This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 186 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 186 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The wrists are an example of where you can find a ..... joint A) Ball and socket. B) Gliding. C) Immovable. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 2. The rib cage does NOT protect this organ A) Liver. B) Stomach. C) Heart. D) Intestines. E) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stomach. 3. Yellow marrow is composed of A) Beams. B) White blood cells. C) Nerve cells. D) Lipids/fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lipids/fats. 4. A ball and socket joint allows this type of movement A) Circumduction. B) Movement in only one direction (ie. backwards & forwards). C) Rotation. D) A wide range of movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A wide range of movements. 5. Which type of joint is present in the shoulder joint A) Ball and socket joint. B) Gliding joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joint. 6. If you are punched in the jaw, what bone might be injured? A) Patella. B) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandible. 7. The membrane that surrounds the bone and contains nerves and blood vessels is the A) Periosteum. B) Metaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Medullary canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 8. Name "f" (pink) A) Periosteum. B) Compact Bone. C) Spongy Bone. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone. 9. True or false. If we didn't have bones, we would look like a puddle of skin and organs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Name literally means "bone break" A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteogenic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 11. The ..... artery is the main artery that feeds the brain. A) Pulmonary. B) Catatonic. C) Capillary. D) Carotid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carotid. 12. The zygomatic bone is an example of a(n): A) Flat bone. B) Long bone. C) Irregular bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular bone. 13. What is red bone marrow? A) The soft tissue in the bone that makes blood cells. B) The layer of bone that makes the bones lightweight. C) The soft tissue in the bone that makes fat cells. D) The hard dense layer of bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soft tissue in the bone that makes blood cells. 14. Which part of the bone produces blood? A) Red bone marrow. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow. 15. Do bones grow as we age? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 16. What is another name for your shin bone? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Thigh bone. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 17. What is the support system of the body? It includes bones, joints, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments. A) Fuse. B) Skeleton. C) Fracture. D) The skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The skeletal system. 18. Choose the correct answer:Known as the shinbone A) Metacarpals. B) Frontal bone. C) Tibia. D) Phalanges. E) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 19. At joints where movement occurs, the bones surfaces are coasted with smooth, slippery ..... A) Cartliage. B) Ligaments. C) Skeletal system. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartliage. 20. ..... carries pure blood to all parts of the body. A) Arteries. B) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries. 21. Which describes a cartilaginous joint? A) No movement. B) Limited movement. C) Lots of movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limited movement. 22. Which bone tissue has many open spaces between thin plates of compact bone? A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy Bone. 23. ..... is an example of voluntary muscles A) Arms. B) Stomach. C) Lungs. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arms. 24. The skeletal system is a ..... structure that holds the body up and protects the internal organs. A) Spongy tissue. B) Rigid. C) Cartilage. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rigid. 25. ..... is a prefix that means above. A) Syn-. B) Supra-. C) Meta-. D) Intra-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supra-. 26. Which two bones would you find in your lower leg? A) Tibula and Fibia. B) Fibular and Tubular. C) Femur and Tibia. D) Tibia and Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia and Fibula. 27. The joints that are immovable are A) Diarthrosis. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Assembly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assembly. 28. Choose the joint that allows the bone to ROTATE. A) Gliding Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Ball-and-Socket Joint. D) Pivot Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot Joint. 29. Produces most of the body's blood cells. A) Red marrow. B) White marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Black marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red marrow. 30. Where would you find the femur, patella, tibia, and fibula? A) In the back. B) In the leg. C) In the arm. D) In the feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the leg. 31. True or False:Our skin helps to control your body's temperature by sweating when it's too hot and getting goose bumps when it's too cold. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. Which joint allows little to no movement? A) All joints. B) Immovable joints. C) Moveable joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immovable joints. 33. The outside covering of the diaphysis is called the A) Medullary cavity. B) Endosteum. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. E) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Periosteum. 34. What makes your ears and noes? A) Bones. B) Muscles. C) Cartilage. D) Cartilage and Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 35. Which level of organizatin describes a grouping of similar cells? A) Organ system. B) Organelle. C) Tissue. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissue. 36. How long does a Humerus bone take to heal? A) 1 weeks. B) 45 hours. C) 75 days. D) 1 month. E) 12 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 12 weeks. 37. The rounded portion of the humerus that articulates with glenoid cavity of the scapula is the A) Deltoid tuberosity. B) Trochlea. C) Humerus head. D) Radial tuberosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus head. 38. Which muscle type tires quickly? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 39. Surgical fusion of 2 bones to stiffen a joint A) Arthrodesis. B) Osteitis. C) Osteopenia. D) Transplant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthrodesis. 40. The skull is part of A) The axial system. B) The muscular system. C) The upper skeleton. D) The organelle system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The axial system. 41. How many bones are in a hand? A) 42. B) 33. C) 26. D) 27. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 27. 42. The movements at the shoulder during a star jump are ..... A) Flexion and extension. B) Rotation and flexion. C) Abduction and adduction. D) Circumduction and swivel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abduction and adduction. 43. True/False:Only long bones have a diaphysis and an epiphysis. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Backbone is made up of how many bones? A) 22. B) 41. C) 33. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 45. What vitamin helps with homeostasis of the bones? A) Calcium. B) Iron. C) Magnesium. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 46. Another name for the upper arm A) Clavicle. B) Tibia. C) Patella. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 47. Shoulder and hip joints are the examples of ..... A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joint. 48. Scientific name for a collar bone A) Clavicle. B) Cranium/skull. C) Mandible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 49. Fracture that doesn't break through the skin A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 50. Susceptible to damage and breaks A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton. 51. This joint type allows slight movement. A) Osteoporosis. B) Diarthrosis. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphiarthrosis. 52. What is the definition of an articulation (joint)? A) The location where a bone has broken. B) The location where two or more bones meet. C) The location where a bone attaches to muscle. D) The location where a bone grows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The location where two or more bones meet. 53. True Or false:Bones can heal back together when broken. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. .... is the part of the skull that protects your brain and eyes. A) Clavicle. B) Sternum. C) Cranium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 55. The place where two or more bones connect A) Joint. B) Marrow. C) Strain. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 56. Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeletal system?MULTIPLE CHOICE A) The skeletal system provides a frame to support and protect the body and allows the body to move. B) The skeletal system receives information about the body and the environment and responds to that information. C) The skeletal system stores minerals like calcium. D) The skeletal system produces blood cells in the center of some bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The skeletal system receives information about the body and the environment and responds to that information. 57. Articular (joint) Cartilage A) Elastic cartilage. B) Fibrocartilage. C) Hyaline cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage. 58. Articular cartilage is found in what part of the long bone? A) Inside of the medullary cavity. B) On the outer surface of the diaphysis. C) In the spaces of the spongy bone. D) The outer surface of the epiphyses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The outer surface of the epiphyses. 59. Which main joint are found on the cranial sutures? A) Synovial Joint. B) Cartilaginous Joint. C) Fibrous Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrous Joint. 60. How many bones are in the thoracic region of the vertebrae? A) 4. B) 12. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. ← 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