This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 151 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 151 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What structure allows for strong attachment of tendons and ligaments to the bone's surface? A) Endosteum. B) Periosteum. C) Yellow marrow. D) Spongy bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 2. What are the types of cells that make bones? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 3. Which type of cell is classified as a bone breaker? A) Osteoclast. B) Osteodontknow. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 4. How many types movable joints are there? A) Four. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four. 5. When you were a baby, the bone plates that form your skull were not all together. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Openings that allow sweat to reach the surface of the skin A) Vitamin D. B) Dermis. C) Pores. D) Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pores. 7. The case of bone or cartilage that forms the skeleton of the head and face, encloses the brain, and supports the jaws. A) Cartilage. B) Mandible. C) Brain. D) Skull/Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull/Cranium. 8. Break on one side of a bone, usually due to a bending force A) Compound fracture. B) Endosteum. C) Irregular bone. D) Greenstick fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenstick fracture. 9. Ribs are one of the set of bones that curve from the spine around the chest of a person or animal. They protect your body's lungs and heart. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. What is the smallest bone of the body? A) Stapes. B) Femur. C) Incus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stapes. 11. Which statement is an example of skeletal muscle? A) Muscles that work with your bones to help you move. B) Muscles that are involuntary. C) Muscles that make up the heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles that work with your bones to help you move. 12. Hormones that stimulate bone growth are A) Calcitonin and parathyroid hormone. B) Oxytocin and secretin. C) Growth hormone and thyroxine. D) Epinephrine and relaxin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growth hormone and thyroxine. 13. This stuff is super important. It covers the ends of bones in between joints. When it wears away, you end up with osetoarthritis. Esto es muy importante. Cubre los extremos de los huesos entre las articulaciones. Cuando desaparece, terminas con osetoartritis. A) Periosteum. B) Compact bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Articular cartilage. 14. Ossification involves creting bone from ..... A) Muscle. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 15. Pectoralis major muscle action A) Elbow flexion. B) Scapula elevation. C) Elbow extention. D) Shoulder flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder flexion. 16. What vitamin helps the bones absorb calcium A) Vitamin C. B) Vitamin B12. C) Vitamin D. D) Vitamin E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D. 17. Which pairs of terms is mismatched? A) Cranium (skull)-Sutures. B) Wrist-Pivot Joint. C) Shoulder-Ball and socket Joint. D) Knee-Hinge Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist-Pivot Joint. 18. Bones that have complex shapes are called ..... A) Flat bones. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular bones. 19. Study of movement A) Biology. B) Boniology. C) Pathology. D) Kinesiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kinesiology. 20. Which joint is found in the knee? A) Hinge Joint. B) Ball-and-Socket Joint. C) Fixed Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint. 21. Maintain healthy bone structure; like foreman at construction site-tells other cells what to do A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes. 22. Cells that break down the calcified matrix of bone: A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 23. The skull, spinal column, chest, and rib cage make up the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 24. When one bone meets another bone it is called a ..... A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 25. The periosteum is attached to underlying bone by: A) Cartilage. B) Fibroblasts. C) Sharpey's fibers. D) Volkman's channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sharpey's fibers. 26. Your friend gets their upper ear pierced. What type of cartilage did they pierce? A) Hyaline. B) Fibrous. C) Elastic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elastic. 27. Why is it important to keep bones healthy? A) Bones stop growing longer around age 25. B) Bones can break easily. C) Bones are alive and working. D) Bones only grow once. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones are alive and working. 28. Where is new blood cells created? A) In bone marrow, located inside the muscle tissue. B) In the scapula. C) In bone marrow, located inside the bone. D) In the patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In bone marrow, located inside the bone. 29. What is the biggest bone in your body called? A) Humerus. B) Phalanges. C) Femur. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 30. Protects the brain and is made up of 29 bones A) Skull. B) Spine. C) Rib Cage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 31. What is the function of the yellow bone marrow in the skeletal system? A) Storing minerals. B) Protecting the brain. C) Producing blood cells. D) Supporting the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producing blood cells. 32. Which bones are stronger: A) Chicken bones. B) Fish bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicken bones. 33. The scientific name for "breastbone" is A) Sternum. B) Femur. C) Phalanx. D) Tarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 34. Name the genetic condition in which the bones are fragile and break easily. A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteogenesis imperfecta. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 35. In anatomical position, the ulna is located on the outside of the arm A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 36. Which one of the following bones is an example of a slightly moveable joint? a. Skullb. Claviclec. Pelvisd. Spine A) Spine. B) Pelvis. C) Skull. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spine. 37. Incomplete break on the convex surface of the bone. A) Fissured. B) Oblique. C) Transverse. D) Comminuted. E) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Greenstick. 38. A freely movable joints in the body that allows the bones to turn in one direction only. A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 39. What is located at number 14? A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Pelvis. D) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sacred. 40. Examples of irregular shaped bones are A) Arms and legs. B) Wrist and ankle. C) Skull and sternum. D) Vertebrae and pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae and pelvis. 41. Red bone marrow turns your bones red A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. The function of the muscular system is to A) Create all movement in the body. B) Create all the moments in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create all movement in the body. 43. In reference to the nose the ears are A) Superior. B) Lateral. C) Proximal. D) Medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lateral. 44. What is a tissue? A) Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task. B) Groups of different tissues working together to perform a particular job. C) Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks. D) The smallest unit of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task. 45. Type of bone cell-MATURE BONE CELL? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 46. ..... joints are the most frequently used joints in your body. A) Ball-and socket. B) Gliding. C) Immovable. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 47. Bone disorder that causes women to shrink when they get older: A) Scoliosis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Lordosis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 48. Which the following is a unit of bone? A) Lacunae. B) Osteon. C) Canals. D) Central canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteon. 49. A baby's skeleton is made mostly of ..... A) Periosteum. B) Cartilage. C) Bone Marrow. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 50. A group of cells is called a tissue, while a group of tissue is called an ..... A) Tissue. B) Cell. C) System. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organ. 51. Which bone is the largest? A) Ulna. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 52. These are the bones of the legs and arms; humerus and femur. A) Flat Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Short Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long Bones. 53. Which of the following is a muscle A) Tibia. B) Cardiac. C) Hinge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 54. One function of spongy bone is to ..... A) Produce red blood cells. B) Make the bone light weight. C) Store minerals. D) Produce periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make the bone light weight. 55. The ..... is protected inside the vertebral column. A) Heart. B) Spinal cord. C) Liver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 56. The type of bone that is less dense and has spaces. A) Compact. B) Marrow. C) Spongy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy. 57. If you "break your hip" , what bone have you most likely broken? A) Femur. B) Ilium. C) Ischium. D) Pubis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 58. Which bone is highlighted in green? A) Mandible. B) Maxilla. C) Mouth. D) We didn't learn this one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxilla. 59. Scientific name for the bones in your ankles A) Meta-tarsals. B) Mandible. C) Carpals. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meta-tarsals. 60. Select the CORRECT pairing based on image given: A) Cauliflower sign-Osteochondroma. B) Sunburst sign-Osteochondroma. C) Sunburst sign-Osteosarcoma. D) Cauliflower sign-Osteosarcoma. 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