This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The skeletal system which provides the framework of the body is made up of bones? A) Ligaments and tendons. B) Joints. C) Cartilages. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Muscles are attached to the ..... They together help in the movement of our body. A) Spinal cord. B) Organs. C) Lungs. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 3. Rickets can be caused by a deficiency of this vitamin that is needed to absorb calcium into the bloodstream. A) Vitamin D. B) Vitamin C. C) Vitamin E. D) Vitamin A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vitamin D. 4. The neurotransmitter that signals muscle contraction is ..... A) Ach (acetylcholine). B) Actin. C) Myosin. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ach (acetylcholine). 5. What are the two most important minerals bones are made up of? A) Iron and Zinc. B) Manganese and Magnesium. C) Sodium and Sulfates. D) Calcium and Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and Phosphorus. 6. Which function of the skeletal system would be especially important if you were in a car accident? A) Facilitation of movement. B) Protection of internal organs. C) Fat storage. D) Storage of minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection of internal organs. 7. What is the definition of diaphysis? A) A tubular shaft that runs between the proximal and distal ends of a long bone. B) A wide section at each end of a long bone filled with spongy bone and red marrow. C) A thin and curved bone that serves as a point of attachment for muscles and protects internal organs. D) A broken bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tubular shaft that runs between the proximal and distal ends of a long bone. 8. What creates the blood cells? A) Heart. B) Muscles. C) Veins. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 9. What holds bones together at a joint? A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 10. The biggest, strongest, longest bone in our body is A) Your jaw. B) Your thigh bone (Femur). C) Your Skull. D) Your Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your thigh bone (Femur). 11. What is one True statement about the muscular system? A) The cardiac muscle:involuntary muscle (ex. moves food through the digestive tract ). B) The smooth muscle:pumps heart (only found in heart). C) The skeletal muscle:movement of the body (ex. Muscles in your arms and legs). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The skeletal muscle:movement of the body (ex. Muscles in your arms and legs). 12. What structures lines the medullary cavity? A) Periosteum. B) Endosteum. C) Articular cartilage. D) Yellow marrow. E) Compact bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endosteum. 13. What type of bone is the Humerus (Arm)? A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 14. The skeleton provides a rigid framework that supports the body and protects the internal organs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. Flat bone in the middle of your chest. A) Clavicle. B) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 16. What are the three types of joints in the skeletal system? A) Muscular joints, ligamentous joints, and tendinous joints. B) Fibrous joints, cartilaginous joints, and synovial joints. C) Hinge joints, pivot joints, and ball-and-socket joints. D) Suture joints, symphysis joints, and gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge joints, pivot joints, and ball-and-socket joints. 17. Which term means an attempt to return the affected bone to its normal alignment by manually applied forces? A) Immobilization. B) Closed reduction. C) Traction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed reduction. 18. Who has more bones? A) Child. B) Adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child. 19. The smallest unit of all organisms are ..... A) Cells. B) Tissues. C) Organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cells. 20. Which of the following are parts of the appendicular skeleton? A) Skull. B) Rib. C) Humerus. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 21. What is the purpose of the spongy part of a bone? A) It's used to wash dishes. B) It prevents the bone from breaking easily. C) It gives you strength. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It prevents the bone from breaking easily. 22. Symptoms:Loss of Bone Density due to greater 'reabsorption' than rebuilding. A) Ricketts. B) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Osteoporosis. E) Achondroplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 23. Cartilage is different from bone in what way? A) Cartilage is smaller than bone. B) Bone is soft and flexible, whereas Cartilage is rigid and inflexible. C) Cartilage is soft and flexible, whereas bone is rigid and inflexible. D) There is no difference between bone and cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage is soft and flexible, whereas bone is rigid and inflexible. 24. The disorder in the skeletal system which leads to paralysis in children is ..... A) Osteoporosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Rheumatism. D) Polio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polio. 25. Which part of the bone makes blood cells? A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Periosteum. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 26. A type of arthritis cause by the formation of uric acid crystals especially in the big toe. A) Gout. B) Rheumatoid. C) Osteo. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gout. 27. True or False:As you age you develop more Yellow Bone Marrow A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. The strongest bone in the human body is the ..... A) Tibia. B) Skull. