, and the RIB CAGE protects the HEART and LUNGS etc . 37. Which of these is a sign of sarcopenia? A) Strong bones. B) Frailty. C) Big muscles. D) Good mobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frailty. 38. The thumb is an example of which type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoid/Condyloid. D) Pivot. E) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Saddle. 39. What is the term for the group of bones that form the ankle and heel? A) Phalanges. B) Metatarsal bones. C) Carpal bones. D) Tarsal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarsal bones. 40. The ends of bones a covered with a smooth, slippery thick layer of tissue called ..... ? This can be found in your nose and ears. A) Periosteum. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 41. The lumbar and sacral vertebrae in birds are not flexible A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. ..... cushions the ends of bone and forms flexible parts like your nose and ears. A) Ligament. B) Muscle. C) Cartilage. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 43. Pivot joints are found in A) Shoulder. B) Fingers. C) Neck. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neck. 44. What is a mom cattle called? A) Steer. B) Heifer. C) Mare. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cow. 45. The biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus all have their origin on the A) Of them. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ischium. 46. The bones in the extremities (limbs) and the bones that attach the limbs to the axial skeleton (girdles) are collectively known as the ..... skeleton A) Appendicular. B) Vestigial. C) Axial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 47. The skeletal system is divided into two systems: A) Axial and appendicular. B) Central and sympathetic. C) Pulmonary and ciruclatory. D) Biden and Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial and appendicular. 48. What is a fibrous joint? A) A fibrous joint is a type of joint where the bones are connected by muscles. B) A fibrous joint is a type of joint where the bones are not connected at all. C) A fibrous joint is a type of joint where the bones are connected by cartilage. D) A fibrous joint is a type of joint where the bones are connected by fibrous connective tissue consisting mainly of collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fibrous joint is a type of joint where the bones are connected by fibrous connective tissue consisting mainly of collagen. 49. One type of skeletal disorder has characteristics:Short limbs, particularly the upper portion of the legs and arms.A trunk of average size.What is the type of disorder depend on the characteristics above? A) Acromegaly. B) Rachitis. C) Dwarfism. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dwarfism. 50. You smooth muscle helps you ..... A) Move. B) Move food through your digestive system. C) Pump blood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move food through your digestive system. 51. Bone in your leg above the knee.It is the longest and strongest bones in the human body. A) Femur. B) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 52. The framework of bones is called the ..... system. A) Circulatory. B) Respiratory. C) Skeletal. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 53. Type of bone cell that is critical in the regeneration of bone through bone remodeling A) Osteoclast. B) Ossification. C) Fracture. D) Osteocyte. E) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 54. Which is the one that allows our leg to move back and forth in one direction? A) Ribcage. B) Skull. C) Joint. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 55. Bones that protect the spinal cord. A) Pelvic bones. B) Backbones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbones. 56. The disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressivais when A) Various limbs begin to swell. B) A second skeleton begins to grow. C) The brain begins to shrink. D) The skin is extremely sensitive to light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A second skeleton begins to grow. 57. Elastic fibers that connect the ends of bones at movable joints are known as A) Vascular tissue. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Nervous tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 58. Examples:Carpals (wrist bones) Tarsals (ankle bones), Patella A) Short Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short Bone. 59. I act as a protective cage for the heart, lungs, and liver. There are 12 pairs of ribs. A) Clavicle. B) Radius. C) Ribs. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 60. Which other body systems works with the skeleton to produce movement? A) Respiratory. B) Circulatory. C) Digestive. 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