This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 184 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 184 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is an inflammatory disease that damages joints and surrounding tissues. A) Arthritis. B) Scoliosis. C) Meningitis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 2. What is an arthrocentesis? A) Fluid filled joint. B) I am so confused right now. C) Fluid withdrawal of a joint. D) Removal of a joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fluid withdrawal of a joint. 3. How many pairs of ribs do you have? A) 12. B) 14. C) None of these. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 4. Skull, ribs, & vertebrae make up the ..... A) Axial skeleton. B) Bones. C) Skeleton. D) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 5. What are examples of a hinge joint? A) Ankle. B) Neck. C) Elbow. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow. 6. A living bone's surface is covered with a tough, tight-fitting membrane called the ..... A) Cartilage. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 7. The bones of the limbs are short A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. The joints of the bones of the skull and pelvis are classified as ..... join. A) Ball-and-socket. B) Gliding. C) Change. D) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immovable. 9. What are the ends of bone called? A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Arteries. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 10. What is not a function of cartilage? A) Provides cushion. B) Calcium stores. C) Provides structure to ears and nose. D) Allows joints to move smoothly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium stores. 11. Which prefix can be added to flex to make another word? A) Sub. B) Dis. C) Ex. D) Re. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re. 12. The bones of the skeletal system (a) A) A supply red and white blood cells. B) Pump blood. C) Digest food. D) Filter waste from the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A supply red and white blood cells. 13. Calcium is ..... that keeps bones ..... A) Mineral, healthy. B) Organ, healthy. C) Cell, strong. D) Mineral, weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mineral, healthy. 14. Articular cartilage is found covering the ends of bones is which type of joints? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 15. Look at this picture carefully. Name the bone on number 4! A) Femur. B) Radius. C) Vertebra. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pelvis. 16. Which of these is good for your bones? A) Calcium. B) Sodium. C) Cholesterol. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 17. Which bones are used to calculate height? A) Coccyx, Pelvis, Radius. B) Skill, Radius, Ribs. C) Ribs, phalanges, metatarsal. D) Femur, Tibia, Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur, Tibia, Radius. 18. The ..... pelvis is wider, shallower, and lighter. A) Male. B) Female. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female. 19. These hold two bones together to help create a joint A) Ligament. B) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 20. There are four types of joints that we talked about in class. They are pivot, gliding ..... A) Scrubbing, and spinning. B) Connective, and cartilage. C) Compact, and spongy. D) Hinge, and ball-and-socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge, and ball-and-socket. 21. Typically longer than they are wide A) Irregular Bone. B) Flat Bone. C) Short Bone. D) Long Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long Bone. 22. Part of the blood that helps to fight infection A) White blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Plasma. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White blood cells. 23. Which are types of bone tissue? A) Minuta and cancellous/spongy. B) Compact and cancellous/spongy. C) Flexible and inflexible. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact and cancellous/spongy. 24. What type of joint is found in the shoulder and hip? A) Ball and Socket. B) Condyloid. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket. 25. The epidermis is made of A) Connective tissue and adipose tissue. B) Connective tissue with blood vessels. C) Does not have blood vessels or nerve cells. D) Consists of a root and shaft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does not have blood vessels or nerve cells. 26. Students often have poor posture while sitting at their computers. Rounded shoulders head forward, and hunchback are symptoms that describe which condition? A) Osteoporosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Lordosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kyphosis. 27. This type of joint, found only in the neck, allows limited rotational movements. A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Ellipsoidal joint. D) Sutural joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint. 28. The bones grow from the diaphysis to the epiphysis A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. To examine and surgically repair a joint with an arthroscope is called: A) Arthomy. B) Laser surgery. C) Arthroscopy. D) Arthrotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthroscopy. 30. Which is the most complex? A) Tissues. B) Cells. C) Systems. D) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systems. 31. Which of the following classification of bones are typically thin, and curved. The ribs, sternum, and scapular are examples of this type of bone. A) Long Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat Bones. 