This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 185 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 185 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where are short bones primarily located in the human body? A) Skull. B) Wrist and ankle joints. C) Spine. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist and ankle joints. 2. What bone are your ribs connected to in the FRONT of your body? A) Humerus. B) Sternum. C) Cranium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 3. Which bones make up your toes? A) Humerus. B) Phalanges. C) Patella. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 4. Which body part acts as the fulcrums of levers? A) Lungs. B) Brain. C) Kidneys. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 5. Which of the following describe the names of bones that make up the pectoral girdle? A) Scapula, clavicle, and sternum. B) Coal bones and leg. C) Radius, ulna, and carpels. D) Cranium, scapula, and vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula, clavicle, and sternum. 6. This type of bone has many empty spaces and protects the deepest layer of bone A) Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. C) Bone Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy Bone. 7. An ..... fracture is one where the bone penetrates the skin. A) Open. B) Closed. C) Comminuted. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open. 8. Which type of bone tissue has lamella? A) Flexible. B) Compact. C) Spongy. D) Rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 9. Spinal deformity that causes the hunchback appearance: A) Scoliosis. B) Lordosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Spina bifida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis. 10. There are 8 ..... bones in the wrist. A) Carpal. B) Metacarpal. C) Metatarsal. D) Tarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpal. 11. What connects bones to bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Bone. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 12. The prefix dia means A) Outside. B) Around. C) Through. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through. 13. 2 MAIN BONES OF THE PECTORAL GIRDLE A) STERNUM & RIBS. B) CLAVICLE & SCAPULA. C) STERNUM & CLAVICLE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CLAVICLE & SCAPULA. 14. What was Elvis famous for shaking? A) Pipes. B) Clavicles. C) Pelvis. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 15. Large, rounded, roughened projection A) Tubercle. B) Notch. C) Trochanter. D) Tuberosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuberosity. 16. The ends of a bone are called A) Osteoblasts. B) Diaphyses. C) Epiphyses. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyses. 17. Loss of bone mass which makes bones brittle and easier to fracture ..... A) Scoliosis. B) Osteomyelitis. C) Rickets. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 18. The cranium bones protect the A) Brain. B) Facial feature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 19. What does red bone marrow make A) Red Blood Cells. B) Fat. C) New Cells. D) Red Blood Cells and some White Blood Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Blood Cells and some White Blood Cells. 20. A baby born with 300 bones when grows into an adult have ..... bones? A) 200. B) 206. C) 210. D) 260. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 21. What is the name of J on the skeleton in the front of the classroom? A) The parietal. B) The temporal. C) The occipital. D) The frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The frontal. 22. The skeletal system ..... muscles to your bones for movement A) Structure. B) Glues. C) Supports. D) Anchors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anchors. 23. A ..... is where two or more bones come together and allow for movement. A) Compact bone. B) Joint. C) Spongy bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 24. The ankle is a ..... bone. A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short. 25. Weakest and softest bone in the body? A) Femur. B) Shoulder bone. C) Ribcage. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle. 26. This part of bones made by lots of spongy bone ..... A) Bone marrow. B) Stem cells. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 27. The realignment of broken bone ends is called: A) Remodeling. B) Repositioning. C) Setting the bone. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduction. 28. What are the different functions of the bone? A) Mineral storage and hematopoiesis. B) Support, blood cell formation, and mineral storage. C) Bone cell formation and mineral storage. D) Support, hematopoiesis, and blood cell formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support, blood cell formation, and mineral storage. 29. Not all of the bones in the rib cage are connected to the sternum. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 30. Physician that uses manipilation techniques and traditional medicine A) Chiropractor. B) Osteopath. C) Neurologist. D) Family physician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteopath. 31. What is bone 2? b A) A Tibia. B) B Patella. C) D Phalanges. D) C Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Patella. 32. Another term for joint is A) Articulation. B) Articular cartilage. C) Capsule. D) Symphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulation. 33. Are bones the hardest substance in the human body? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 34. How many layers of bone is there? A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 35. ..... attach bone to muscle. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Muscle. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 36. What your bones store to help your nerves and muscles work properly. A) Chemicals. B) Stones. C) Minerals. D) Vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerals. 37. A thin layer that covers the epiphysis to absorb shock where two bones meet to form a joint. A) Periosteum. B) Articular cartilage. C) Endosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage. 38. What does the term 'centesis' mean? A) Softening. B) Surgical removal. C) Inflammation. D) Surgical puncture to remove fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surgical puncture to remove fluid. 39. Which one is NOT a muscle tissue? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact. 40. The name for the matrix rings around the central canal of an osteon. A) Lamellae. B) Canailculi. C) Lacunae. D) Blackburn's canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamellae. 41. Concentric rings made up of groups of hollow tubes of bone matrix A) Lamellae. B) Process. C) Canaliculi. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamellae. 42. What bone makes the forehead? A) Coronal. B) Maxilla. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal. 43. Which synovial joint allows for rotation only? A) Pivot. B) Ball and Socket. C) Gliding. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot. 44. All of these hormones promote production or growth of bone tissue EXCEPT ..... A) Parathyroid hormone. B) Growth hormone. C) Thyroxine. D) Calcitonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parathyroid hormone. 45. Which tissue type sends signals to and from the brain? A) Epithelial. B) Muscle. C) Connective. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 46. Correct order of bone remodeling A) Reversal, resorption, formation. B) Resorption, reversal, formation. C) Reversal, formation, resorption. D) Reversal, formation, resorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resorption, reversal, formation. 47. Blood cells are created in what part of the bone? A) Compact Bone. B) Red marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red marrow. 48. All ribs are connected to the spine. They are held in place by the ..... vertebrae so they stay strong and secure. A) Sacred. B) Sternum. C) Scapula. D) Thoracic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoracic. 49. Which of the following is found in the axial skeleton? A) Skull. B) Femur. C) Humerus. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 50. How many bones makes up the Axial skeleton? A) 80. B) 126. C) 206. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80. 51. Which describes where two bones meet? A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 52. What color are the maxillary sinus? c A) A BLUE. B) B RED. C) C GREEN. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C GREEN. 53. ..... is the long shaft of a bone A) Endosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 54. This type of bone marking allows for attachments of muscles, tendons, and ligaments: A) Process. B) Articulation. C) Opening. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process. 55. The center of a bone is called the ..... A) Middle. B) Solid substance. C) Hollow and spongy. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 56. The ..... represent small passageways in bone tissue that directly supply nutrients to the osteocytes. A) Osteon. B) Lamellae. C) Canaliculi. D) Central canal (Haversian canal). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canaliculi. 57. What does yellow bone marrow do? A) Makes blood. B) Stores fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stores fat. 58. Occurs when too much pressure is put on a joint and the nearby bones and ligament A) Rickets. B) Fracture. C) Dislocation. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprain. 59. The hips and shoulders contain this type of joint A) Trunk and Branch. B) Cat and Mouse. C) Stick and Ball. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and Socket. 60. What are the bones that are located in the heel of the foot and bear the weight of the body as the heel bones hit the ground? A) Tarsals. B) Vertebrae. C) Carpals. D) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsals. ← 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