This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 152 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 152 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Magnetic power is more in the middle of bar magnets. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Caused by accumulation of lactic acid: A) Excitability. B) Hypertrophy. C) Muscular Dystrophy. D) Muscular fatigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular fatigue. 3. What is another word for spine? A) Cranium. B) Brain. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 4. What is the name for any bump or projection on a bone? A) A lamellae. B) A lacunae. C) A osteon. D) A process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A process. 5. ..... are typically thinner than others and are usually curved A) Femur. B) Mandible. C) Flat bones. D) Joint. E) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bones. 6. The clavicle is part of the axial skeleton. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Your elbow, hip, knee, neck and wrist are all what kind of joint? A) Synovial (freely moveable). B) Cartilaginous (slightly moveable). C) Fibrous (immovable). D) Elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial (freely moveable). 8. Interlocking line of union between bones A) Head. B) Tubercle. C) Process. D) Suture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suture. 9. Does an adult have more, less, or the same amount of bones as a baby? A) More. B) Less. C) Same. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 10. Arthritis caused by excess uric acid in blood A) Juvenile RA. B) Bursitis. C) Ankylosing spondylitis. D) Gouty arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gouty arthritis. 11. What is the functional unit of compact bone known as? A) Osteon. B) Canaliculi. C) Osteocyte. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteon. 12. A fracture that is broken into many pieces is: A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Comminuted. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted. 13. THE BACKBONE IS MADE UP OF 33 SMALL BONES CALLED RIBS A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 14. Which label is the ulna? A) C. B) P. C) B. D) A. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P. 15. The long bone of the upper arm. A) Humerus. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 16. The smallest bone is inside the brain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. ..... marrow is found in the diaphysis while ..... marrow is found in the epiphysis A) Red; yellow. B) Yellow; red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow; red. 18. Teeth are bones. True or False? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Enables free movement in all directions A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Gliding joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-socket joint. 20. Which short bones are located at the foot? A) Tarsals. B) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsals. 21. This is the bone of the back and base of the skull, with an opening for the spinal cord. A) Parietal. B) Sphenoid. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 22. Bobby had to have an x-ray taken after fracturing his pelvis. The x-ray showed excessive bone deposition and resorption. Which of the following homeostatic imbalances of bone tissue does the Dr. suspect Bobby of having? A) Osteomalacia. B) Rickets. C) Osteoporosis. D) Paget's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paget's. 23. Ways that articulations are classified A) Structurally. B) Functionally. C) Both Structurally & Functionally. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Structurally & Functionally. 24. Found at the end of long bones, this portion of the bone is filled with air pockets: A) Compact bone. B) Osteoblast. C) Spongy bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone. 25. The less stable a joint, the ..... it will have! A) More movement. B) Less movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More movement. 26. All of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and kneecap bones) are ..... A) Long Bone. B) Flat Bone. C) Short Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long Bone. 27. The V shaped portion of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches is the A) Radial tuberosity. B) Head. C) Deltoid tuberosity. D) Trochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deltoid tuberosity. 28. What is in the inside of your lower leg? A) Tibia. B) Radius. C) Phibia. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia. 29. These are cylindrical plates of collagen fibers within the bone. A) Lamella. B) Osteoclast. C) Canals. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamella. 30. Ball and socket joint allows movement in all direction A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Do your bones fuse A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 32. A joint provides flexibility enabling the skeleton to move A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. Jumping highest to rebound a ball in basketball uses which muscle type A) Type I. B) Type IIa. C) Type IIx. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Type IIx. 34. The human body has about ..... muscles. A) 415. B) 206. C) 600. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 600. 35. Bone is forcefully displaced from proper position in joint A) Internal Fracture. B) Torn Ligaments. C) Dislocation. D) Displaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dislocation. 36. Ligaments and tendons become less flexible with age resulting in? A) Decreased motion. B) Becoming immobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreased motion. 37. How many curves do we have in our spine? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 38. The bones of the vertebral column are part of the ..... skeleton division. A) Axial. B) Articulator. C) Appendicular. D) Thorax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 39. The steel beams that hold up a tall building are most analogous (similar) to which body system? A) Muscular. B) Skeletal. C) Digestive. D) Immune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 40. What happens to a child's epiphyseal plate as they develop? A) It begins to disappear as the child grows, dividing to become osteoblasts. B) It does not change. C) It breaks down and becomes bone marrow. D) It grows larger as the child grows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It begins to disappear as the child grows, dividing to become osteoblasts. 41. Tissue that cushions the ends of bones where they meet in a joint. A) Minerals. B) Hinge joint. C) Arthritis. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 42. A protein present in all cells and in muscle tissue plays a role in contraction A) Actin. B) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actin. 43. The function of ligaments A) Connect bones to muscles. B) Connect bones to spinal disks. C) Connect bones to bones. D) Connect bones to cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connect bones to bones. 44. Which bones protect your lungs, liver, and heart? A) Skull. B) Vertebrate. C) Ribs. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 45. The North end of the freely suspended magnet points towards? A) Geographical North. B) Geographical East. C) Geographical West. D) Geographical South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographical North. 46. How many vertebrae are there in the lumbar vertebrae? A) 5. B) 7. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 47. The biceps function as ..... in the ..... A) Flexor, leg. B) Extensor, LEG. C) Extensor, arm. D) Flexor, arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexor, arm. 48. The proximal and distal ends of a long bone are called the: A) Epiphysis. B) Metaphysis. C) Diaphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 49. Fills bone cavities and the spaces in spongy bone A) Ligaments. B) Marrow. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 50. Where would you find a fixed joint at in the human body? A) Skull. B) Feet. C) Hands. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 51. What is compact bone? A) The hard dense layer of bone. B) The layer of bone that makes the bones lightweight. C) The soft tissue in the bone that stores energy as fat. D) The soft tissue in the bone that makes blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hard dense layer of bone. 52. About how many muscles are in adult body? A) 600. B) 300. C) 330. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 600. 53. The decrease of estrogen levels in females after the age of 40 increases the loss of calcium from bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. A balanced ..... keeps bones healthy A) Diet. B) Workout. C) Meal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diet. 55. Movements like bending, and straightening of fingers are made possible by these kind of joints. A) Fixed Joints. B) Gliding Joints. C) Hinge Joints. D) Ball-and-socket Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge Joints. 56. A brace or splint used to correct or prevent deformities. A) Xray. B) Sling. C) Orthotic. D) Prosthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orthotic. 57. Blood within a joint, from an injury or blood thinners. A) Sprain. B) Polymyalgia. C) Hemarthrosis. D) Gray furrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemarthrosis. 58. The end of a long bone is called the ....., and the shaft of the long bone is called the ..... A) Diaphysis; medullary canal. B) Medullary canal; Haversian system. C) Epiphysis; diaphysis. D) Diaphysis; epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis; diaphysis. 59. What is the proper name for your ankle bone? A) Talus. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) Phalanx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talus. 60. 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