This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 180 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 180 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... protects the heart A) Backbone. B) Limbs. C) Skull. D) Ribcage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribcage. 2. The shortening of a muscle during contraction A) Concentric Contraction. B) Isometric Contraction. C) Isokinetic Contraction. D) Eccentric Contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentric Contraction. 3. Cell responsible for synthesizing new bones. A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 4. Also known as the articular discs or capsules. It encloses the joint cavity of a synovial joint. A) Epiphyseal plate. B) Meniscus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meniscus. 5. Responsible for repair and storage of calcium salts and other minerals A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteon. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 6. What is produced inside of your bones? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Lactic acid. D) Blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood cells. 7. An example of the feline skeletal system. A) Pelvis. B) Heart. C) Liver. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 8. What is this useful for, Aanya, Dia, and Eshaan? A) Seeing. B) Tasting. C) Talking. D) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeing. 9. ..... forms the main trunk of the body and is composed of the skull, spinal column, ribs, and breastbone A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. C) Parietal skeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 10. Healthy diet and exercise can help our bones grow. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. How does sweat on the skin help the body? A) Sweat feeds the skin. B) Sweat stops sunburn. C) Sweat heals cuts. D) Sweat cools the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweat cools the body. 12. Inflammation of a joint A) Osteoporosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Arthritis. D) Tendonitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthritis. 13. Break along the long axis of a bone A) Irregular bone. B) Fissure fracture. C) Greenstick fracture. D) Compound fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fissure fracture. 14. Which characteristic is NOT associated with spongy bone? A) Honeycomb structure. B) Makes bones heavy. C) Relatively porous. D) Provides a space for red bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes bones heavy. 15. Why are bones able to heal themselves after a fracture? A) Bones are always growing longer. B) Bones are alive. C) Bones create blood cells. D) Bones are thick and strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones are alive. 16. What is the job of moveable joints? A) They allow the body to move. B) They allow the body sleep. C) They allow the body to breath. D) They allow the body to digest food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They allow the body to move. 17. A greenstick fracture is when ..... A) Bone is splintered into many pieces. B) The bone is splintered. C) Bone breaks skin. D) Bone is broken, but skin isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bone is splintered. 18. How many bones are in the human ear? A) None. B) 1. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 19. Groups of hollow tubes that make up osteons and are filled with tiny salts and collagen fibers to help the bone resist torsion stress A) Central canal (Haversian canal). B) Beams. C) Lacunae. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamellae. 20. Which type of inflammatory condition is caused by inflammation of tendon sheaths? A) Bruise. B) Bursitis. C) Arthritis. D) Tendinitis. E) Canulitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendinitis. 21. Which of the following is the best example of where you might find an immovable joint? A) Knee. B) Spine. C) Wrist. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 22. There are ..... bones in our hand & wrists A) 27. B) 18. C) 20. D) 69. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 27. 23. Osteoblasts' function is to ..... A) Signal to osteocytes when to secrete more bone matrix. B) Secrete bone matrix. C) Break down old bone matrix. D) Mature into osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secrete bone matrix. 24. What type of joint is the vertebra? A) Saddle. B) Ball and socket. C) Condyloid. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding. 25. Your collarbone is also called the A) Femur. B) Clavicle. C) Vertebrae. D) Radius and ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 26. A disease called arthritis occurs when the cartilage between joints wears away. What can you infer about arthritis? A) It reduces joints' range of motion. B) It causes joints to dislocate easily. C) It prevents joints from moving smoothly. D) It causes bones to become more brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It prevents joints from moving smoothly. 27. Which body system consists of skin, hair and nails? A) Skeletal System. B) Integumentary System. C) Muscular System. D) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integumentary System. 28. When multiple myofibrils are grouped together they make? A) Muscle Fibers. B) Myofibrils. C) Sarcomere. D) Fascicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle Fibers. 