This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 164 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 164 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Connective tissue that makes up the tip of the nose is? A) Meniscus. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 2. Larger, more medial and flat bone of the lower leg. A) Ulna. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 3. The skeletal system works closely with the ..... A) Muscular system. B) Respiratory system. C) Digestive system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscular system. 4. Bones connect to bones with ..... A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 5. The space located between the growth plages of a bone is known as the A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medullary cavity. 6. Small bones in the spine? A) Joints. B) Skull. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 7. Which of the following statements about the hyaline cartilage? A) Rich in Elastic tissue. B) Rich in nerve supply. C) Rich in chondrocytes. D) Rich in blood supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rich in chondrocytes. 8. Where are you likely to find a pivot joint? A) Wrist. B) Neck. C) Shoulder. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neck. 9. Which feature of a synovial joint is found at the ends of the bones, reduces friction, absorbs shock and protects bones A) Synovial membrane. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Bursa. D) Articular capsule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyaline cartilage. 10. Name the longest and strongest bone A) Femur. B) Fibula. C) Humerus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 11. Why are voluntary muscles also known as skeletal muscles? A) They contain bone fragments. B) They are part of your skeleton. C) They make your skeleton move. D) They give your body its form & structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They make your skeleton move. 12. Which division of the skeletal system forms the bones of the appendages (limbs)? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 13. Muscles that are attached to our bones are called A) Skeletal muscles. B) Catching ball. C) Cardiac muscles. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscles. 14. Your bones be strong with A) Mountain Dew. B) Fruit Punch. C) Vitamin B. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 15. Long bone of the upper leg. A) Femur. B) Scapula. C) Tibia. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 16. These joints allow limited movement: A) Partly movable joints. B) Movable joints. C) Immovable joints. D) Epiphysis joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partly movable joints. 17. True or False:The Skeletal system is responsible for creating red blood cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Sesamoid bones, such as the patella, are involved in: A) Protecting organs. B) Supporting weight and movement. C) Stability and movement. D) Reinforcing tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reinforcing tendons. 19. Where is cartilage found? A) In your ear. B) Inside bones. C) In muscles. D) On the outside of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the outside of bones. 20. If I bend my arm (like a bicep curl), what type of motion am I doing? A) Abduction. B) Extension. C) Abduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexion. 21. What is the purpose of the skeletal system in protection? A) Facilitating movement of the body. B) Structural support and protection of organs. C) Producing blood cells. D) Regulating body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structural support and protection of organs. 22. Which system Makes blood cells A) Outgrowths. B) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 23. What are the 2 types of skeletons? A) Spongy bone and compact bone. B) Marrow and blood vessels. C) Axial and appendicular. D) Human and animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial and appendicular. 24. Which of the following is an example of a hinge joint in our body? A) Shoulder. B) Neck. C) Wrist. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee. 25. Also called the Haversian system, what is the basic building unit of bone? A) Bone Marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Endosteum. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteon. 26. Lungs and heart are protected by: A) Skull. B) Ribcage. C) Pelvis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribcage. 27. The pectoral girdle is made up of what 2 pairs of bones? A) 2 ears2 eyes. B) 2 thumbs2 big toes. C) 2 arms2 legs. D) 2 scapula 2 clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 scapula 2 clavicle. 28. Decrease in bone mass and density that leaves the bone thinner, porous and very susceptible to fracture A) Rheumatoid Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 29. What is stored within the spongy bone? A) Fat. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Red bone marrow. D) Calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. E) Nothing; it is simply an open space to keep the bones lighter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red bone marrow. 30. Which bone is commonly known as the shin bone? A) Tibia. B) Humerus. C) Pelvis. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia. 31. Largest organ in the body ..... A) Heart. B) Skin. C) Brain. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 32. The protection system does what A) Produces blood cells. B) Protects organs in the body. C) Shapes the body. D) Makes blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protects organs in the body. 33. What makes up most of a human skeleton? A) Skin. B) Bone. C) Blood. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone. 34. Castrated male chicken A) Hen. B) Cockerel. C) Capon. D) Rooster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capon. 35. Which bone is on the thumb side of your arm? A) Humerus. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 36. Skeletal Muscle is involuntary A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. Largest muscle on the body A) Hamstring. B) Bicep. C) Gluteals. D) Pectoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gluteals. 38. What do the ribs and sternum protect? A) Brain. B) Gluteus maximus. C) Heart and lungs. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart and lungs. 39. As a child you have about ..... bones A) 400. B) 300. C) 200. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 40. Which part of the osteon contains the osteocytes? A) Central Canal. B) Lacunae. C) Canals. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacunae. 41. This bone is in the lower leg and helps stabilize the ankle A) Tibia. B) Femur. C) Fibula. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibula. 42. What is strong, flexible connective tissue A) Communited. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Long Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 43. What are the two movements of muscles? A) Up and down. B) Lengthening and shortening. C) Left and right. D) Big and small. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lengthening and shortening. 44. This 35% of your bone is responsible for the flexibility & tensile strength that prevents breakage: A) Spongy. B) Mineral salts. C) Osteoid. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoid. 45. This connective tissue attaches muscle to bone A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 46. Two bones in the lower leg re called ..... A) Ulna and radius. B) Femur and pelvis. C) Tibia and fibula. D) Humerus and radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia and fibula. 47. Covers the epiphysis and decreases friction at the joints A) Ligaments. B) Articular Cartilage. C) Synovial Fluid. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular Cartilage. 48. What makes up the majority of the skeletal system? A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Intestines. D) Muscles. E) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Bones. 49. Your bone is very tough because of ..... This makes your bone comparable to ..... A) Estrogen; bricks. B) Minerals; bricks. C) Collagen; butter. D) Minerals; concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minerals; concrete. 50. Name the main muscle in the shoulder A) Bicep. B) Deltoid. C) Hamstring. D) Trapezius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deltoid. 51. What are bones like on the outside? A) Soft. B) Heavy. C) Strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong. 52. Relaxes muscle spasms, also called antispasmodics A) Flexeril. B) Boniva. C) Citracal. D) Prednisone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flexeril. 53. What type of bone is the femur classified as? A) Sesamoid bone. B) Flat bone. C) Long bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bone. 54. Muscles are attached to bones with tendons and ligaments. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. What type of bone tissue is dense and forms concentric layers of solid bone tissue? A) Spongy. B) Compact. C) Osteon. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 56. Infants are born with about 300 bones, but adults only have 206. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Storage of lipids that represent an important energy reserve in the bone occur in areas of A) Yellow marrow. B) Bone matrix. C) Ground substance. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow marrow. 58. TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY A) TKA. B) TNA. C) TKY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TKA. 59. This makes up the harder, outside layer of your bones. A) Spongy bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Compact bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 60. What are your finger bones called? 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