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 29. The name of the stem cell LINING of the medullary cavity A) Compact bone. B) Endosteum. C) Spongy bone. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endosteum. 30. What does the word 'function' mean when dealing with systems? A) Job of a system. B) Name of a system. C) Shape of a system. D) Parts of a system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Job of a system. 31. What is the function of an osteoclast? A) Removal of old bone. B) Formation of new bone tissue. C) Providing structure. D) Transport of blood an minderals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Removal of old bone. 32. Which of these bones is not found in the arm? A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 33. What joint allows only hinge like movements in forward and backward directions? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 34. What is the first stage of bone growth and repair? A) Bone Generation. B) Bone Remodeling. C) Bony Callus Formation. D) Hematoma Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hematoma Formation. 35. A band-like tissue that connects muscles to bone A) Tendon. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Elastic Band. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 36. What is the name of where 2 or more bones meet? A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 37. What are osteoclasts? A) Osteoclasts are cells that produce red blood cells. B) Break down of bone cells. C) Osteoclasts are cells that store fat in the body. D) Osteoclasts are cells that build up bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break down of bone cells. 38. The two bones in your lower leg are called what? A) Radius and Ulna. B) Tibia and Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia and Fibula. 39. Vertebrae are examples of ..... A) Synovial joints (freely movable). B) Cartilaginous joints (slightly movable). C) Fibrous joints (immovable). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous joints (slightly movable). 40. Bones that are the same width as length found in carpls A) Sesamoid. B) Long. C) Short. D) Flat. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short. 41. Only thick filaments present A) Z disc. B) H zone. C) M line. D) Sarcomere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H zone. 42. What do teeth and bones need to stay strong? A) A good workout plan. B) Water. C) Calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 43. What is the speed of light A) 3 into 10 in power of 8 m/s. B) 2 into 12 in power of 13 k/m. C) 1 into 13 in power of 5 m/s. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 into 10 in power of 8 m/s. 44. I am an interconnected system that makes a body function properly. What am I? A) A lot of bodies. B) Human body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human body. 45. The epiphysis is made of A) Compact bone. B) A large hole. C) Periosteum. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 46. This part of the skeletal system has over half of all the bones in the body A) Appendage. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) Hands and feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular. 47. Turning the head is example of a ..... joint. A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot Joint. 48. A diarthrotic joint is A) Movable. B) Slightly movable. C) Not very movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movable. 49. Which one of the following is the primary function of sesamoid bones? A) Absorb impact forces and protect tendons as they flex. B) Protection and attachment sites for muscles. C) Act as levers for muscles and to provide support. D) Provides shock absorption, flexibility, elasticity and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb impact forces and protect tendons as they flex. 50. Articular cartilage forms the joint surface on what part of the long bone? A) Marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 51. There are 3 kinds of bone:compact, spongy, and ..... A) Marrow. B) Tendon. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 52. Skeletal muscles make..... movements. A) Voluntary. B) Fast. C) Slow. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 53. Cavity containing marrow within the diaphysis of a long bone A) Diaphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Epiphysis. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medullary cavity. 54. Joint allows bones to rotate (side to side, up todown, back to in front). A) HINGE JOINTS. B) BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT. C) SADDLE JOINT. D) PIVOT JOINT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PIVOT JOINT. 55. Which statement best describes yellow bone marrow? A) Contains large amounts of fat cells. B) Helps in the production of red blood cells. C) Adds weight to the bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains large amounts of fat cells. 56. Ribs are used to protect ..... A) Liver. B) Face. C) Brain. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart. 57. Which type of joint is where one rounded end of a bone fits into another? A) Immovable. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) Hinge. E) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket. 58. What does the ribcage protect? A) Heart and lungs. B) Kidneys. C) Appendix. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart and lungs. 59. Which of the following is a neuromuscular blocking agent? A) Pancuronium. B) Carisoprodol. C) Methocarbamol. D) Allopurinol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pancuronium. 60. What type of muscle is voluntary? A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) Bone Tissue. 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