29. An amphiarthrotic joint is A) Movable. B) Slightly movable. C) Not very movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slightly movable. 30. Bones are held in place at joints by a tough band of tissue called a ..... A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Periosteum. D) Pepsin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 31. Which system does the bone take place in? A) Circulatory system. B) Skeletal system. C) Digestive system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system. 32. What does CODIS Stand for? A) Covert DNA Index System. B) Combined DNA Index System. C) Combined DNA Information System. D) Contribution DNA Index System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Combined DNA Index System. 33. If you move from a sitting position, what type of joint movement occurs at the knee? A) Standing. B) Open/compound. C) Extension. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extension. 34. The direction toward the midline of the body is called: A) Medial. B) Deep. C) Inferior. D) Lateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medial. 35. What is the last bone to grow? A) Phalanges. B) Skull. C) Femur. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle. 36. In contraction, skeletal muscle ..... on bones to cause movement A) Pull or push (it depends on directionality). B) Pull or push (it depends on location). C) Pull. D) Push. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pull. 37. The long, slender bones that span the length of the palm are the A) Tarsals. B) Phalanges. C) Carpals. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metacarpals. 38. What are the three muscle type? A) Skeletal, Cardiac, Fibre. B) Fibre, Smooth, Skeletal. C) Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac. 39. Long bones surround vital organs in order to protect them. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. A ball and socket joint occurs between which two structures? A) Radius and ulna. B) Patella and femur. C) Ilium and femur. D) Lumbar vertebra and sacrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ilium and femur. 41. Bone density testing A) BD. B) BDT. C) DT. D) BT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BDT. 42. Which of the following factors does NOT affect range of motion for joint movements? A) Strength and tension of the joint ligaments. B) Contact of soft parts. C) Hormones. D) Structure of non-articulating bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structure of non-articulating bones. 43. Where is the skeletal muscle found?Where is the skeletal muscle found? A) HeartCorazon. B) Inside hollow organs. C) Attached to bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attached to bones. 44. What bone helps with supporting posture? A) Skull. B) Spine. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spine. 45. A doctor who studies skin and skin disorders is called a ..... A) Skinocologist. B) Dermatologist. C) Derma doctor. D) Skinician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dermatologist. 46. The term for crooked, bent or stiff is A) Arthr/o. B) Cost/o. C) Ankyl/o. D) Sons/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankyl/o. 47. The carpals and tarsals are considered which classification of bone shape? A) Irregular bones. B) Flat bones. C) Long bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short bones. 48. Correcting a fracture by realigning the bone fragments A) Reduction. B) Arthroscopy. C) Traction. D) Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduction. 49. Human body consists of ..... number of bones. A) 202. B) 204. C) 208. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 50. What is the movement called when the joint moves in a cone shape? A) Flexion. B) Extension. C) Rotation. D) Circumduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circumduction. 51. There are 4 types of bone shapes, including: A) Long, short, flat, irregular. B) Big, small, flat, irregular. C) Long, short, fat, irregular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long, short, flat, irregular. 52. Upper and lower limb parts A) Leg and arm. B) Tarsals. C) Carpals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leg and arm. 53. Does hormones affect in bone remodeling process? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 54. What is the longest, strongest bone in the body? A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Radius. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 55. Which bone would be included in the appendicular skeleton? A) The Skull. B) The sternum. C) The Coxa. D) The ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Coxa. 56. Bones are classified according to their A) Color. B) Size. C) Shape. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shape. 57. It is the largest, heaviest & strongest bone of the body A) Clavicle. B) Ankle Bone. C) Scapula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 58. Small tunnels in bone matrix that connect osteocytes for nutrient transport. A) Canaliculi. B) Lamellae. C) Central canals. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canaliculi. 59. Antipyretic means what? A) Against being crooked. B) Against pain. C) Something that would reduce fever. D) Against inflammation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that would reduce fever. 60. Fill in the blank:Bone growth occurs when ..... is replaced by bone. A) Cartilage. B) Calcium. C) Marrow. D) Air. 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