This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 178 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 178 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a exoskeleton? A) A exoskeleton is a skeleton inside your body. B) A skeleton outside your body. C) A skeleton only in humans. D) No skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A skeleton outside your body. 2. Which of these planes is horizontal and divides the body into a top half and bottom half? A) "Transverse". B) "Midsagittal". C) "Frontal". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Transverse". 3. The thumb is an example of this joint that allows movement in all directions A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saddle. 4. Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the human body that lieshorizontally. A) Ribs. B) Clavicle. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 5. Based on the identifying key. Which animals do not have feathers? A) Birds, mammals and reptiles. B) Reptiles, fish and amphibians. C) Reptile, birds and amphibians. D) Mammals, birds and fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reptiles, fish and amphibians. 6. Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and function A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Articulation which is immovable. Examples include the sutures of the skull. A) You got it together. B) Diarthroses. C) Amphiarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You got it together. 8. What is an exercise that would strengthen skeletal muscles? A) Push-ups. B) Math games. C) NBA 2k. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push-ups. 9. Do your bones store fat cells? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. How many carpal bones form the wrist? A) 16. B) 8. C) 12. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 11. Where would you find your ulna? A) Upper arm. B) Upper leg. C) Lower arm. D) Lower leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lower arm. 12. A long and flat bone in the centre of the chest A) Humerus. B) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 13. Which curvature of the spine makes the upper back appear hunched over? A) Lordosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Scoliosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kyphosis. 14. A condition that affects the bone remodeling process A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteonecrosis. C) Paget's disease. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paget's disease. 15. Which is not an example of involuntary muscle? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 16. This muscle is a two headed muscle that is located on the upper arm between the shoulder and elbow A) Tricep. B) Bicep. C) Calve. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bicep. 17. Muscles that you CAN control. A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. 18. The tibia is the ..... bone in your ..... A) Small, arm. B) Large, arm. C) Small, leg. D) Large, leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large, leg. 19. Bile is made in the ..... ? A) Liver. B) Large intestine. C) Stomach. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liver. 20. The radius is ..... to the ulna. A) Superior. B) Lateral. C) Medial. D) Anterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lateral. 21. Which of the following means "one of the bones that make up the backbone?" A) Skull. B) Patella. C) Skeleton. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebra. 22. The Skull is separated from the ..... A) Jaw. B) Humerus. C) Fibula. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jaw. 23. What bones make up the shoulder girdle? A) Scapula and Clavicle. B) Tibia and Fibula. C) Carpal and Metacarpal. D) Deltoid and Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula and Clavicle. 24. Where does digestion begin in the body? A) Mouth. B) Trachea. C) Esophagus. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mouth. 25. What are the shoulder bones called? A) Scapula. B) Humerus. C) Sternum. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 26. ..... is the spongy inner layer of a bone. A) Marrow. B) Blood cells. C) Calcium. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 27. What is the strongest bone in you body? A) Teeth. B) Humerus. C) Trapezium. D) Stirrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teeth. 28. ..... form new bone and ..... break down bone tissue. A) Osteoclasts, osteoblasts. B) Osteoblasts, osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts, osteocytes. D) Osteocytes, osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts, osteoclasts. 29. Why do we need our bones? A) Because if not we can't digest food. B) Because if not we would have no structure and be a pile of skin. C) Because then we wouldn't have bones to break. D) Because then we wouldn't be able to breath properly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because if not we would have no structure and be a pile of skin. 30. The bones that form the wrist are the: A) Tarsals. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals. 31. Which part of the skeleton system has 126 bones A) Feet. B) Ribs. C) Appendicular. D) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular. 32. Smooth muscles are A) Only found in the heart. B) Example:liver, stomach, kidneys, small and large intestines. C) Example:your biceps in your arms, when you lift an item. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Example:liver, stomach, kidneys, small and large intestines. 33. What are sprains? A) Involves damage to the ligaments that hold the joints together. B) Is a type of bone fracture. C) Occurs when the muscles are overused. D) Involves damage to the tendons that connect muscles to bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involves damage to the ligaments that hold the joints together. 34. The hard outer coating of a bone. A) Diaphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) Spongy bonne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 35. What is your collar bone called A) Collar Bone. B) Clavicle. C) Ribs. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 36. Red blood cells are made inside of our bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. This bone is in the lower arm and connects the elbow to the wrist A) Radius. B) Humerus. C) Ulna. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 38. An exaggerated anterior or inward curve of the lumbar spine is known as: A) Osteoporosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Lordosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lordosis. 39. The hard layer of bone directly under the outer membrane is called A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Cartilage. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 40. What is the area towards the end of our long bones that tell us we have STOPPED growing referred to as? A) Epiphysis. B) Epiphyseal line. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal line. 41. Bones in the foot where the toes attach A) Calcaneus. B) Metatarsals. C) Phalanges. D) Coronoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metatarsals. 42. The cell responsible for secreting the matrix of bone is the: A) Stem cell. B) Chondrocyte. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 43. True or False:All joints are movable. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. Identify the involuntary muscle that is only found in the heart and is resistant to fatigue (does not get tired). A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 45. What is the central support of the human body? A) Cranium. B) Ribcage. C) Spinal column. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal column. 46. What important minerals are stored in the bones? A) Iron and phosphorous. B) Fluoride and iodine. C) Calcium and phosphorus. D) Zinc and vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphorus. 47. There are 6 types of joints, which one of the following is NOT a type of joint? A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Smooth. D) Immovable joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 48. What is the function of the cranium (skull)? A) Protect the brain. B) Protect the lungs. C) Protect the heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect the brain. 49. Which type of fracture occurs when the bone is protruding out of the skin? A) Compression. B) Stress. C) Closed. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 50. Why might it be necessary to see a specialist for tarter and not for plaque? A) Tarter is hardened and calcified so it may be more difficult to remove. B) Tarter is soft and gummy and hard to remove with a toothbrush. C) Plaque is brittle and will chip away easily. D) Your teeth need the stress of plaque in order to grow properly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarter is hardened and calcified so it may be more difficult to remove. 51. Bones with a diaphysis and epiphysis are classified as A) Long bones. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. E) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bones. 52. This muscle cannot be consciously controlled. A) Bones. B) Voluntary. C) Involuntary. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Involuntary. 53. Which best describes how the muscular system impacts movement of the human body? A) When a muscle expands, it pulls on the bone it is connected to and the bone moves. B) When a muscle contracts, it pulls on the bone it is connected to and the bone moves. C) When a muscle contracts, it pushes on the bone it is connected to and the bone moves. D) When a muscle expands, it pushes on the bone jit is connected to and the bone moves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When a muscle contracts, it pulls on the bone it is connected to and the bone moves. 54. How many bones make up the average human skeleton? A) 356. B) 256. C) 206. D) 306. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 55. Which of the following bones protect the lungs? A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Ribs. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 56. The cranium is the correct name for the? A) Jaw. B) Hinge joint. C) Elbow. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 57. Humans are made of many cells, or ..... A) Multicellular. B) Unicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multicellular. 58. Bringing appendage closer to the midline A) Adduction. B) Abduction. C) Circumduction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adduction. 59. True or false:There are 206 bones in the body, and more than half of these are in your hands and feet. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. What part of skeletal muscle attaches to the bone that moves when a muscle contracts? A) Origin. B) Body. C) Insertion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insertion. ← 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