This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System β Quiz 163 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 163 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Both lower jaw and upper jaw are movable. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 2. ..... is the scientific name of the skull. A) Cranium. B) Brain. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 3. This type of muscle is found in internal organs and blood vessels; moves materials through the body; spindle shaped A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 4. Name the marking based on the description:opening into canal A) Head. B) Fossa. C) Meatus. D) Sinus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meatus. 5. Dense bone tissue that have a continuous extracellular matrix with no gaps. A) Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. C) Periosteum. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact Bone. 6. True or False:Yellow Marrow stores red blood cells to convert to fat cells A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Carpals can be located in the feet. True or False? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. Incomplete fracture A) Colle's. B) Greenstick. C) Pathological. D) Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenstick. 9. The material in bone that makes blood cells is called A) Mineral. B) Marrow. C) Compact Bone. D) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 10. Choose the correct answer:A part of you skull A) Carpal. B) Tibia. C) Frontal Bone. D) Phalanges. E) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal Bone. 11. Nose, trachea, and lungs are the A) Skeletal system. B) Circulatory system. C) Respiratory system. D) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respiratory system. 12. How many bones are there in the human skull? A) 22. B) 14. C) 30. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22. 13. Spongy bone can be found in ..... part of bone. A) Diaphysis. B) Metaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 14. Which is the smaller bone of the forearm? A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Ulna. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 15. What does red bone marrow do A) Store fat. B) Makes blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes blood. 16. What is the term for the place where two bones meet? A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 17. Where are the majority of the body's bones located? A) Head. B) Hands and feet. C) Abdoment. D) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hands and feet. 18. Red bone marrow manufactures blood cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. How do you give chest compressions to an infant? A) One Finger. B) Two fingers. C) One hand. D) Two hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two fingers. 20. What type of joints allow for movement? A) Movable. B) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movable. 21. The adult skeleton is made up of this many bones? A) 309 bones. B) 206 bones. C) 306 bones. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206 bones. 22. I protect the brain. I am made up of bones which are fused firmly together to form a shell-like structure. What am I? A) RIBCAGE. B) SKULL. C) SPINAL CORD. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SKULL. 23. What holds bones together? A) Minerals. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 24. Type of marrow responsible for blood production A) Purple. B) Yellow. C) Red. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red. 25. What are the cells that remove old bone tissue called? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteozymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 26. A process that allows the body to get oxygen to burn food for energy and gets rid of carbon dioxide A) Respiration. B) Emphysema. C) Inhaling. D) Nasal passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration. 27. A layer of bone with many small spaces is called ..... A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Blood vessels and nerves. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 28. The process of calcium deposition A) Ossification. B) Epiphyses. C) Bone resorption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossification. 29. What is the primary component of bones? A) Cartilage. B) Calcium. C) Chitin. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collagen. 30. The axial skeleton consists of the skull, spine and A) Arms. B) Feet. C) Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 31. The skeletal system makes what type of cells A) White blood cells. B) Red blood cells. C) Animals cells. D) Blue blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red blood cells. 32. βalso known as backbone have 26 vertebrae that supports the center of the body. βMiddle Vertebrae-12 pairs of ribs that forms a protective cage for heart lungs and other vital organs. A) Axial skeleton. B) Vertebral column. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral column. 33. The connection of the ribs to the sternum is an example of which type joint A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Gomphosis. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous. 34. The antagonist of the quadriceps, located in the posterior thigh A) Anterior tibia. B) Hamstrings. C) Abductors. D) Adductors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamstrings. 35. Where does the formation of red blood cells occur within a bone? A) Yellow Marrow. B) Red Marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Marrow. 36. Which is a major difference between human bodies and the bodies of animals that do not have skeletal systems? A) Animals without skeletal systems do not have organs. B) Animals without skeletal systems do not have muscles. C) Animals without skeletal systems do not move. D) Animals without skeletal systems have less protection for their organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animals without skeletal systems have less protection for their organs. 37. Fixation and immobility of a joint. A) Osteoarthritis. B) Ankylosis. C) Chondromalacia. D) Spondylosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ankylosis. 38. What foods are especially helpful for healthy bones? A) Broccoli. B) Yogurt. C) Ice cream. D) Spinach and Kale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinach and Kale. 39. What is the scientific name for the bone we commonly refer to as our collarbone? A) Clavicle. B) Phalanges. C) Scapula. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 40. Which main joint is classified as allowing little to no movements? A) Bursae Joint. B) Cartilaginous Joint. C) Synovial Joint. D) Fibrous Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fibrous Joint. 41. HONORS / EXTRA CREDITWhat is the curvature of the spine called? A) Scoliosis. B) Bad posture. C) Kyphosis. D) Vertebral misalignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis. 42. There are 3 types of bones marrow. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Yellow marrow, found within bones, is made up primarily of A) Carbohydrate. B) Fat cells. C) Calcium. D) Anthocyanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fat cells. 44. How many muscles are there in an adult A) 600-630. B) 600-610. C) 500-540. D) 500-50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 600-630. 45. Which level of organization is listed correctly from simple to complex? A) Organelle, organ, organ system, tissue, cell. B) Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism. C) Organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism. 46. We need our bones and muscles to ..... A) Move. B) Drink. C) Sleep. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move. 47. What type of joint is fused together and allows no movement? A) Ball and Socket. B) Fixed. C) Gliding. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed. 48. The longest bone of the body is A) Stirrup. B) Femur. C) Humerus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 49. June is a 46 year old woman who is having pain, stiffness and swelling in her joints. What condition might she have? A) Rickets. B) Arthritis. C) Scurvy. D) Fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthritis. 50. The skeletal system ..... your body wieght A) STORES. B) ANCHORS. C) PROTECTS. D) SUPPORTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SUPPORTS. 51. You can find fibrous joints in: A) The shoulder. B) The skull. C) The knee. D) Vertebral disks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The skull. 52. An example of short bones ..... A) Arms and legs. B) Wrist and ankle. C) Skull and sternum. D) Vertebrae and pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist and ankle. 53. What part of the skeletal system is #3? A) Femur. B) Ribs. C) Tibia. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 54. Name the bone highlighted in red A) Coccyx. B) Femur. C) Phalanges. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx. 55. One of the functions of the skeleton is blood cell production ..... where in the bone is this made? A) Medullary Cavity. B) Cartilage. C) Bone Marrow. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone Marrow. 56. Adduction means? A) Move toward the body. B) Move away from the body. C) All joints straight. D) Joints bent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move toward the body. 57. Your bones give the body this. A) Energy. B) Support. C) Flexibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support. 58. The outer edge of the bone is hard bone but the inner area where blood cells are made is the A) Spongey bone. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongey bone. 59. Red marrow is stored within the shaft of the bone (diaphysis) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. The ..... bone is also known as the malar bone or cheekbone. A) Sternum. B) Hyoid. C) Lacrimal. D) Zygomatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zygomatic. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books