This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 176 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 176 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Flexing your arm muscle is an example of a voluntary muscle. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. How many types of movable joint are there A) 45. B) 3. C) 4. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 3. In a child who is still growing taller, the ..... should be more active than other bone cells. A) Leukocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Chondrocytes. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblasts. 4. The spinal column consists of ..... vertebrae A) 22. B) 26. C) 24. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26. 5. Which one of the following bones is located in the head? a. Scapulab. Phalangesc. Tarsalsd. Cranium A) Phalanges. B) Cranium. C) Scapula. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 6. What happens when there is a decrease in blood calcium? A) Osteoclasts deposit calcium in bones. B) Osteoblasts deposit calcium in bones. C) Osteoblasts resorb bone to release calcium. D) Osteoclasts resorb bone to release calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts resorb bone to release calcium. 7. This material is in our ears and nose and can bend without breaking. A) Bones. B) Cartilage. C) Intestines. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 8. Identify the bone at the front of the legbetween the knee and the feet. A) Shin bone. B) Cartilage. C) Vertebra. D) Girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shin bone. 9. Which of the following is the term used to describe an 'Exaggerated curve in the 'lumbar' region of the spine'? A) Arthritis. B) Lordosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lordosis. 10. True or False:CARTILAGE is NOT part of the skeletal system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. How may bones present in adult A) 210. B) 207. C) 259. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 12. Which of the options is NOT related with the most common causes of a MUSCLE CRAMP? A) Insuficient blood flow. B) Losing minerals. C) Having a severe injury in a limb. D) Nerve compression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having a severe injury in a limb. 13. Which of the following forms of connective tissue join bone to bone? A) Muscles. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 14. What vital organ does the cranium protect? A) Brain. B) Lungs. C) Heart. D) Kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 15. What is the name of the injury where bones have been moved out of place? A) Dislocation. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dislocation. 16. This type of joint allows for rotation around a central point like your neck A) Gliding. B) Fixed. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 17. ..... are the bones of the palm of the hand A) Phalanges. B) Metatarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metacarpals. 18. Name of the bone that protects the brain. A) Skull. B) Pelvis. C) Rib cage. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 19. Small flexible bands that hold the cartilage and bones in the joint together are called A) Cartilage. B) Blood vessels. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 20. The hyoid bone is located in? A) Neck region. B) Chest region. C) Stomach region. D) Head region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neck region. 21. The outermost layer of bone is known as the diaphysis. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. What is the main function of bones in the human body? A) Allow body parts to move. B) Produce red and white blood cells. C) Store essential minerals. D) Connect muscle to bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allow body parts to move. 23. Movement would occur without the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. What is the scientific name of the ankles called? A) Tarsals. B) Phalanges. C) Tibia. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsals. 25. The pelvic bone is called what A) Humerus. B) Tibia. C) Pubis. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pubis. 26. Which bone hold your head and upper body uprigth? A) Scapula. B) Clavicle. C) Vertebral Column. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebral Column. 27. What is inflammation in joints known as? A) Gout. B) Osteoporosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 28. The bones of our legs are ..... A) Round. B) Flat. C) Long. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long. 29. The ..... is the center of the skeleton. A) Backbone. B) Bones. C) Ribcage. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backbone. 30. Which pair of joints works in similar ways? A) Elbows and shoulders. B) Knee and neck. C) Ankles and writsts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankles and writsts. 31. Symptoms:Shortened Limbs, average trunk/torso, enlarged head. A) Ricketts. B) Osteomyelitis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. E) Achondroplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Achondroplasia. 32. What are the characteristics of a short bone: A) Cube-like shape. B) Odd, uncommon shape. C) Broad surface. D) Long & thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cube-like shape. 33. What type of bones would you find in your fingers and toes? A) Metacarpals. B) Phalanges. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 34. Do you have more bones or muscles in your body? A) Bones. B) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles. 35. Carnivores animals have well developed: A) Biting teeth. B) Chewing teeth. C) Grinding teeth. D) Tearing teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tearing teeth. 36. How many bones are there in a baby? A) 271. B) 20. C) 272. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 270. 37. How many vertebrae bones does the spinal column have? A) Sell. B) Pump. C) C44. D) Impediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sell. 38. What is the approximate number of bones in the human body? A) 300. B) 195. C) 399. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 39. What type of movement do your ball and socket joints make? A) One-way movement. B) Circular, all around. C) Gliding, twisting movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular, all around. 40. How many bones does the Axial Skeleton have? A) 80. B) 206. C) 126. D) 116. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80. 41. Muscle attachments offer protection for vital organs like the ..... A) The brain. B) Skin and vessels. C) Skin. D) Heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart and lungs. 42. When a bone collapses, due to pressure (especially common in the vertebrae) what type of fracture occurs? A) Greenstick Fracture. B) Simple Fracture. C) Compression Fracture. D) Compound Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression Fracture. 43. Which bone protects the spinal cord in the skeletal system? A) Humerus. B) Vertebrae. C) Collarbone. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 44. Which type of muscle tissue has no striations, is involuntary, is typically found in hollow organs, and has a slow contraction time but has great endurance. A) Skeletal Muscle Tissue. B) Smooth Muscle Tissue. C) Cardiac Muscle Tissue. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth Muscle Tissue. 45. A ..... fracture is most often caused when someone falls, and they catch their fall with outreached arms. A) Comminuted. B) Green stick. C) Collects. D) Pathologic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collects. 46. Flat bones are found ..... A) Ribs. B) A, B, C. C) Skull. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A, B, C. 47. What is an example of a Ball-and-Socket joint? A) Shoulder. B) Thumb. C) Elbow. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder. 48. Explain how the fused bones in the avian skeletal system contribute to flight. A) The fused bones provide strength and rigidity for efficient flight. B) The fused bones help in camouflage during flight. C) The fused bones allow for greater flexibility in flight. D) The fused bones are used for storing energy during flight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fused bones provide strength and rigidity for efficient flight. 49. Where is the strongest muscle in your body? A) Jaw. B) Chest. C) Leg. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jaw. 50. The floating are not attached to ..... but they are attached to ..... A) Breastbone; Backbone. B) Backbone; Breastbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breastbone; Backbone. 51. It is important for us to sit or stand or do anything in a correct A) Posture. B) Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Posture. 52. What kind of joint is present in your elbow/knee? A) Ball/Socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Plane joint. D) Saddle joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 53. Made up of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone. Thin. (Ex. skull and ribs) A) Long. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. E) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Flat. 54. Bones that are longer than they are wide (leg bones) are called: A) Sesamoid Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Long Bones. D) Flat Bones. E) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Bones. 55. How many cranial and facial bones are there in the skull? A) 14 cranial and 8 facial. B) 12 cranial and 8 facial. C) 14 facial and 8 cranial. D) 4 facial and 7 cranial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 facial and 8 cranial. 56. Primary bone cell and most common type of bone cell A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteogenic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocyte. 57. ..... bone is usually small and has many needle-like open spaces. A) Long. B) Spongy. C) Short. D) Compact. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 58. Which is not a major function (job) of the skeleton? A) Memory. B) Protection. C) Support. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory. 59. This part of the bone is porous and very light weight A) Periosteum. B) Compact bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Marrow. E) Medullary Cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone. 60. A 76-year-old female was transported to the hospital following a fall. Upon examination, it was determined that she sustained a fracture to the head of her femur. The injury is most likely related to A) Scoliosis. B) Rickets. C) Osteoporosis. D) Myxedema. 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