This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 173 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of bone is a solid matrix with tightly packed cells? A) Compact bone. B) Skull bone. C) Long bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 2. The diaphysis of a long bone is composed of which type of bone? A) Compact. B) Spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact. 3. The first prosthetic was a A) Toe. B) Finger. C) Leg. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toe. 4. Name two of the correct types of joint A) Ball and Socket and Flat Bones. B) Sesamoid and Pivot. C) Pivot and Hinge. D) Irregular and Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot and Hinge. 5. The skeletal and muscular system work together to help the body A) Fall asleep. B) Move. C) Digest food. D) Pump blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move. 6. What is your ribs called A) Ribs. B) Femur. C) Femur. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribs. 7. What bone condition involves a decrease in bone density? (page 143) A) Osteomyelitis. B) Bursitis. C) Arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 8. Located on the sides of the head; houses the internal portion of the ear A) Occipital bone. B) Frontal bone. C) Zygomatic bone. D) Temporal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal bone. 9. What is 10 pointing to? A) Temporal. B) Lacrimal. C) Occipital. D) Zygomatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 10. What is the name of the point where two or more bones meet? A) Node. B) Nodule. C) Joint. D) Articulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 11. What connective tissue is between vertebrae? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage discs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage discs. 12. The osteocyte is in this cavity (or space) in an osteon of compact bone: A) Lacunae. B) Beams. C) Canaliculi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacunae. 13. What is the longest and strongest bone in human body? A) Spine. B) Thigh bone. C) Vertebrae. D) Shin bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thigh bone. 14. Where would you find the tarsal bones? A) Tail bone. B) Ankle. C) Shoulder bone. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ankle. 15. What is the name for "spine" ? A) Vertebrae. B) No answer. C) Sternum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 16. What is the job of a long bone? A) To protect your muscles during physical activity. B) To protect your vital organs during physical activity. C) Support the weight of your body during physical activity. D) Support your organs during physical activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support the weight of your body during physical activity. 17. Just below your waist, you can feel your hipbone that connects to the backbone and the legs. In the middle of the hipbones is a ring called the pelvis. A) True. B) Early. C) Talk. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. ..... is a condition in which the trabeculae of spongy bone becomes less dense. A) Osteoporosis. B) Paget's disease. C) Osteonecrosis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 19. Blood cell formation occurs in the red bone marrow, a process called ..... A) Syneresis. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Erythrocytosis. D) Fibrinolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematopoiesis. 20. FILL IN THE BLANK:The bones in the ankles and wrists come together to make ..... joints. A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Ellipsoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ellipsoid. 21. The cells that break down bone. A) Osteoblast. B) Chondrocyte. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 22. The thumb is considered what type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Saddle. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saddle. 23. The human body has home many bones in it? A) 196. B) 206. C) 216. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 24. This surrounds the bone A) Epiphysis. B) Articular Cartilage. C) Periosteum. D) Yellow Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 25. What is the role of Vitamin D in bone health? A) It has no role in bone health. B) It promotes calcium absorption in the gut. C) It promotes bone resorption. D) It inhibits calcium absorption in the gut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It promotes calcium absorption in the gut. 26. Antibiotics are often administered intravenously for: A) Osteoarthritis. B) Gout. C) Tendinitis. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteomyelitis. 27. Which two types of muscles cannot be controlled? A) Smooth and skeletal. B) Smooth and cardiac. C) Skeletal and cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth and cardiac. 28. These are some functions of human bones, except ..... A) Produce red and white blood cellls. B) Produce hormones. C) Support body weight. D) Give shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Produce hormones. 29. What describes a partial or a complete break in the bone? A) Spiral Fracture. B) Fracture. C) Greenstick Fracture. D) Compound Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 30. The condition in which inflammation occurs a the small fluid filled sacs surrounding the joints A) Osteoarthritis. B) Ruptured disc. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bursitis. 31. It is the breaking of bone or associated cartilage A) Rheumatism. B) Fracture. C) Dwarfism. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 32. There are ..... cranial bones and ..... facial bones in a human skull. A) 7, 15. B) 9, 13. C) 8, 14. D) 6, 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8, 14. 33. The femur meets the shaft bones at the ..... A) Knee joint. B) Shoulder joint. C) Hip joint. D) Elbow joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knee joint. 34. Which bone bears the weight of the whole body? A) Backbone. B) Femur. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 35. True or False:Diarthroses are Synovial Joints A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 36. Flat bones are found in the ribs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. Name the imaging modality that can help to show the location of primary tumour for osteosarcoma. A) Bone Scan. B) CT Scan. C) RNI. D) MRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MRI. 38. The ends of the long bone, the "growing end" are referred to as the: A) Periosteum. B) Medulary Cavity. C) Epiphysis. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 39. Cells that are responsible for bone destruction A) Articular cartilage. B) Endosteum. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 40. Inflammation of the bursae is called what? A) Tendonitis. B) Bursitis. C) Arthritis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bursitis. 41. Tendons attach bones to bones A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "The skeletal system provides a rigid framework for the rest of the body." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support. 43. What does the term 'Tars(o/a)-' refer to? A) Ankle. B) Ribs. C) Brain. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ankle. 44. Joints that move in different ways A) Freely movable joints. B) Immovable joints. C) Partially movable joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freely movable joints. 45. Of all cancers what percent are found in the bone? A) 25%. B) 1%. C) 5%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1%. 46. What is the study of joints called? A) Myology. B) Anatomy. C) Arthology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthology. 47. What does the skeleton produce? A) White and Pink blood cells. B) Red and blue blood cells. C) Red and white blood cells. D) White and blue blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red and white blood cells. 48. When babies are born this process has not occurred and bones are still soft. A) Mineralization. B) Ossification. C) Fraternized. D) Keratinized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 49. How many pairs of ribs that are joined together to form the ribcage A) 12 pairs. B) 2 pairs. C) 5 pairs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 pairs. 50. 6-Gliding Joint allows a door to open and close, the knee enables you to flex and extend your lower leg. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. True or False:Muscles attach to bones to help them move. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Which one of the following are the two bones located in the forearm? A) Scapula and Clavicle. B) Cranium and Sternum. C) Tarsals and Carpals. D) Radius and Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radius and Ulna. 53. Which of the follow is the main difference between a male and female pelvic girdle? A) Male arch is longer, female arch is shorter. B) Male arch is less than 90, female arch is more than 90. C) Male arch is more than 90, female arch is less than 90. D) Male arch is wider, female arch is narrower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Male arch is less than 90, female arch is more than 90. 54. The process of bone formation is known as ..... A) Hematopoiesis. B) Hemostasis. C) Metabolism. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 55. The patella is considered ..... A) Hips bones. B) Sesamoid. C) Joints. D) Knee bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid. 56. It is the weakening and softening of the bones because of vitamiun D deficiency and/or lack of exposure to sunlight because it is needed to activate the vitamin D in the body, which, in turn, helps in absorptio of calcium. A) Arthritis. B) Rickets. C) Osteoporosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rickets. 57. What is yellow marrow? A) Brain cells. B) Blood cells. C) Fat cells. D) Muscle cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fat cells. 58. Bursitis is an inflammation of bursae A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. The lowest two pairs, called floating ribs, are joined only to the backbone. Is it true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. What percentage of calcium is stored in your bones? A) 99%. B) 1%. C) 20%. D) 50%. 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