This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 181 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 181 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mostly located in the limbs A) Irregular bones. B) Flat bones. C) Short bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long bones. 2. A movable joint that allows movement in one direction only A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 3. Turning the palm of the hand upward A) Supination. B) Pronation. C) Opposition. D) Eversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supination. 4. What are two other words for your ankles AND wrists? A) Metatarsals and Metacarpals. B) Tarsals. C) Tarsals and Carpals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarsals and Carpals. 5. Gomphoses are joints that connect A) Bones of the skull. B) Teeth to the skull. C) Radius and ulna. D) Tibia and fibula. E) Vertebrae of the spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeth to the skull. 6. Blood vessels and nerves supplying a bone are typically found where? A) Haversian canals. B) Lamellae. C) Osteocytes. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haversian canals. 7. The vertebral column belongs to A) The axial skeleton. B) The appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The axial skeleton. 8. Covers the surfaces of bones where they come together to form joints. This tissue helps prevent bones rubbing against bones. A) Endosteum. B) Articular cartilage. C) Periosteum. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage. 9. What connects two bones at a joint? A) Ligaments. B) Tendons. C) Cartilage. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 10. The place where two bones meet is a/an ..... A) Tendon. B) Hinge. C) Ligament. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 11. It is the thick flat and strong bone that protects your head. A) Collarbone. B) Ribcage. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 12. Hematopeiosis is the process of A) Blood cell formation. B) Fracture repair. C) Callus formation. D) Blood clot formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood cell formation. 13. When you turn your head from side to side, you are using this type of joint: A) Hinge. B) Condyloid. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 14. What type of muscle is only found in your heart? A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 15. What type of bone is the Pelvis? A) Flat. B) Short. C) Long. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 16. Wrists, ankles and between the vertebrae ..... joint is found. A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding. 17. What are the principal bone cells that maintain daily cellular activities? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes. 18. ..... are specialized bone cells that build new bone tissue. A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Periosteum. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 19. I am the skull. I enclose/protect the brain. A) Radius. B) Cranium. C) Ribs. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 20. Which one of these is NOT a function of the skeletal system. A) Protection. B) Movement:point of attachment for muscle, ligaments, etc. C) Vitamin D production. D) Stores energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D production. 21. ..... prevents friction between two bone A) Skull. B) Scapula. C) Rib. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 22. Backbone is made up of irregular bones called ..... A) Cranium. B) Patella. C) Vertebrae. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 23. Enables the wrist to rotate with radius A) Radius. B) Arrive. C) Ulna. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulna. 24. Which bone connects the humerus (upper arm) with the clavicle (collar bone)? A) Skin. B) Scapula. C) Sternum. D) Strut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 25. This system allows things to move within the body. A) Circulatory. B) Muscular. C) Vascular. D) Integumentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulatory. 26. What connects each of our bones and gives us mobility? A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) More bones. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 27. Facial caivities that can get infected A) Nasal cavity. B) Paranasal sinuses. C) Orbitals. D) Frontal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paranasal sinuses. 28. Which term means weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle? A) Hemiparesis. B) Hemiplegia. C) Myoparesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myoparesis. 29. ..... is the study of bones. A) Zoology. B) Anatomy. C) Biology. D) Osteology. E) Botany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteology. 30. Which one is a muscle? A) Calf. B) Shoulder. C) Backbone. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calf. 31. What is the human skeleton make out of? A) Bones. B) Nerves. C) Muscles. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 32. Vertebrae, vertebral column A) Chondr/i. B) Myel/o. C) Sons/o. D) Spondyl/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spondyl/o. 33. A human adult has this many bones A) 325. B) 195. C) 206. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 34. What is the only part of our skeleton that we can see without an x-ray? A) Fingers. B) Knee. C) Teeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teeth. 35. What is the number of bones that compose the adult skeleton? A) 205. B) 208. C) 200. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 36. The musse tissue that is founded in the heart is called A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 37. The bone that protect the brain is known as the ..... A) Stirrup. B) Jaw bone. C) Vertebrae. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium. 38. Type of synovial joint that allows back/forth and side/side motion. A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Saddle. D) Ball & socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saddle. 39. THE HOLLOW OF OUR LONG BONES IS FILLED WITH A) CALCIUM. B) BONE MARROW. C) AIR. D) MUSCLES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BONE MARROW. 40. Cartilage from models during bone growth is ossified in all places except the articular cartilage ends and ..... ? A) Yellow cavity. B) Epiphyseal plates. C) Periosteum. D) Cartilage joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal plates. 41. Which body system provides support, protection, and movement for the body? A) Skeletal. B) Circulatory. C) Respiratory. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 42. Synonym for supports? A) Grow. B) Maintain. C) Adjustable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintain. 43. The skeletal system has two divisions:Apical and Appendicular A) True. B) False. C) I don't know . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. Ribs 8, 9, 10 are connected to rib 7 with costal cartilage. These are called: A) False ribs. B) Floating ribs. C) True ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False ribs. 45. All descriptions of the body start with the assumption that the body is in the ..... position. A) Anatomical. B) Directional. C) Supine. D) Physiological. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anatomical. 46. The humerus is also known as the chest bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. Attach Bone to Bone A) Tendon. B) Osteoporosis. C) Arthritis. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligament. 48. Joints allows rotation only A) Hinge Joints. B) Pivot Joints. C) Immovable joints. D) Ball and socket joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot Joints. 49. 2 hip bones joint anteriorly through ..... and posteriorly at sacrum through ..... A) Sacroiliac joint:cervical joint. B) Cervical joint:Pubis symphysis. C) Sacroiliac joint:pubis symphysis. D) Pubis symphysis:sacroiliac joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pubis symphysis:sacroiliac joint. 50. True or false:The bones at all types of joints are able to move. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. Osteoblasts are responsible for bone growth. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. The extracellular matrix of bone is rich in A) Calcium phosphate. B) Potassium manganate. C) Sodium chloride. D) Oxygen nitrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium phosphate. 53. What bone makes up the very back of the skull? A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Dorsal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 54. The U-shaped bone in the neck that supports the tongue also called the Adams apple is the: A) Patella good. B) Hyoid bone. C) Clavicle bone. D) Carpus bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyoid bone. 55. Imagine Benjamin, Ava, and Anika are on a quest to discover the secrets of the human body. They come across a riddle:'What part of long bones makes up most of their length and is composed of compact bone?' Can you help them solve it? A) Yellow marrow. B) Diaphysis. C) Articular cartilage. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 56. What is the biggest muscle in your body? A) Gluteus maximus. B) Biceps. C) Femur. D) Torso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gluteus maximus. 57. Which term means breaking down of muscle tissue? A) Atrophy. B) Myolysis. C) Myomalacia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myolysis. 58. The hindmost bone of the skull is the ..... bone. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Cheeks. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 59. What is the medical term for the kneecap? A) Patella. B) Scapula. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patella. 60. Another name for the lower arm A) Ulna and radius. B) Tarsals and metatarsals. C) Carpals and metacarpals. D) Tibia and fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna and radius. ← 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