This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 187 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 187 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the type of skeleton humans have. A) Ectoskeleton. B) Exoskeleton. C) Ergoskeleton. D) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endoskeleton. 2. What do we call muscle you cannot consciously control? A) Smooth. B) Voluntary. C) Involuntary. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Involuntary. 3. Hey Mia, Maya, and Grace! Can you guess which one is one of the five distinct features of our amazing skeletal system? A) Calcium is super important for bone health, right?. B) Our skeletal system provides moisture to our body, interesting isn't it?. C) Did you know our body has 206 bones?. D) Our bones make up about 30% of our body weight, isn't that cool?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you know our body has 206 bones?. 4. The flexible, rubbery tissue that helps cushion and protect the ends of bones called ..... ? A) Tendons. B) Knee pads. C) Ligaments. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 5. True or False:Daily exercise is a good way to keep your bones healthy? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. What is an example of a joint? A) A place where you hang out with your friends. B) The space where two pieces of wood are joined together. C) Your knee. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your knee. 7. We can stand straight and walk due to our ..... A) Tissues. B) Muscles. C) Skeleton. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton. 8. You have ..... bones in your body. A) 261. B) 260. C) 216. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 9. Blood cells are made in A) Red bone marrow. B) Compact bone. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow. 10. The ..... covers our bones and muscles. A) Ligaments. B) Skin. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 11. Which cells are responsible for breaking down and resorbing bone tissue? A) Monocytes. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 12. Fibrous dysplasia destroys bone tissue and replaces it with ..... A) New soft tissue. B) Scar-like tissue. C) Abnormal bone tissue. D) Cartilage tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scar-like tissue. 13. The muscle that makes up the heart is called ..... A) Striated. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 14. What type of fracture breaks part of the bone and then the other side is bent? A) Complete Fracture. B) Greenstick Fracture. C) Comminuted Fracture. D) Compound Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenstick Fracture. 15. Which is not a substance found in intercellular substance of cartilage A) Proteoglycan. B) Phosphate. C) Collagen fiber. D) Elastic fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phosphate. 16. What is the scientific name for a bone cell? A) Osteocyte. B) Fibrocyte. C) Fibroblast. D) Chondrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 17. Lower, narrow part of the breastbone A) Clavicle. B) Xiphoid Process. C) Rib. D) Tuberosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Xiphoid Process. 18. After an accident, a person lost his speech and memory. Which part of his brain was affected? A) Cerebrum. B) Reflex action. C) Medulla. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 19. What can bone mineral density (BMD) be used to estimate? A) Risk of fracture. B) Strength of bone. C) Calcium reservoir. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Match the Structures of a Typical Bone:C A) Artery/Vein. B) Lamellae. C) Osteons. D) Endosteum. E) Central Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosteum. 21. The attachment of the LIGAMENT which act as an anchor point is called the origin. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. Joint types, appendicular A) Mostly fixed joints (like suturesin the skull). B) Includes a variety of movable joints like ball-and-socket, pivot, hinge, and gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Includes a variety of movable joints like ball-and-socket, pivot, hinge, and gliding joints. 23. The femur fits into the hip girdle with a ball-and-socket joint and is connected to the lower leg at the knee joint. Is it true or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. This suture separates the frontal bone from the two parietal bones A) Sagittal. B) Lambdoid. C) Coronal. D) Squamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coronal. 25. The ..... skeleton is made up of the bones that serve as the axis of the body ..... the cranium, vertebrae and the rib cage. A) Axial. B) Fibrous. C) Cartilaginous. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 26. Forms part of the elbow joint in the arm A) Ulna. B) Tibia. C) Fibular. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna. 27. True or false:Your bones work with your muscles to help you move. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Which label is the compact bone? A) D. B) A. C) H. D) B. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. 29. Which bone is used to kick a football? A) Femur. B) Metatarsals. C) Patella. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metatarsals. 30. Which of the following is a characteristic of a short bone? A) It is generally going to be flat. B) It is going to be approximately as long as it is wide. C) They are most commonly found in the skull. D) It is the most common type of bone found in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is going to be approximately as long as it is wide. 31. The axial skeletal system is composed of ..... A) Skull, rib cage, and the vertebral column. B) Skull, appendages and phalanges. C) Carpals, tarsals and the pelvic girdle. D) The pelvic and pectoral girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull, rib cage, and the vertebral column. 