This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 170 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 170 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The arm is attached to the shoulder blade which is called the ..... A) Femur. B) Scapula. C) Humerous. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 2. What mineral builds strong bones A) Potassium. B) Calcium. C) Barium. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 3. What do you find at the end of long bones that helps joints glide smoothly? A) Periosteum. B) Blood Vessels. C) Cartilage. D) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 4. What is the humerus an example of? A) Metacarpals. B) Long bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Spongy bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long bones. 5. Bone cells that secrete enzymes to help break down bone A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 6. It is a bunch of nerves or neurons that connects the brain from the rest of the body. A) Spine. B) Nerves. C) Reflex arc. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 7. The ..... is the same bone which is referred to as the funny bone. A) Spine. B) Ribcage. C) Humerus. D) Hands & feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 8. A synovial joint is a type of diarthroses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Bones of the body that protect are in the: A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 10. Main function of these cubed shaped bones is: A) Bear weight. B) Work as a lever. C) To be embedded in a tendon. D) Protect organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bear weight. 11. The following are the important jobs of the skeletal system, except: A) Make internal organs move. B) Make blood cells. C) Protects your internal organs. D) Store minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make internal organs move. 12. What combining form means outer layer? A) Medull/o. B) Cortic/o. C) Synovial membrane. D) Orth/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cortic/o. 13. Found in many other bones A) Red bone marrow. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow bone marrow. 14. Bones are the structural support for our body. They provide the framework for ..... A) Muscle attachments. B) Joints. C) Tendons. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle attachments. 15. The facial skeleton has how many bones? A) Six. B) Eight. C) Twelve. D) Fourteen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fourteen. 16. What is the biggest tendon in your body and where is it? A) Achille's. B) Achille's Tendon, ankle. C) Achilles' Tendon, Spinal Cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achille's Tendon, ankle. 17. The hip and the vertebrae would be properly classified as ..... bones because they really don't fit into any other classification due to their unusual shape. A) Odd. B) Unique. C) Special. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular. 18. The shaft, or middle, of a bone is called the A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Osteocyte. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 19. How many vertebrae are in our lumbar curve? A) 12. B) 6. C) 7. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 20. Main bones in the foot A) Carpals. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metatarsals. 21. The brain is protected by thick hard bone called your A) Skull. B) Calcium. C) Tibia. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 22. Helps us balance, walk, and run A) Phalanges (hands). B) Phalanges (feet). C) Scapula. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges (feet). 23. Hemopoetic cells (make blood cells) are found in spongy bone in the form of A) Yellow marrow. B) Central canal. C) Endosteum. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red marrow. 24. Which of the following connects muscles to bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Joints. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 25. You have a total number of ..... bones in the human body. A) 306. B) 206. C) 300. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 26. Multiple organs working together is called an ..... A) Organelle. B) Organism. C) Organ system. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organ system. 27. Joints between chest bones do not move at all. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 28. This set of bones protects your spinal cord and runs down your back A) Carpals. B) Vertebrae. C) Tarsals. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 29. A body system made up of bones, joints, and connective tissue. A) Joint. B) Skeletal system. C) Marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system. 30. Physician specializing in inflammation of the joints and muscles A) Osteopath. B) Rheumatologist. C) Chiropractor. D) Neurologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rheumatologist. 31. What is Calcium? A) A rock that can hurt your body. B) A mineral that strengthens your bones. C) A mineral that strengthens your hair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mineral that strengthens your bones. 32. What type of muscle tissue surrounds the heart? A) Smooth. B) Skeletal. C) Soft. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardiac. 33. The bones that make up your fingers and toes. A) Epiphyses. B) Carpals. C) Phalanges. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 34. The remnant of the growth plate found in adult bones: A) Endosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Epiphyseal line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal line. 35. This skeleton is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle, and leg bones. A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 36. The wrist consists of ..... A) 8 carpal bones. B) 5 metacarpal bones. C) 14 phalanges. D) Distal segments of the radius and ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 carpal bones. 37. Primary bone cancer describes tumors that have metastasized from other organs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Which joint is found between the skull and the first two socket joint vertebrae of the spine? A) Hinge joints. B) Pivot joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot joints. 39. Flexible tissue that covers the end of a bone is called ..... A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Ligament. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 40. Cells that breakdown the bone matrix and help form the medullary cavity in long bones are: A) Chondrocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 41. Mineral stored in bones. A) Protein. B) Calcium. C) Fluoride. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 42. Identify the classification for this bone: A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 43. Bearing weight is the most important function of this girdle, because the total weight of the upper body rests on the bony pelvis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Another name for swayback is what? A) Stenosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Lordosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lordosis. 45. Which system breaks down the food you eat so your body will have energy? A) Digestive system. B) Skeletal system. C) Nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestive system. 46. There are how many ..... of ribs A) 21. B) 14. C) 12. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 47. The bones of the arms and legs and the structures associated with them A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. C) Scoliosis. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 48. Skull bones are mostly connected by ..... A. ligamentsB. tendonsC. suturesD. cartilages A) Cartilages. B) Sutures. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutures. 49. What 2 minerals do bones contain within the compact bone? A) Calcium and Oxygen. B) Calcium and Phosphorus. C) Radon and Calcium. D) Nitrogen and Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium and Phosphorus. 50. Connects an osteonic canal to another osteonic canal. A) Canals. B) Central canal. C) Sharpey's fibers. D) Perforating canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perforating canal. 51. Muscles under our control are attached to the bones by- A) Ligament. B) Medulla. C) Tendons. D) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 52. You rotate your palms into an upward position. What motion is that? A) Supination. B) Flexion. C) Circumduction. D) Pronation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supination. 53. What is the name of the outermost layer of bone? A) Periosteum. B) Spongy. C) Compact. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 54. ..... muscles are controlled by you. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 55. What is the name of the joint in the pelvis that allows little or no movement? A) Ball-and-socket. B) Hinge. C) Immovable. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immovable. 56. Process of viewing a joint using an endoscope. A) Eversion. B) Osteopetrosis. C) Abduction. D) Arthroscopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthroscopy. 57. Arms, legs, hands, and feet are examples of what? A) Movable joints. B) Cartilage. C) Bone marrow. D) Immovable joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movable joints. 58. Prefix meaning "below; under" A) Anti-. B) Sub-. C) Peri-. D) Intra-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sub-. 59. Bones, joints, and connective tissue make up which system? A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Outgrowths. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 60. How many ribs do we have? A) 12. B) 36. C) 48. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24. ← 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