This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 162 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 162 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following structure stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscle fibers? A) Ligaments. B) Fascia. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascia. 2. Movements that you choose to control (for example, your skeletal muscles) A) Cramp. B) Involuntary. C) Voluntary. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary. 3. THE TYPE OF JOINT PRESENT IN OUR SKULL A) IMMOVABLE. B) MOVABLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IMMOVABLE. 4. Why do we need to drink milk? A) Because milk is good for our eyes. B) Because milk has lots of calcium. C) Because milk isn't healthy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because milk has lots of calcium. 5. The arm is a part of the nervous system A) Yes. B) No. C) Depends on the person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 6. ..... are specialized bone cells that clear away old or damaged bones. A) Osteocytes. B) Periosteum. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 7. What is the other term for Mandible? A) Jawbone. B) Backbone. C) Shoulder Bone. D) Collar Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawbone. 8. The femur bone is identified as what type of bone? A) Flat bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Long bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bone. 9. The brain is inside the ..... A) Pelvis. B) Sternum. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 10. Forms part of the elbow join in the upper limb. A) Scapula. B) Carpals. C) Metacarpals. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulna. 11. The integumentary system functions most like the ..... in a cell. A) Cell wall. B) Mitochondria. C) Cell membrane. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell membrane. 12. Which bone disease causes bones to become weak and brittle? A) Scoliosis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 13. This part of the bone is where growth occurs A) Articular Cartilage. B) Medullary Cavity. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal plate. 14. True or False. Your doctor would take an x-ray if he of she thought you broke a bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. How is your big toe and thumb similar? A) They are both used for gripping objects. B) They are both located on the same side of the body. C) They are both connected to the wrist joint. D) They both have only 2 phalange bones, while all others have 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They both have only 2 phalange bones, while all others have 3. 16. Bone formed after birth in a tendon where it passes over a joint A) Sesamoid. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid. 17. Empty space within a diarthrosis. Contains synovial fluid. A) Joint Cavity. B) Joint Capsule. C) Synovial Membrane. D) Synovial Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint Cavity. 18. Fluid that leaked from capillaries into area between cells is called A) Plasma. B) Interstitial fluid. C) Lymph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interstitial fluid. 19. How does arthritis affect the body? A) It makes bones too heavy to move. B) It makes it easier for bones to break. C) It makes joints not move as well. D) It makes the muscles grow too large. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It makes joints not move as well. 20. All of these, except the patella, wrist and ankle bones, are long bones. A) Limb bones. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Long bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limb bones. 21. The axial skeleton contains ..... bones. A) 206. B) 80. C) 126. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80. 22. What vital mineral is stored in the bones? A) Magnesium. B) Vitamin b. C) Calcium. D) Vitamin a. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 23. In what region of your bone are blood cells produced? A) Red bone marrow. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Adipose tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow. 24. Which lubricant makes smooth joint movements possible? A) Cartilage. B) Synovial Fluid. C) Ligaments. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial Fluid. 25. Where can you find an example of a condyloid joint? A) Between your metacarpals and phalanges. B) Between your tibia and fibula. C) At your patella. D) In your pelvic girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between your metacarpals and phalanges. 26. Infants have over ..... bones at birth and will have ..... as adults. A) 400, 208. B) 300, 207. C) 300, 206. D) 400, 207. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300, 206. 27. Pierre has been diagnosed with a greenstick fracture of his radius and ulna. What can you assume about Pierre? A) His is elderly. B) He is an adult. C) He is a child. D) He is a teenager. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is a child. 28. Name the agonist during dorsi flexion A) Tibialis anterior. B) Gastrocnemius. C) Hamstring. D) Quadriceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibialis anterior. 29. The cranium protects this region: A) Inguinal. B) Olecranal. C) Vertebral. D) Cephalic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cephalic. 30. Inflammation of bone caused by infection, generally in the legs, arm, or spine A) Osteomyelitis. B) Epiphyseal Plate. C) Compact Bone. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteomyelitis. 31. Teeth is a bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Ball & socket joints are examples of ..... joints. A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Fibrous. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial. 33. Your legs are attached to the ..... girdle. A) Wrist. B) Axial. C) Shoulder. D) Pelvic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pelvic. 34. What is special about the tongue? A) It is forked at the tip and it is sticky. B) It is short and wide. C) It is thick and dry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is forked at the tip and it is sticky. 35. Muscles only work one way. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. Bone formation is called ossification. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Quadriceps muscle action A) Hip extention. B) Hip flexion and knee extention. C) Hip adduction. D) Trunk flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hip flexion and knee extention. 38. Point between two bone A) Joint. B) Arm. C) Space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 39. Where are the cardiac muscles? A) In the hamstring. B) In the stomach. C) In the heart. D) In the biceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the heart. 40. All of these are reasons why we have bones except A) To pump blood to our heart. B) For your muscles to move. C) To protect our vital organs. D) To give your body shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pump blood to our heart. 41. The longest part of the bone is the ..... or the shaft. A) Red marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Epiphysis. D) Yellow marrow. E) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Diaphysis. 42. The largest bone found in your body is ..... A) Found in your feet. B) Your leg (femur). C) In your skull. D) Found in your arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your leg (femur). 43. Which of the following tissues binds everything together? A) Connective. B) Nervous. C) Muscle. D) Epithelial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connective. 44. Where is cardiac muscle in the body? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 45. The tough outer covering of a bone. A) Spongy bone. B) Medullary cavity. C) Compact bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 46. Which of the following will not help maintain a healthy circulatory system? A) Healthy stress management. B) Getting less than 4 hours of sleep daily. C) Healthy diet low in salts and sugars. D) Avoid Tobacco. E) 60 minutes of vigorous exercise daily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting less than 4 hours of sleep daily. 47. What is a tunnel or canal called? A) Foramen. B) Meatus. C) Protrusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meatus. 48. 14 of these bones make up the toes and fingers of each hand and foot. A) Metatarsals. B) Tarsals. C) Carpals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 49. A 4 function of the body A) Tissue. B) Joints. C) Support. D) Elbows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support. 50. The outermost covering of the body is called A) Limbs. B) Muscles. C) Skin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin. 51. Which sentence is FALSE? A) Involuntary muscles are muscles that move without you thinking about it. B) Your hamstrings are found on the back of your thighs. C) Biceps and triceps are muscles in your legs. D) Digesting food is an example of involuntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biceps and triceps are muscles in your legs. 52. True or False:If we break our bones, there is no way to fix them A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. What are the structures of the appendicular skeleton? A) Occipital, parietal, temporal, and frontal. B) Fibia, tibia, humerus, and the mandible. C) Ribs, skull, femur, and pelvis. D) Shoulder girdle, arm, hand, pelvic girdle, leg, and foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder girdle, arm, hand, pelvic girdle, leg, and foot. 54. The angle between the bones increases is: A) Abduction. B) Extension. C) Adduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extension. 55. The bones of the arm are part of the ..... skeleton division. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Articular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 56. Bones are most likely light weight because of which part of their structure? A) Red bone marrow. B) Compact bone. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 57. Bones found in the wrist and ankle A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short. 58. This stage of bone repair is when blood vessels are ruptured, causing a hematoma to form around the fracture site. A) Hematoma Formation. B) Bony Callus Formation. C) Remodeling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma Formation. 59. Which of the following are stages of bone fracture healing? A) Hematoma Forms. B) Spontaneous Regeneration. C) Blood Vessels stay separated. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma Forms. 60. I am the thighbone, the longest and strongest bone in the body. A) Ribs. B) Tarsals. C) Femur. D) Ulna. 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