32. SKULL BONE ON THE FOREHEAD A) FRONTAL. B) PARIETAL. C) TEMPORAL. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FRONTAL. 33. What type of joint is at your hands and feet? A) Hinge. B) Sliding. C) Ball and socket. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sliding. 34. Foods that have a lot of what nutrient are great for keeping our bones healthy? A) Vitamin A. B) Beta Carotene. C) Protein. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 35. In a child, a vitamin D deficiency result in ..... A) Osteosarcoma. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rickets. D) Staph infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rickets. 36. Which cell deposits bone (bone "builders") to the lining of the bone marrow (endosteum)? A) Osteoblast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteogenic cell. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast. 37. The glue-like connections that bind the periosteum to the diaphysis are called A) Endosteum. B) Sharpey's fibers. C) Synovial membranes. D) Epiphyseal plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharpey's fibers. 38. Disease that causes the soft tissues such as tendons to become bone A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteogenesis imperfecta. C) Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. 39. Which type of bone is dense and creates much of the structure of the skeleton? A) Compact bone. B) Periosteum. C) Bone marrow. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 40. What is the job of a hematopoetic cell? A) Create new bone tissue. B) Break down and recycle old bone tissue. C) Living bone cell that performs normal cell functions. D) Creates new blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creates new blood cells. 41. What do the skull, thoracic and pelvic cavity have in common? A) They are all part of the appendicular skeleton. B) They all provide protection of vital organs. C) They all are made up of long bones. D) They all pay a roll in red blood cell formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They all provide protection of vital organs. 42. Which bone is not included in axial skeleton? A) Ribs. B) Phalanges. C) Cranium. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 43. Mia and Ethan are playing a trivia game about the human body. Can you help them identify the two divisions of the skeletal system? A) Axial and appendicular. B) Appendice and axes. C) Axiel and appropriate. D) Angel and frosty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial and appendicular. 44. What is the name of the bone behind your ear A) Mastoid. B) Stapes. C) Tibia. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mastoid. 45. The femur is classified as a ..... bone. A) Short. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 46. One part of the bone slides over another bone. Ex. bones of wrist or ankle. A) Sliding joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Fixed joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sliding joint. 47. The bone mass in the skeleton reaches maximum density around age ..... A) 33. B) 21. C) 15. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 21. 48. The substance found inside some long bones that makes blood cells is called? A) Spongy bone. B) Ligament. C) Marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marrow. 49. What are the connective bands that connect muscles to bones? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 50. What is the spine for? A) To connect your bones. B) For bending. C) For support. D) A &B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A &B. 51. Loss of bone health A) Fracture. B) Injury. C) Disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disease. 52. What is the most solid part of bone WITHOUT visible holes? What is the most solid part of the bone WITHOUT visible holes? A) Articular cartilage. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 53. A Colles' fracture, which is a fracture of the wrist, is associated with osteoporosis. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Choose two body parts made of cartilage A) Nose and ear. B) Neck and nose. C) Ears and knee. D) Shoulder and back bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nose and ear. 55. What is the main goal of treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta? A) Increasing collagen production. B) Preventing fractures. C) Reducing bone density. D) Improving joint flexibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preventing fractures. 56. Which kind of joint is free moving? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 57. A patient's x-ray shows his fibula broken into many fragments. What type of fracture is this? A) Compression Fracture. B) Compound Fracture. C) Comminuted Fracture. D) Simple Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted Fracture. 58. Strips of connective tissues that holds muscle to bone is A) Striated muscle. B) Tendon. C) Ligaments. D) Smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendon. 59. True or False:Cartilage is responsible for producing most of your blood cells and for storing fat. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Ball and ..... joints in the shoulder and hips let the bones move in a circle. A) Socket. B) Chain. C) Hinge. D) Rope. 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