This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 167 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 167 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. B1. A vertebra is part of the A) Skull. B) Backbone. C) Rib cage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone. 2. The uppermost and largest bone of the arm, extending from the elbow to the shoulder is the? A) Carpus. B) Hyoid. C) Humerus. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 3. Platelike structures with broad surfaces, such as the ribs, scapulae, and some bones of the skull A) Flat bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Long bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat bones. 4. What is the musculoskeletal system. A) The support and strength for your body and it's how you walk. B) The brain. C) Only the bones. D) Only the muslce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The support and strength for your body and it's how you walk. 5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of synovial joints? A) Made of fibrous tissue. B) Reduce friction between bones. C) Allow movement. D) Contain a cavity filled with fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made of fibrous tissue. 6. Our skeletal system is important to us for three reasons: A) They help us stand up, fall down, and create water. B) They help produce water, protect our organs, and stand up. C) They help us move around, protect our organs, and produce blood cells. D) They help us produce blood cells, create water, and protect organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They help us move around, protect our organs, and produce blood cells. 7. What is the name of the band of connective tissue that joins bones? A) Muscle. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 8. The human skeleton has ..... bones but when we are bone we have over 300. A) 206. B) 106. C) 306. D) 450. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 9. How many bones in the body. A) 107. B) 206. C) 204. D) 205. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 10. ..... are openings within bones where blood vessels and nerves travel in and out of bones. A) Sinuses. B) Foramina. C) Fontanels. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foramina. 11. What system does the muscular system work in conjunction with to allow our body to move? A) Digestive. B) Skeletal. C) Circulatory. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 12. What vital organ for consciousness is responsible for speech and language production, and motor skills? A) Ethmoid bone. B) Occipital bone. C) Frontal lobe. D) Sphenoid bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 13. Most of the "cheek" of the face is formed by this bone A) Temporal bone. B) Facial bone. C) Maxilla bone. D) Zygomatic bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zygomatic bone. 14. Disease of the muscle A) Myasthenia. B) Muscular. C) Myopathy. D) Myalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myopathy. 15. Which part of the human skeleton protects the brain? A) Pelvis. B) Vertebral column. C) Skull. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 16. Where can you find Tendons in the body? A) At the end of two adjecent bones. B) Between a muscle and a bone. C) Between two bones. D) In the bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between a muscle and a bone. 17. The wrist bones are collectively called: A) Carpals. B) Phalanges. C) Tarsals. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 18. Turning your hand over to receive money is an example of what type of movement?an example of A) Pronation. B) Supination. C) Adduction. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supination. 19. Which type of skeleton has our arms and legs? A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular Skeleton. 20. How many different types of bones are located in the hand? A) 12. B) 6. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 21. Complete break at a right angle to the bone A) Oblique. B) Transverse. C) Fissured. D) Greenstick. E) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transverse. 22. Immovable joints A) You jointed. B) Amphiarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You jointed. 23. These are areas where bones come together A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 24. What are the functions of the muscles? A) Hold the body erect. B) Helps generate body heat. C) Helps blood move through the veins and food through the digestive system. D) All are functions of the muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are functions of the muscles. 25. The flat bone in the center of the chest is called ..... A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 26. There are ..... bones in your skull. A) 9. B) 29. C) 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29. 27. The basic units of compact bone A) Beams. B) Osteons. C) Canaliculi. D) Osteoids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteons. 28. This is secreted in response to low blood calcium A) Calcitonin. B) Strontium. C) Growth hormone. D) Parathyroid hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parathyroid hormone. 29. Shaking your head yes and no A) First Class Lever. B) Second Class Lever. C) Third Class Lever. D) All Types of Levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Class Lever. 30. The main function of the respiratory system is to take in ..... through the lungs and get rid of carbon dioxide and water. A) Water. B) Saliva. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 31. These are large muscles located on the back of the upper arm A) Facial. B) Biceps. C) Calves. D) Triceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triceps. 32. Joints that connect skull bones together are considered to be immovable, made up of fibrous connective tissue. This type of joint is: A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Fibrous. D) Articular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrous. 33. This disease is an autoimmune disorder that results in the joints of your bones to become inflamed ultimately resulting in the deformity and fusing of the effected joints. A) Gouty Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rickets. D) Rheumatoid Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 34. Match the joint type to the amount of movement:Diarthrotic A) Minimal or no movement. B) Permit limited movement. C) Wide range of movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wide range of movement. 35. Shoulders and Hips have ..... joint A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket. 36. Which term describes a fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed? A) Spiral. B) Greenstick. C) Comminuted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted. 37. Which of the following is NOT a STRUCTURAL classification of joint? A) Synovial. B) Diarthrotic. C) Fibrous. D) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarthrotic. 38. Skeletal system can move on its own without attached muscles. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. Emma, Grace, and Lily are playing a game of 'Name that Bone!' Emma is up and the question is:What are the bones in the upper jaw? A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Maxillary. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maxillary. 40. The skull is attached to A) Ribcage. B) Skull. C) Backbone. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone. 41. The largest bone in our body is ..... A) Radius. B) Pelvis. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 42. A tightening or narrowing of a muscle, organ, or other body part A) Contract. B) Contraction. C) Supination. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contraction. 43. The substance that cushions the ends of bones and forms flexible body parts such as the ear and nose is A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Joints. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 44. What is the main function of Tendons? A) To bring about movement. B) To prevent bones from rubbing together. C) To store bone marrow. D) To protect the joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring about movement. 45. What is the name of the bone that is in front of the ribcage A) Sternum. B) Pivot joint. C) Steppes. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 46. Largest part of human brain is ..... A) Nerves. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 47. Bones that make up the wrist A) Carpals. B) Coracoid. C) Tarsals. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 48. At a joint in the body, bones are held together with what? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 49. Turning head side to side A) Flexion. B) Rotation. C) Extension. D) Circumduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 50. What do you call the center opening of the bone? A) Medullary cavity. B) Spongy bone. C) Diaphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity. 51. If left untreated, what are the harmful effect of Osteonecrosis? A) Bone marrow cancer. B) Scoliosis. C) Arthritis. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthritis. 52. We keep some of our cartilage to prevent our bones from ..... A) Breaking. B) Strong. C) Healthy. D) Rubbing up against each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rubbing up against each other. 53. The larger of the two bones in your lower leg is called the ..... A) Femur. B) Fibula. C) Radius. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 54. A pivot joint is found where? A) Hip. B) Sternum. C) Neck. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neck. 55. What is a bone composed principally of? A) Tissue. B) Calcium. C) Plant cells. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 56. Which bone connects the arm to the chest? A) Clavicle. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 57. Allows to swing the lower leg back and forth without moving the upper leg A) Hinge Joint. B) Ball-and-socket Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint. 58. As long as the bone building cell in our long bones DO NOT catch up to the production of hyaline cartilage therefore completely ossifying it, what will continue to happen? A) You will stop growing. B) You will sleep all day. C) You will continue to grow. D) You will ace this test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You will continue to grow. 59. This cushions the bones in a joint: A) Tendonitis. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 60. MUSCLES ARE JOINED TO BONES WITH THE HELP OF A) FIBERS. B) GLUE. C) TENDONS. D) LIGAMENTS. 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