This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 165 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 165 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What mineral helps keep your bones healthy and gives them their hardness? A) Iron. B) Zinc. C) Calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 2. Which has amphiarthrotic movement? A) Knee. B) Elbow. C) Vertebrae. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 3. Bones have a blood supply. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Age-related muscle atrophy. A) Sarcopenia. B) Osteocyte. C) Ankylosis. D) Edema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcopenia. 5. The functional/physiological classification of joints is based ..... A) The tissues present. B) Range of motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Range of motion. 6. Which type of bones are small, needle-like, and has a lot of open space? A) Irregular Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Spongy Bones. D) Compact Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy Bones. 7. A bone shaft fracture is a break in the ..... A) Cartilage. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Metaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 8. ..... is a tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together. A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 9. What is the cranium also called? A) Thigh. B) Spine. C) Skull. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 10. Bones make our blood A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Larger, rough bony protrusion where muscles attach A) Tuberosity. B) Foramen. C) Condyle. D) Facet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuberosity. 12. This bone is commonly known as the shin. A) Fibula. B) Patella. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 13. Which muscle in the human body is the busiest? A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Ears. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eyes. 14. Name the bones that form the ball-and-socket joint in your shoulder. A) Ulna and radius. B) Tibia and fibula. C) Humerus and scapula. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus and scapula. 15. Muscles are only found in the arms and legs A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 16. In which gender osteoporosis is more common? A) Male. B) Female. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female. 17. Common name for the patella is ..... A) Shin. B) Fingers. C) Thigh. D) Knee cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee cap. 18. Which type of tissue allows you to move? A) Epithelial. B) Muscle. C) Connective. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle. 19. Which disease cause joints to be inflamed A) Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 20. Where do osteoclasts originate from? A) Collagen scaffold. B) Bone marrow. C) Blood vessels. D) Hydroxy appetite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 21. Bones of the lower jaw and spine are A) Round. B) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 22. AKA a bone spur, when you develop a bony outgrowth at a joint A) Achondroplasia. B) Osteophytes. C) Hallux valgus. D) Positional Plagiocephaly. E) Paget Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteophytes. 23. An example of your pivot joint is your ..... A) Shoulder. B) Elbow. C) Neck. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neck. 24. Chronic inflammation of the synovial joints. A) Synovectomy. B) Osteocyte. C) Arthritis. D) Diarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthritis. 25. Which of the following is responsible for lubricating joints at the ends of long bones? A) Epiphyseal line. B) Epiphyses. C) Articular cartilage. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Articular cartilage. 26. The elbow is an example of this joint A) Ball and socket. B) Gliding. C) Saddle. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 27. Condition of thinning and weakening of the bones due to lack of calcium and phosphorus. Common to older people. A) Scoliosis. B) Arthritis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 28. Malignant tumor of the synovial membrane. A) Osteosarcoma. B) Synovial sarcoma. C) Arthroplasty. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial sarcoma. 29. Which system contains 3 types of muscles? (cardiac, smooth, skeletal) A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Endocrine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular. 30. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Occurs straight across the long axis of the bone A) Oblique. B) Transverse. C) Greenstick. D) Impacted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transverse. 31. Where are the red blood cells are created A) Bone marrow. B) Tendons. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 32. Which of the following is a characteristic of red bone marrow: A) Stores fat. B) Calcium stores. C) Its hemopoietic. D) Found in the endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its hemopoietic. 33. The purpose of flat bones are to ..... A) Support movement. B) Fight evil. C) Carry weight. D) To protect organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To protect organs. 34. The delicate internal organ which is not protected by the rib cage is, A) Brain. B) Liver. C) Lungs. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 35. What kind of joint is the axis on the atlas? A) Gliding. B) Saddle. C) Pivot. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 36. What are the bones in the upper jaw? A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Maximallary. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maximallary. 37. The bones in the appendicular skeleton includes A) Head, neck, trunk. B) Pectoral and pelvic girdle. C) Vertebral column and thoracic cage. D) Limbs and bones that connect to the pectoral and pelvic girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limbs and bones that connect to the pectoral and pelvic girdle. 38. What is the smallest skeletal muscle in your body? A) Gluteus maximus. B) Stapedius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stapedius. 39. Thick filaments are made of A) Actin. B) Sarcoplasmic reticulum. C) Myosin. D) ATPase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myosin. 40. The skeletal system gives your body shape. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 41. Where are the alveoli located? A) Between the larynx and pharynx. B) Between the bronchi and bronchioles. C) At the end of the bronchioles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the end of the bronchioles. 42. I in RICE stands for A) Ibuprofen. B) Insulation. C) Iodine. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ice. 43. The shoulder and hip are ball and socket joints. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. What is the term used for inflammation of a joint? A) Dislocation. B) Osteoporosis. C) Arthritis. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthritis. 45. The membranous areas (soft spots) of an infant's skull are called ..... A) Flat bones. B) Patellas. C) Fontanels. D) Membranes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fontanels. 46. The bones of the trunk include the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum. A) The spine/ costae. B) Spines / costae. C) The spine/costa. D) Vertebrae/ costa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spine/ costae. 47. The outside layer of bone is called spongy bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Which of the following is an example of a slightly moveable joint? A) Elbow . B) Shoulder. C) Vertebrae. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 49. Which of the following are cells that are "bone breakers" ? A) Osteons. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 50. The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body is: A) Skeletal muscle. B) Smooth muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac muscle. 51. Organ systems combine to form A) Tissues. B) Organs. C) Organism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism. 52. Bendable materials found where bones meet each other A) Bone tissue. B) Skin tissue. C) Bones. D) Cartilages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilages. 53. The back bone protects the delicate ..... A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Lungs. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 54. Sebaceous glands ..... A) Is what makes skin be waterproof. B) Provides the pigment in the skin. C) Helps conserve heat and is made up of adipose tissue. D) Helps to keep skin from drying out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helps to keep skin from drying out. 55. Step 3 of bone repair is A) Hematoma is formed (blood-filled swelling). B) Fibrocartilage callus is formed to immobilize the area. C) Fibrocartilage callus is replaced with a bony callus. D) Bony callus is remodeled to replace the bony callus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrocartilage callus is replaced with a bony callus. 56. Joints are points at which bones ..... A) Break. B) Meet. C) Disect. D) Come Apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meet. 57. To build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis, a diet should include foods such as dairy products that are high in A) Calcium and protein. B) Calcium and iron. C) Protein and carbohydrates. D) Lipids and protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and protein. 58. Which type of bone cell secretes organic material? A) Osteoblast. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast. 59. Type of joint that slightly moveable, vertebrae A) Synarthrotic. B) Amphiarthrotic. C) Diarthrotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthrotic. 60. Your heart and lungs are protectef by A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Bone. 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