This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 155 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 155 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of a joint in the human body? A) Ball and Socket. B) Rodeo Joint. C) Nestle Joint. D) Hippy Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket. 2. It connects the hand to the forearm. A) Ulna. B) Wrist. C) Bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist. 3. Which of the following locations is most closely associated with the clavicle? A) Middle of the back. B) Forearm. C) Shoulder girdle. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulder girdle. 4. The ..... is the strongest, longest and heaviest bone of the human body A) Femur. B) Clavicle. C) Radius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 5. What kind of muscle do you move on purpose? A) Cardiac. B) Heart. C) Voluntary. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary. 6. When a bone is pushed out of its joint it is called a ..... A) Dislocation. B) Problem. C) Strain. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dislocation. 7. The Fibula is the shin bone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. An example of a flat bone within the human skeleton is: A) Humerous. B) Scapula. C) Carpals. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 9. How does the skeleton help the body move? A) Muscles push bones. B) Muscles push and pull bones. C) Muscles pull bones. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles pull bones. 10. The ..... is also known as the shin bone. A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 11. Which part of the human skeleton contains more bones? A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 12. Which is a non-vascular connective tissue? A) Cartilage. B) Beams. C) Osteoclast. D) Articulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 13. Natural magnets were discovered in Greece A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. How can older adults avoid osteoporosis? A) By making sure they don't put too much stress on their bones. B) By consuming plenty of calcium and vitamin D. C) By avoiding all physical activity. D) By consuming plenty of red meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By consuming plenty of calcium and vitamin D. 15. The tarsals is what type of bone? A) Short Bone. B) Sesamoid Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Long Bone. E) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short Bone. 16. There is no movement at all the cartilagenous joints? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Is the respiratory system related to the human circulatory system? A) No. B) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 18. Bones provide protection of internal body organs. Which of the following does NOT correctly pair a bone with the organ that it protects? A) Skull, Brain. B) Rib cage, thorax organs. C) Vertebrae, Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae, Brain. 19. What is your largest organ? A) Lungs. B) Skin. C) Heart. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 20. If a fracture is comminuted, that means the bone is in ..... pieces. A) One. B) Multiple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiple. 21. What type of bone cell eliminates weakened or damaged bone tissue? (page 116) A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 22. The principal function of perspiration(sweating) is to A) Regulate hormone secretion. B) Remove oils from the surface of the skin. C) Regulate body temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulate body temperature. 23. Which body part contains a joint? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Tongue. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder. 24. A type of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called ..... A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendon. 25. How many bone are therein adult A) 206 bones. B) 356 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206 bones. 26. The strong, flexible connective tissue our bodies contain is called ..... A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligament. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 27. The back bone consists of 33 vertebrae A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. A(n) is a place where two bones come together A) Bone. B) Tissue. C) Organ. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 29. Fingers are known as ..... ? A) Phalanges. B) Long Bones. C) Short Bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 30. PROTECTS DELICATE INTERNAL ORGANS AND TISSUES A) Support function. B) Protection function. C) Movement function. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection function. 31. The jaw bone is also known as ..... A) Mandible. B) Tongue. C) Fibula. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 32. This type of cell is responsible for creating an acidic environment that will dissolve bone. A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 33. Spongy bones is: A) Found in diaphysis of long bones. B) Also known as compact bone. C) Also known as cancellous bone. D) Solid with medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Also known as cancellous bone. 34. A disease of the long bone that disrupts the replacement of old bone tissue with new bone tissue causing pain and fragile bones A) Achondroplasia. B) Osteophytes. C) Hallux valgus. D) Positional Plagiocephaly. E) Paget Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Paget Disease. 35. How many bones does a new born baby has? A) 90. B) 206. C) 400. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 36. Actin or mysoin containing structure. A) Myofibril. B) Myofilament. C) Fiber. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myofibril. 37. Which organelle and organ system are analogous of each other? A) Mitochondria and muscular. B) Cell membrane and integumentary. C) Vacuole and nervous. D) Cytoplasm and endocrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell membrane and integumentary. 38. The bones in the body are alive. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. Identify the pathology that can shown the sign of "S" at the spine curvature. A) Herniated disc. B) Scoliosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Lordosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis. 40. The knee joint is an example of a ..... joint. A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Saddle. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 41. Which is the longest and largest bone in the human body? A) Humerus. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 42. Breaks down old, worn bone after a fracture A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteogenic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 43. Which joint is immovable? A) Amphiartroses. B) Synarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synarthroses. 44. ..... are disks made of fibrocarilage that act as shock absorbers in weight bearing joints. A) Synovial membrane. B) Menisci. C) Purses. D) Joint capsule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Menisci. 45. The hierarchical order of organization of multicellular organisms is shown below.Cells ..... Tissues ..... Organs ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Whole organism. C) Organ system. D) Specialized cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organ system. 46. This bone is found on the upper part of your leg. A) Femur. B) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 47. The joints are also called: A) Joints. B) Articulations. C) Muscles. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articulations. 48. If 80 numbers of bones are in axial skeleton then the number of bones in appendicular skeleton would be? A) 116. B) 136. C) 126. D) 106. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 126. 49. The human skeleton can be subdivided into two parts, what part is made up of skull, sternum, vertebral column and rib cage? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 50. What bones are in our back? A) Skull. B) Rib cage. C) Spine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spine. 51. The largest organ of the human body is the: A) Skin. B) Heart. C) Liver. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin. 52. Humans have ..... ribs. A) 24. B) 25. C) 20. D) 27. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24. 53. Junction between bones of the skull: A) Open fracture. B) Suture joints. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suture joints. 54. What is the name of the concentric (circular) rings composing an osteon? A) Epiphyseal plate. B) Lamellae. C) Osteoblast. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamellae. 55. Name this joint type: A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Fibrous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous. 56. Examples of flat bones are A) Arms and legs. B) Wrist and ankle. C) Skull and sternum. D) Vertebrae and pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull and sternum. 57. A part of the bone that protrudes or sticks out is called A) Meatus. B) Foramen. C) Sinus. D) Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process. 58. The material that makes blood cells is called A) Marrow. B) Spinal. C) Bones. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 59. A muscle injury in which a muscle is overstretched or torn. A) Aerobic. B) Sprain. C) Broken bone. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strain. 60. I am any of the 33 bones of the spinal column. A) Vertebrae. B) Cranium. C) Mandible. D) Radius. 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