This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 168 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 168 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete fracture that results in several bony fragments A) Comminuted. B) Fissured. C) Transverse. D) Greenstick. E) Oblique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comminuted. 2. What is found inside the bones that helps in the formation of blood cells? A) Skin. B) Bone marrow. C) Nerves. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 3. Which type of muscle control consists of non-conscious control of the muscles? A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 4. Appositional growth is growth in ..... A) Length. B) Mass. C) Weight. D) Width. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Width. 5. Which term is also known as the hip socket? A) Hallux valgus. B) Malleolus. C) Dish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dish. 6. Synarthrotic joints are: A) Immovable. B) Slightly movable. C) Freely movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immovable. 7. ..... are tough, flexible strands of connective tissue that connect or link bones to other bones in order to form joints. A) Calcium. B) Ligaments. C) Collagen. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 8. What is the anatomical name for the collar bone? A) Coccyx. B) Patella. C) Clavicle. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clavicle. 9. A lateral, or side to side curvature of the spine is called ..... A) Spina Bifida. B) Scoliosis. C) Fracture. D) Skeletal Issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis. 10. How do we call the bones that are where wrist and fingers connect? A) Metacarpals. B) Talus. C) Carpals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpals. 11. Bones are made of living cells. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. The part of the femur where muscle attaches A) Of them. B) Sulcus. C) Tubercle. D) Trochanter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trochanter. 13. The skull bones, hyoid bone and vertebral column bones are found in which skeleton A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton. 14. What does the term 'osis' mean? A) Like, resembling. B) Abnormal condition. C) Surgical removal, excision. D) Deficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abnormal condition. 15. What is the correct definition of ligaments? A) Connects muscle to bone and creates movement. B) Connects muscle to muscle. C) Connects bone to bone and helps with stability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connects bone to bone and helps with stability. 16. Where is the human bodyʻs smallest bone located? A) Ear. B) Nose. C) Toe. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 17. The bone in the middle of your chest is called the ..... A) Sternum. B) Humerus. C) Fibula. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 18. Allows the most types of movements A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Planar joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-socket joint. 19. The bones of the upper limb include the pectoral girdle composed of two bones:the clavicle and the scapula. A) Shoulder blade/ collarbone. B) Collarbone/ shoulder blade. C) Patella / shoulder blade. D) Collarbone / kneecap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collarbone/ shoulder blade. 20. A mature bone cell is called an A) Osteoblast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocyte. 21. Which of these functions is not a function of the skeletal system? A) To help the body breathe. B) To help support the body and give it structure. C) To help protect the bodyʻs soft organs. D) To produce blood cells. E) To store calcium and other important minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help the body breathe. 22. There are more than ..... muscles in the body A) 300. B) 700. C) 600. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 700. 23. Which of the following is NOT a job of the skeletal system? A) Red blood cell production. B) Shape and structure. C) Waste removal. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waste removal. 24. The middle ear is made up of ..... bones. A) Hard. B) Long. C) Short. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short. 25. Which pathology is a condition found in older people, increasing the chance of a bone fracture? A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 26. What is the other type of bone? A) Flat. B) Round. C) Compact. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact. 27. ALL of the following are bones of the AXIAL skeleton EXCEPT for one. Which is it? A) Rib cage. B) Shoulder blade (scapula). C) Vertebral column. D) Bones of the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder blade (scapula). 28. What is the tough covering that protects bones? A) Cell wall. B) Ligaments. C) Periosteum. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 29. Which is more lightweight? A) Solid/Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy Bone. 30. Which bone cell is responsible for building and constructing bones? A) Macrophages. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblasts. 31. The bones in the chest that protect the heart and lungs. A) Ribs. B) Tibia. C) Radius. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribs. 32. The Humerus is the longest and strongest bone in the skeletal system. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 33. All bones are of the same size and shape. True or False? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 34. Metatarsals are found near the A) Carpals. B) Phalanges. C) Sacred. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 35. The skeletal term for your upper arm is A) Humerous. B) Scapula. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerous. 36. Humans have a vertebrae. What does that mean? A) Humans have a backbone. B) Humans have a skull. C) Humans have arms and legs. D) Humans do not have a backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans have a backbone. 37. During this stage of development, bones stop growing. A) Childhood. B) Adolescence. C) Adulthood. D) Infancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adolescence. 38. A visual exam of the internal structures of a joint is called: A) Arthroscopy. B) Arthrograph. C) Osteotomy. D) Crepitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthroscopy. 39. Basic structural unit of long bones A) Osteocytes. B) Lamella. C) Osteons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteons. 40. The system wihich includes mainly bones and gives your body its form and protects many of your organs is called the ..... A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Circulatory. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 41. Weight bearing exercise will increase the activity of which bone cells A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 42. Process of recording a joint. A) Dyskinesia. B) Osteonecrosis. C) Tenosynovitis. D) Arthrography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthrography. 43. What is a voluntary movement? A) Movements you cannot control. B) Movements you can control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movements you can control. 44. There are ..... types of joints in our body. A) Two. B) Three. C) Four. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 45. What type of joint is at the elbow and knee? A) Condyloid. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 46. Which of these vertebrae has the most movement? A) Cervical. B) Atlas. C) Thoracic. D) Lumbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cervical. 47. The C in RICE means compression-what does that mean? A) Wrap in a bandage. B) Put ice on it. C) Elevate it. D) Clean it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrap in a bandage. 48. When describing the bones of the skeleton, it is important to differentiating between paired and unpaired bones. A) Paired . B) Differentiating. C) It. D) Describing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Differentiating. 49. It includes the bones of the upper and lower limbs, the shoulder and the hips. A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 50. What are the structures of the Integumentary System? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints. B) Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle. C) System skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. D) Protection, sensation (feeling), temperature regulation, vitamin d production, excretion (remove wastes). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) System skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. 51. Which connective tissue attaches bone to bone? A) Ligament. B) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 52. How many irregularly-shaped bones or vertebrae does a spine consists? A) 26. B) 36. C) 16. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26. 53. There are ..... types of joints in the human body A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 54. The following are bones found in the legs EXCEPT ONE A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 55. Symptoms:Bone Pain, fever/chills, sensitive to the touch. A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. C) Achondroplasia. D) Osteomyelitis. E) Ricketts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteomyelitis. 56. Which part of bone makes it strong but lightweight A) Marrow. B) Membrane. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 57. Where is smooth muscle found? A) Muscles attached to bones my tendons. B) Brain. C) Heart. D) Lining of organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lining of organs. 58. A specialized cell that can receive information and transmit to other cells A) Receptor. B) Main purposes. C) Bone marrow. D) Neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neutron. 59. What do you call the connective tissues that holds the joints together? A) Bones. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 60. Your wrists and ankles are an example of what type of joint? A) Ball and Socket. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books