This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 177 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 177 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Are bones living? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 2. The middle part of a bone that produces blood cells. A) Bone Marrow. B) Connective Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone Marrow. 3. Pertaining to the region of the back that includes the lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and nearby structures. A) Pelvic. B) Edema. C) Arthrocentesis. D) Lumbosacral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lumbosacral. 4. What hormone stimulates osteoclasts to break down bone when calcium levels are low? A) Thyroid hormone. B) Osteohormone. C) Parathyroid hormone. D) Growth hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parathyroid hormone. 5. Where are sutures found? A) In the skull. B) In the knee. C) In the heart. D) In the elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the skull. 6. The two forearm bones A) Collarbone or clavicle. B) Shoulder blades. C) Humerus. D) Ulna and radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulna and radius. 7. A slightly mobile joint. A) Osteitis. B) Spondyloarthritis. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphiarthrosis. 8. What kind of joint moves back and forth such as the elbow? A) Pivot joint. B) Gliding joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Hinge joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge joint. 9. A hydrostatic skeleton moves when muscles move ..... in different directions. A) Organs. B) Fluids. C) Brains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fluids. 10. What is the nerve in our back that sends messages to our body? A) Spinal cord. B) Spine. C) Ribs. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 11. The replacement of fetal cartilage is known as A) Osteoblast. B) Osteofication. C) Hemopoiesis. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 12. Where do long bones store excess adipose tissue? A) In the periosteum (lining). B) In the yellow marrow of their cavities. C) In the spaces between trabeculae of spongy tissue. D) In the spaces between osteons of compact tissue. E) In Haversian and perforating canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the yellow marrow of their cavities. 13. Inward curvature of the lumbar section is known as A) Scoliosis. B) Lordosis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lordosis. 14. What is the biggest bone in the human body? A) Skull. B) Spine. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 15. HOW MANY TYPES OF MOVABLE JOINTS ARE PRESENT IN OUR BODY A) THREE. B) TWO. C) FOUR. D) ONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FOUR. 16. The hardest, most dense part of the bone tissue is the A) Spongy bone. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 17. An injury that involves damage to ligaments or tendons A) Sprain. B) Fracture. C) Dislocation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sprain. 18. During early growth development, bones are mostly composed of what? A) Dense fibrous tissue. B) Melanocytes. C) Osteocytes. D) Hyaline cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyaline cartilage. 19. The shoulder blade. A) Cranium. B) Metacarpals. C) Scapula. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 20. How do your number of bones shrink as you grow up? A) Some of your bones fuse together making them one. B) Some of your bone decompose. C) You lose bones when you get hurt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some of your bones fuse together making them one. 21. The name of one of your lower arm bones is A) Humerus. B) Tibula. C) Scapula. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radius. 22. What is the main function of the Flat bones. A) To flatten everything. B) To absorb nutrients. C) To help bone mobility. D) To connect muscles to bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To connect muscles to bones. 23. Your vertebrae is an example of: A) Condylar Joints. B) Cartilaginous Joints. C) Synovial Joints. D) Fibrous Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous Joints. 24. Away from midline A) Proximal. B) Lateral. C) Inferior. D) Midline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lateral. 25. These are examples of smooth muscles, except ..... A) Stomach muscle. B) Intestine muscle. C) Triceps. D) Diaphragm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triceps. 26. You have broken a bone and your body must break down old/damaged bone cells before beginning to produce new ones. This would be accomplished by: A) Osteocytes. B) Canaliculi. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 27. Cord-like tissues that connect the bones in each joint A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 28. What is found at the end of long bones to reduce friction and absorb shock? A) Spongy bone. B) Red marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 29. A fracture that protrudes out of the skin is called: A) Simple. B) Greenstick. C) Compound. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 30. There are how many bones in the adult skeleton? A) Over 300. B) 206. C) 250. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 31. Made of two thin layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone between them A) Flat Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Long Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat Bone. 32. Name the red area, "e" . A) Diaphysis. B) Compact Bone. C) Spongy Bone. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy Bone. 33. What are large, strong, flat bones that protect the organs? A) Flat Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Strong Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat Bones. 34. 17 year old MJ is a long distance runner, and runs at least 8 miles a day, often running 10 miles a day. MJ started noticing foot pain at the base of his fifth metatarsal, and the pain became so severe he could no longer run or walk. MJ went to the doctor and Xray revealed a small fracture in the bone due to overuse. This type of fracture is called a ..... fracture. A) Stress. B) Commintuted. C) Impacted. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress. 35. Bone cell formation is called A) Ossification. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Metabolism. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossification. 36. What is the hard layer of bone? A) Compact Bone. B) Periosteum. C) Spongy Bone. D) Salty Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact Bone. 37. Cartilaginous layer within the long bone epiphysis that grows A) Intramembranous bone. B) Articular cartilage. C) Endochondral bone. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal plate. 38. What is the hard outer covering of a bone called? A) Spongy bone. B) Blood vessels. C) Periosteum. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 39. Bone tissue formation is known as: A) Ossification. B) Calcification. C) Bone remodeling. D) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossification. 40. NOSE AND EARS ARE MADE UP OF A) MUSCLES. B) CARTILAGE. C) FABRIC. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CARTILAGE. 41. The extracellular material of bone is ..... A) Collagen and inorganic salt. B) Fibroblasts and organic pepper. C) Osteoblasts and organic salt. D) Elastic and inorganic salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collagen and inorganic salt. 42. The picture shows anterior view of skull. Name the bone labelledwith '' A" A) Nasal bone. B) Mandible. C) The jaws. D) Zygomatic bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nasal bone. 43. The band of cartilage between the primary and secondary ossification centers in long bones is called the ..... A) Osteoblastic band. B) Calcium disk. C) Periosteal plate. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal plate. 44. Do not fit into other bone classification categories A) Irregular Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular Bone. 45. Your skeleton begins as ..... that is eventually broken down into bone. A) Cartilage. B) Fat. C) Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 46. Bones on the hips A) Pelvic Girdle. B) Shoulder Girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvic Girdle. 47. The process of transforming cartilage into bone A) Osteoid. B) Epiphysis. C) Endochondral ossification. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endochondral ossification. 48. What type of cell resorbs bone tissue A) Osteogenesis. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 49. The name of the bone in red color is ..... A) Clavicle. B) Fibula. C) Ulna. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 50. This is a painful condition where tendons become inflamed or even torn when muscles are overused. A) Myocarditis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Muscular dystrophy. D) Tendonitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendonitis. 51. What is osteoid? A) Cranium. B) Sponge Cake. C) Organic Part of Bone. D) Dirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic Part of Bone. 52. What is hematopoisis? A) Developing RBCs. B) Formed elements. C) Blood cell formation. D) Erythrocyte formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood cell formation. 53. The pelvis and cranium are examples of this A) Irregular Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Long Bone. D) Flat Bone. E) Sesamoid Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat Bone. 54. The number of bones present in the backbone A) 22. B) 12. C) 33. D) 1 single bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 55. The fingers and toes are known as the A) Phalanges. B) Pelvis. C) Femur. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 56. Cells that tear downthe bony matrix. A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 57. There are 14 bones in the facial region and among them only the lower jaw is movable. It enables us to eat and talk. Is it true or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. The ..... is where bone growth occurs. A) Articular cartilage. B) Red marrow. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyseal plate. 59. Cells that dissolve bone tissue A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) Fibroblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 60. Joint allows the bones move freely. A) Fixed (Fibrous Joint). B) Slightly moveable(Cartilaginous Joints). C) Movable (Synovial Joints). D) None of above. 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