This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many joint types do we have? A) 4. B) 1. C) 10. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 2. During inhalation, the rib cage ..... A) Expands. B) Compresses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expands. 3. Which bone is referred to as the Shoulder Blade ..... A) Sternum. B) Scapular. C) Radius. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapular. 4. Where is the smallest bone in the body A) Ear. B) Arm. C) Back. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 5. Bone that protects your brain. A) Skull. B) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 6. What will happen if human did not have skeleton system? A) We will get sick easily. B) We can't see clearly. C) We will not be able to move and stand properly. D) We will not be able to protect our kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will not be able to move and stand properly. 7. Provide rigidity, shape and supports the weight of muscles and organs. A) Structure. B) Storage. C) Protection. D) Blood Cell Production. E) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structure. 8. Also known as backbone, it protects the spinal cord and keeps us upright. A) Rib cage. B) Spinal column. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal column. 9. How many different bone types are there? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 10. Who has 450 bones? A) Baby. B) Adult. C) Both have the same. D) Neither have bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baby. 11. What part of bones produce blood cells? A) Compact Bone. B) Epiphysis. C) Red Bone Marrow. D) Yellow Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Bone Marrow. 12. A function of the skeletal system is (a) A) Sweat. B) Communication. C) Exocrine duct pathways. D) A protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A protection. 13. This type of bone tissue is arranged in a lattice like form and has a porous appearance. A) Compact. B) Spongy. C) Long bone. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 14. ..... produces the flat bones of the skull and most of the clavicle. Made from flat fibers that ossify. A) Intramembranous ossification. B) Epiphyseal plate. C) Endochondral ossification. D) Bone. E) Dermatocranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intramembranous ossification. 15. How many muscles in the human body? A) 640. B) 206. C) 260. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 640. 16. What do you call an organ system that protects the internal organ of the body? A) Bones. B) Skeleton. C) Skeletal System. D) Joints and muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal System. 17. Bones of the palm of the hand A) Carpals. B) Phlanges. C) A dish. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metacarpals. 18. Connects our bones? A) Joints. B) Muscles. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 19. If the bone doesn't have any visible open spaces it's called A) Brain. B) Muscles. C) Bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 20. Cerebellum is at the A) Back of the brain. B) Front of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Back of the brain. 21. In the knee, which joint is there? A) Gliding. B) Pivot. C) Ball-and-Socket. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 22. Bone that forms from cartilage and it includes all bones except the mandibles, clavicles and the skull. This is the most common type of bone. A) Intramembranous bone. B) Endochondral bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endochondral bone. 23. A strong but flexible material found in some parts of the body A) Spinal Column. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 24. Ligaments connect bones to other bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 25. It is located between the teeth and the mandible or maxilla are called ..... and are also immovable? A) Suture. B) Gomphosis. C) Synarthroses. D) None of the Choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gomphosis. 26. How many bones is the skeletal system made up of? A) 206. B) 215. C) 205. D) 211. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 27. What is the function of the pelvic girdle? A) To form the shoulder girdle. B) To protect the spinal cord. C) To attach the leg bones. D) To produce blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To attach the leg bones. 28. Which vitamin is necessary for proper absorption of calcium by the bones? A) Vitamin C. B) Vitamin K. C) Vitamin A. D) Vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vitamin D. 29. It is an Organ System that protects the internal organs of the body. A) Bones. B) Skeleton. C) Skeletal System. D) Muscles and Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal System. 30. Soft connective tissue found in the spaces in bones A) Osteon. B) Marrow. C) Osteocyte. D) Beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 31. Spongy bones are made up of a framework called: A) Osseous lamellae. B) Beams. C) Lamellar bone. D) Osteons. E) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 32. True or False, are there 206 bones in the human body? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. The muscular system helps the skeletal system ..... A) Protect major organs. B) Avoid breakage. C) Stay strong. D) Move around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move around. 34. Which one of the following bones is not part of the Axial Skeleton? A) Ulna. B) Vertebrae. C) Ribs. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna. 35. The root word tenden/o means what? A) Muscle. B) Ligament. C) Bone. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendon. 36. Which of the following best describes:Osteogenesis? A) The formation of bone tissue. B) The formation of blood vessels. C) The formation of blood cells. D) The formation of cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The formation of bone tissue. 37. The joints in the leg and foot are examples of ..... A) Movable joints. B) Immovable joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movable joints. 38. Which structure(s) support the function of storage in the skeletal system? A) Articular cartilage. B) Compact bone. C) Yellow marrow. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow marrow. 39. Wrist bones (carpals) are what type of bones A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short. 40. Cartilage separating diaphysis from epiphysis A) Ossification. B) Epiphyseal Plate. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal Plate. 41. Only flexion and extension can occur at hinge joints. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. What are the three different types of muscles? A) Smooth, Moveable, Skeletal. B) Immovable, Cardiac, Skeletal. C) Smooth, Cardiac, Bicep. D) Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal. 43. Example of a cartilaginous joint A) Vertebrae, between ribs and sternum. B) Knee. C) Elbow. D) Suture in skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae, between ribs and sternum. 44. A fracture that happens at the end of the radius within one inch of connecting to the wrist bones A) Suture. B) Colle's. C) Unstable. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colle's. 45. What is the name of the bone in the upper part of the leg? A) Tibia. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 46. Which type of fracture happens when the bone breaks into numerous fragments? A) Greenstick Fractures. B) Closed Fractures. C) Comminuted Fractures. D) Segmental Fractures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted