This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 158 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 158 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What 3 bones make up the Pelvic Girdle A) Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum. B) Pubis, Ilium, Ischia. C) Hyoid, Ilium, Ischium. D) Pubis, ileum, ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pubis, Ilium, Ischia. 2. Small, seed-shaped bone embedded in a tendon A) Sesamoid. B) Periosteum. C) Endosteum. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid. 3. About how many bones are in the human body for a baby? A) 206. B) 350. C) 270. D) 136. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 4. Exerts an effort A) First Class Lever. B) Second Class Lever. C) Third Class Lever. D) All Types of Levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All Types of Levers. 5. What is the structure of the human body where two bones meet to allow movement? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 6. Which of the following conditions is generally considered a noninflammatory type of arthritis? A) Osteoarthritis. B) Tendonitis. C) Gouty arthritis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. E) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoarthritis. 7. Compact bone location A) Found in the ends of longbones, inside vertebrae, ribs, skull, and pelvicbones. Surrounded bycompact bone. B) Forms the outer layer ofall bones, making up theshaft of long bones likethe femur and humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forms the outer layer ofall bones, making up theshaft of long bones likethe femur and humerus. 8. Which of the following activities is controlled by medulla A) Heartbeat. B) Remembering things. C) Cycling. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heartbeat. 9. Joints with a little motion (a little "give") A) Synchondrosis. B) Amphiarthosis. C) Diarthrosis. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthosis. 10. Tarsals are an example of A) Short bone. B) Long bone. C) Flat bone. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short bone. 11. Soft rubbery tissue that keeps bone from rubbing together A) Ligament. B) Vertebrae. C) Marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 12. Formed when two bones meet which you can bend your knees, twist your arms, nod your head, and do many other things. A) Pivot. B) Tendon. C) Saddle. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 13. The central, vertical axis of the body, including the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage. A) Ankylosis. B) Axial skeleton. C) Hematopoiesis. D) Pelvic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 14. Bones store calcium. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. These types of bones are found in your ankles and wrists A) Long. B) Flat. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. E) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Short. 16. The nursing assistant should never exercise or stretch a person's joints to the point of pain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Another name for the calf bone A) Carpals. B) Metacarpals. C) Fibula. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibula. 18. The sebaceous glands produce what? A) Oil. B) Sweat. C) Hair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil. 19. Suffix meaning "surgical repair" A) -plastics. B) -tomy. C) -ation. D) -Malacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -plastics. 20. The main function of the axial skeleton is to enable our body to move. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 21. The slender smaller bone of the lower leg that attaches to the proximal end of the tibia A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibula. 22. Skeletal system includes: A) Bones only. B) Bones and connective tissueonly. C) Bones and joints only. D) Bones, connective tissue, and joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones, connective tissue, and joints. 23. Which skeletal system do the ribs belong? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 24. What is the function of the hand bones and leg bones? A) To support the body. B) To protect the internal organs. C) To protest the brain. D) To provide support and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide support and movement. 25. Which of these is included in the axial skeleton? A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Humerus. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 26. Joints are meeting places between..... A) Two or more bones. B) One bone and a muscle. C) One bone and a tendon. D) One bone and a ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two or more bones. 27. ..... forms the main axis of the skeleton. A) Hindlimbs. B) Backbone. C) SKull. D) Ribcage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone. 28. This connective tissue is found in our ears, nose, and trachea A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Bone marrow. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 29. What is the largest and smallest bone of a human body A) Largest-spinesmallest-stapes. B) Largest-femursmallest-nasal bones. C) Largest-femursmallest-stapes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Largest-femursmallest-stapes. 30. Which of the following bones belong to the category of long bones? A) Patella. B) Carpals. C) Femur. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 31. The long, flat bone in front of the chest that connects the ribs; breastbone. A) Skull. B) Sternum. C) Skeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 32. What type of bone is the Patella? a. Flatb. Shortc. Irregulard. Sesamoid A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sesamoid. 33. Which bone is in the forelimb? A) Humerus. B) Pelvis. C) Femur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 34. Where can ball and socket joints be found? A) Skull. B) Knees, toes. C) Shoulders, hips. D) Spine, wrists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulders, hips. 35. What is the definition of a dislocation? A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. B) The stretching and/or damaging of a ligament. C) The stretching and/or damaging of a tendon. D) A joint injury where bones are not in their normal position. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A joint injury where bones are not in their normal position. 36. What type of muscle lines the digestive system and blood vessels? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 37. Why it is important to reduce friction at the moveable joints? A) To speed up the movement. B) To increase the stability of the body. C) To allows joins to move freely. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To allows joins to move freely. 38. Joe biden took oath as the ..... president of the united states of America. A) 44 th. B) 45 th. C) 46 th. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 46 th. 39. What bone is connected with your thumb? A) Metacarpals. B) Unla. C) Radius. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 40. The soft inside part of the bone is called ..... A) Marrow. B) Spongy. C) Cancellous. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 41. A disease in children that is from a deficiency of Vitamin D causing Bowed Legs or Knock Knees. A) Osteoporosis. B) Rickets. C) Scoliosis. D) Autoimmune Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rickets. 42. With the help of the sun, what vitamin is produced by our skin? A) Vitamin C. B) Vitamin B. C) Vitamin A. D) Vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vitamin D. 43. It protects internal organs such as lungs and heart A) Skull. B) Leg bone. C) Rib. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib. 44. What are bones that do not fit into any other category of bones? A) Flat bones. B) Long bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular bones. 45. Bones store, absorb and release minerals in the body. This helps the body to be at a state of ..... A) Homeostasis. B) Gay bile. C) Homeopathic. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 46. What is the name of the bone labeled as the hip bone in the skeletal system? A) Scapula. B) Coccyx. C) Clavicle. D) Coxal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coxal. 47. This is a tissue that connects the ends of bones (bone to bone) together to form a joint A) Epithelial. B) Nerve. C) Tendon. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligament. 48. This outer layer of bone is the site of muscle attachment and bone repair: A) Compact bone. B) Periosteum. C) Spongy bone. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 49. Which bone, of the lower leg, helps with the transfer of weight? A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Pelvic girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 50. The function of the skeletal system is to PROTECT A) Vital organs. B) Your feet. C) Muscle. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vital organs. 51. Where is the largest bone in the body? A) Arm. B) Thigh. C) Finger. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thigh. 52. The major function of the muscular system is to A) Provide the body with energy. B) Help the body move. C) Hold organs in place. D) Make new blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help the body move. 53. Which main joint is classified as allowing slight movements? A) Cartilaginous Joint. B) Fibrous Joint. C) Synovial Joint. D) Bursae Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous Joint. 54. The patella is an example of which type of bone? A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Sesamoid. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid. 55. Which word in the sentence above is a clue to the meaning of contract? A) Pull. B) Bones. C) Muscles. D) Shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shorter. 56. The primary mineral in bone is: A) Calcium. B) Iron. C) Sodium. D) Oxygen. E) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 57. Caused by compression of a spinal nerve A) Radiculopathy. B) Necrosis. C) Osteitis. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radiculopathy. 58. What is the function of the marrow in the skeletal system? A) Support and flexibility. B) Production of red and white blood cells. C) Digestion and absorption. D) Regulating body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Production of red and white blood cells. 59. How many divisions are in the vertebral column? A) 5. B) 3. C) 8. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 60. The muscular system functions most like the ..... in a cell. A) Vacuoles. B) Cell membrane. C) Chloroplast. D) Cytoplasm. 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