This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 154 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 154 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The largest bone in the face is A) Tounge. B) Lower jaw. C) Ears. D) Upper jaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower jaw. 2. ..... make bone hard A) Proteins. B) Minerals. C) Carbohydrates. D) Facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minerals. 3. The bones of the pelvic girdle include all of the following EXCEPT A) Ilium. B) Coccyx. C) Pubis. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coccyx. 4. Thin, stick-like bone of the lower leg. A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Ulna. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibula. 5. B6 The hard parts of your skeleton are your A) Bones. B) Red blood cells. C) Marrow. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 6. SHOULDER AND HIP ARE LOCATIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF JOINT: A) PIVOT. B) HINGE. C) GLIDING. D) BALL AND SOCKET. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BALL AND SOCKET. 7. Which type of blood cell helps fight germs? A) White blood cells. B) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White blood cells. 8. What is the only bone in your head you can move? A) Clavicle. B) Cranium. C) Mandible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandible. 9. How many bones form the Rib cage A) 12-pairs. B) 12. C) 25. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25. 10. Results in overstretching or tearing of ligaments, tendons, or other connective tissue crossing a joint:(section 5) A) Strain. B) Sprain. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteopenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sprain. 11. The skeleton problem that happen because an the bones less calcium and make the bones softly is called ..... A) Osteoarthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rickets. D) Fractures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rickets. 12. Tiny bone struts in spongy that help it to resist stress; where bone marrow is A) Lamellae. B) Beams. C) Central canal (Haversian canal). D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 13. This joint permits bending and straightening movements in a single direction like the elbows, knees, ankles and toes and fingers A) Ball-and-socket joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Pivot joints. D) Gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joints. 14. Which one of these fun facts are true? A) The biggest bone in the body is the skull. B) Half of your bones in the skeletal system are found in the arm. C) Your eye muscles move over 500, 00 times. D) Muscles make up 40% of your body weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles make up 40% of your body weight. 15. Connects muscles to bones A) Muscle. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendons. 16. Which type of marrow produces fat, cartilage and bone? A) Yellow Marrow. B) White Marrow. C) Pink Marrow. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow Marrow. 17. Which system provides shape and support, enables you to move, and stores minerals A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Outgrowths. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 18. Bones are part of your ..... system. A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 19. Red blood cells are made in A) Red marrow. B) Yellow marrow. C) Kidney. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red marrow. 20. A disease in which bone becomes brittle and weak A) Ligament. B) Arthritis. C) Fracture. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 21. Breaking down and reforming of bone is called ..... A) Reformation. B) Transformation. C) Fracture. D) Remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remodeling. 22. What is the definition of a joint? A) A connective tissue. B) A synonym for the word bone. C) A place where two or more bones meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A place where two or more bones meet. 23. The diaphysis is the sheet of dense connective tissue surrounding the outer surface of the long bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. ..... are the ankle bones A) Metatarsals. B) Carpals. C) Tarsals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarsals. 25. Thin, curved bone-serve as points of attachment for muscles and protect A) Short bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Flat bone. D) Sesamoid bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bone. 26. The ..... protects the organs used for digestion. A) Pelvis. B) Skull. C) Ribs. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 27. What is osteoid mostly made of? A) Ice Cream. B) Melanin. C) Keratin. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collagen. 28. The image depicts the articulation between the head of the femur and the acetabulum of the os coxa. Which classification correctly describes the movement allowed by this joint? A) Uni-axial. B) Bi-axial. C) Non-axial. D) Multi-axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-axial. 29. The spinal column is composed of 26 bones called A) Humerus. B) Carpals. C) Vertebrae. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 30. What might happen if you snapped or tore one of your ligaments? A) You would become double-jointed. B) Your bones would be in danger of breaking. C) Your joints would not be able to move. D) Your joints might slide out of place easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your joints might slide out of place easily. 31. Example of a flat bone. A) Patella. B) Trapezoid. C) Sternum. D) Humerous. E) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 32. Bones continually grow and develop over the life of the organism. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. What is another word for collar bones? A) Shoulder blades. B) Clavicles. C) Ribcage. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicles. 34. The functions of the muscles are to provide ..... and movement and to produce ..... A) Structure, heat. B) Cushioning, comfort. C) Growth, height. D) Circulation, blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structure, heat. 35. ..... is a thin sheath of connective tissue. It encourages bone growth and development. A) Spongy Bone. B) Bone Marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 36. True ribs attach to the ..... directly by costal cartilage. A) Sternum. B) Scapula. C) Vertebral column. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 37. Where would you find the periosteum? A) Outside a fontanel. B) Inside the epiphyses. C) In the medullary cavity. D) Outside the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outside the bone. 38. This is the blood clot that forms around a bone break. A) Hematoma. B) Stem cell. C) Tumor. D) Hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma. 39. Primary function of appendicular system A) Relates to movement of the limbs. B) Protects the brain, vertebralcolumn, and thoracic cavityincluding heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relates to movement of the limbs. 40. Which best describes the function of the skeletal system? A) It transports oxygen to cells and tissues. B) It gives shape and support to the human body. C) It takes in and breaks down all necessary nutrients for the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It gives shape and support to the human body. 41. ..... means towards the side of the body. A) Lateral. B) Medial. C) Distal. D) Proximal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lateral. 42. The larger of the 2 bones in the lower leg is called A) Radius. B) Fibula. C) Tibia. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 43. What classification of bone are the carpals in the hand? A) Irregular Bone. B) Flat Bone. C) Long Bone. D) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short Bone. 44. Role played by a skeletal muscle to cause a movement A) Extensibility. B) Irritability. C) Antagonist. D) Agonist. E) Contractility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agonist. 45. Your skull protects your A) Brain. B) Eyes. C) Nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 46. Keeps your bones from rubbing against each other. A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 47. The bones at joints are held together with strong elastic bands of connective tissue called A) Bones. B) Muscles. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 48. Your elbow forms this type of synovial joint: A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Ellipsoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 49. The Respiratory and Circulatory systems work together to give the body the (a) it needs. A) A oxygen. B) Blood. C) Carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A oxygen. 50. Which part of the integumentary system helps keep you warm? Select all that are true. A) Epidermis. B) Fat Layer. C) Hair. D) Nails. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fat Layer. 51. The tigh bone, Longest bone in the body is ..... A) Ulna. B) Tibia. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 52. Where is the Cardiac MUscle found A) Heart. B) Adrianna. C) Jody move Her Heart. D) We heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart. 53. A cavity within a bone. A) Condyle. B) Groove. C) Meatus. D) Sinus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinus. 54. Protects the brain and gives form to the face A) Vertebral column. B) Rib cage. C) Skull. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 55. The R in RICE stands for ..... A) Raise. B) Red. C) Rest. D) Remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rest. 56. It works with the bones to help the body to move. A) Skeletal system. B) Digestive system. C) Muscular system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular system. 57. The transverse plane divides the body A) Diagonally. B) Vertically, into front and back portions. C) Horizontally. D) Vertically, into left and right portions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizontally. 58. What are the four types of bone? A) Compact, spongy, flat, short. B) Short, long, irregular, flat. C) Irregular, short, long, spongy. D) Short, compact, spongy, flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short, long, irregular, flat. 59. Do adults or babies have more bones? A) Adults. B) Babies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babies. 60. What are osteoarthritis? A) A painless condition that affects joints and results from strengthening of the cartilage. B) A condition that affects muscles and results from deterioration of the bone. C) A condition that affects the skin and results from deterioration of the ligaments. D) A painful condition that affects joints and results from deterioration of the cartilage. 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