This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 172 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 172 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An example of a joint where flexion and extension can take place would be ..... A) Atlantoaxial. B) Radioulnar. C) Ankle. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee. 2. Skull is known as the A) Cranium. B) Ulna. C) Humerus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 3. As children grow, cartilage is replaced with bone by the process of ..... A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteocium. C) Ossification. D) Osteopathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 4. What are 2 diseases that affect the skeletal system? A) Polio, covid. B) Scoliosis, osteoporosis. C) Lyme disease, tuberculosis. D) Chicken poxs, common cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis, osteoporosis. 5. The phalanges describe ..... A) Finger bones. B) Toe bones. C) Both finger and toe bones. D) Neither finger nor toe bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both finger and toe bones. 6. People, and most animals have this type of skeleton A) Musculoskeletal. B) Appendicular Skeleton. C) Axial Skeleton. D) Endoskeleton. E) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endoskeleton. 7. What part of your skeleton is the hand bone? A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton. 8. Which of the following act as shock absorbers and equalize pressure in the joint? A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Fibrous. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous. 9. Which one is the smallest bone in our body? A) Tibia. B) Hammer. C) Anvil. D) Stirrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stirrup. 10. How does oxygen get to the cells? A) In the air. B) In the blood. C) In the digestive system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the blood. 11. Which are in both A) Fibula/Swallow. B) Joints/Ligaments. C) Skull/Cranium. D) Radius/Unla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints/Ligaments. 12. Hard outer part of bone A) Spongy. B) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 13. Match the Long Bone Structures:A A) Diaphysis. B) Proximal Epiphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Distal Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 14. Female sheep that is over a year old A) Lamb. B) Ewe. C) Ram. D) Wether. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ewe. 15. The facial bones are ..... A) Long Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular Bones. 16. THE CONTROLLING CENTER OF THE BODY IS THE ..... A) HEART. B) BRAIN. C) INTESTINE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BRAIN. 17. At what age does our skeletal mass develop? A) 12-20 years. B) 11-12 years. C) 11-20 years. D) 0-20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11-20 years. 18. Exaggerated inward curvature in the lumbar region of the spine "swayback" A) Rickets. B) Scoliosis. C) Lordosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lordosis. 19. The type of joint that allows 360 degree movement is A) Hinge. B) Immovable. C) Ball and socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 20. What is the purpose of the rib cage in the skeletal system? A) To support the head. B) To protect vital organs. C) To regulate body temperature. D) To help with digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To protect vital organs. 21. Which system does make framework of the body A) Skeletal system. B) Lungs. C) None of these. D) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 22. Tommy Tu is on his tip toes, which muscle is allowing this? A) Gastrocnemius. B) Hamstring. C) Quadriceps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gastrocnemius. 23. The bones in the skull grow together in fixed joints that do not move A) Ball-and-socket Joint. B) Fixed or immovable Joint. C) Gliding Joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed or immovable Joint. 24. The kneecap is the A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Patella. D) Carpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 25. The ..... part of the skeletal system has over half of the body's bones. A) Appendage. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) Hands and Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular. 26. What do the patella and ulna protect A) Elbow and knee. B) Digestive organs. C) Wrist and elbow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elbow and knee. 27. Provides a barrier to protect internal organs A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Storage. D) Structure. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 28. What are bones that are embedded in muscle or tendon classified as? A) Irregular bone. B) Sesamoid bone. C) Short bone. D) Flat bone. E) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid bone. 29. What is the primary function of melanin? A) To waterproof of the skin. B) To provide protection against the sun's UV rays. C) To produce Vitamin D. D) To produce sebum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide protection against the sun's UV rays. 30. What is the correct term for the skull? A) Mandible. B) Cranium. C) Clavicle. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 31. A joint allows for flexion, extension, and other movements, but no rotation? A) Saddle. B) Pivot. C) Condyloid. D) None of the Choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saddle. 32. The backbone is called the spine A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Move towards midline A) Pronation. B) Circumduction. C) Adduction. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adduction. 34. The Skeletal System determines the shape of our body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. The pisiform articulates with which of the following? A) Triquetrum. B) Trapezium. C) Tranquility. D) Trapezoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triquetrum. 36. ..... affects the hips and knees by wearing away the articular cartilage at the end of the long bones where bones meet. A) Osteomalacia. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 37. What makes up the appendicular skeleton? A) Vertebrae. B) Arms and legs. C) Ribcage. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arms and legs. 38. What is meant by hibernate? A) Pretending to be dead during cold season that cause animals to protect themselves from enemies. B) Sleeping for a long period during winter that cause certain animals become inactive and reduce hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleeping for a long period during winter that cause certain animals become inactive and reduce hunger. 39. This connective tissue attaches bone to bone A) Cartilage. B) Bones. C) Ligaments. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 40. What type of bone is our tibia, humerus, and phalanges? A) Irregular. B) Flat. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 41. Forearm bone that lies on the thumb side A) Ulna. B) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 42. All or nothing principle = ..... must reach a certain ..... for contraction to occur A) Impulse, threshold. B) Fibres, size. C) Contraction, type. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulse, threshold. 43. ..... attach bone to other bones. A) Ligaments. B) Tendons. C) Axial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 44. Inner layer of bone with hollow spaces containing red marrow A) Medullary. B) Periosteum. C) Spongy. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy. 45. Our body would not structure without the ..... A) America. B) Skin. C) Skull. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeleton. 46. These bones are found in arms and legs A) Short bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long bones. 47. Joint between the vertebrae A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Ball and Socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding. 48. Two bones are held with one another by ..... A) Tendon. B) They are not joint. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 49. Which bone is the biggest and strongest? A) Clavicle (collar bone). B) Ulna (one of the lower arm bones). C) Femur (upper leg bone). D) Mandible (jaw bone). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur (upper leg bone). 50. Which bone cells works on repairing broken bones? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteogenic Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 51. Which of the following is the forth step in ossification? A) Osteoblasts form spongy bone. B) The matrix around the chondrocytes calcifies and hardens. C) Chondrocytes divide rapidly and form tiny columns of cells. D) Osteoclasts enlarge the bone cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts enlarge the bone cavity. 52. THE JOINT THAT HELPS US TO TWIST, TURN AND BEND MY WAIST WHILE DANCING A) GLIDING. B) PIVOT. C) BALL AND SOCKET. D) HINGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GLIDING. 53. Muscle cells require extra energy to perform their function and move the heavy bones in our body. Which of the following organelles would have a higher concentration in muscle cells? A) Cell membrane. B) Chloroplast. C) Ribosomes. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondria. 54. Where are the two types of ball and socket joints found in our body? A) Ankle and Toes. B) Shoulder and Hip. C) Hands and Fingers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder and Hip. 55. The uppermost and largest bone of the arm is the ..... A) Radius. B) Humerus. C) Ulna. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 56. What do we call the things that connect our bones and let us move our arms, legs, fingers, toes and neck? A) Heart. B) Veins. C) Joints. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 57. The dense out layer of bone primarily composed of calcium and phosphate A) Compact bone. B) Endochondral bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 58. Reabsorb old bone A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 59. Central canals contain ..... that nourish the cells of osteons. A) Food sources. B) Marrow. C) Oxygen. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood vessels. 60. The cell is the building block of all living things. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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