32. Callum plays for the school team. When kicking a ball during extension which is the antagonist? A) Hamstring. B) Quadriceps. C) Obliques. D) Gastrocnemius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamstring. 33. The chest is ..... and ..... to the shoulder. A) "posterior, inferior". B) "posterior, superior". C) "anterior, inferior". D) "anterior, superior". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "anterior, inferior". 34. A baby's ..... is made mostly of cartilage. A) Bone. B) Muscle. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 35. ..... supply bone cells with nutrients. A) Arteries. B) Ligaments. C) Periosteum. D) Veins. E) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries. 36. Our wrist has what type of joint movement? A) Diarthrosis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Assembly. D) Amphiarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diarthrosis. 37. Pivot joints..... A) Are more flexible than ball-and-socket joints. B) Are less flexible than hinge joints. C) Are found in the hip. D) Are found in the neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are found in the neck. 38. Where is the only jointless bone in your body? A) Stomach. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Throat. 39. The intercarpal joints of the wrist are considered what kind of synovial joint? A) Hinge. B) Condylar. C) Plane. D) Saddle. E) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plane. 40. True ribs are..... A) Ribs 8-12. B) Attached via their costal cartilage to the next higher rib. C) Made entirely of bone and thus do not have any cartilage. D) Attached via their costal cartilage directly to the sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attached via their costal cartilage directly to the sternum. 41. Define antagonistic pair A) The contracting muscle. B) Muscles that work together to generate power. C) Muscles that work together to create movement. D) The amount of force exerted per muscular contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles that work together to create movement. 42. The bones of appendages and girdles that connect them with the axial skeleton and provide support and flexibility A) Exoskeleton. B) Axial. C) Endoskeleton. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular. 43. A joint where a ball shaped bone is attached to a cup shaped bone A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joint. 44. The root word for curved, swayback or bent is: A) School. B) Son/daughter. C) Lord/o. D) Spondyl/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord/o. 45. What is the process called when osteoblasts construct new bone tissue? A) Remodeling. B) Formation. C) Resorption. D) Regeneration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formation. 46. What is the name of the type of joint that allows bones to slide forward, backward and sideways? A) Gliding. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) Ball-and-socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gliding. 47. What is the strong bone in the center of your chest that holds your ribs together? A) Sacred. B) Skin. C) Scapula. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 48. Normal wear and tear of articular cartilage breaks it down so bone touches bone A) Osteoporosis. B) Rheumatoid Arthritis. C) Gout. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis. 49. Phalanges, humerus, and femur A) Flat bones. B) Short bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long bones. 50. All the muscles in our body make up the ..... A) Smooth system. B) Coordination system. C) Skeletal system. D) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular system. 51. This system creates red blood cells for our body. A) Skeletal. B) Respiratory. C) Muscular. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 52. Bones are made of a covering of ..... and ..... A) Calcium and phosphorus. B) Iron and Metal. C) Calcium and fiber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and phosphorus. 53. ..... bone is found in high-stress areas. A) Red marrow. B) Cancellous. C) Spongy. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact. 54. What type of joint do you have in your skull? A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Immoveable. D) Regular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immoveable. 55. The adult skeleton is composed of more than 300 bones which are supported by cartilage and ligaments. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 56. THE ELASTIC BAND OF TISSUES THAT JOIN TWO BONES ARE A) LIGAMENTS. B) MUSCLES. C) SKELETAL MUSCLES. D) TENDONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LIGAMENTS. 57. David, Kai, and Priya are playing a game of 'Body Trivia'. They come across a question:Which organ connects muscle to bone to aid in movement? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Bones. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 58. Name the marking based on the description:hole through the bone A) Sinus. B) Foramen. C) Tuberosity. D) Crest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foramen. 59. The human body is an ..... because our bones are inside our body. A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton. 60. What does Articular Cartilage do? A) It covers the ends of the bones to form joints. B) It covers the outside of the bone. C) It sits in-between the bones like a pillow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It covers the ends of the bones to form joints. ← 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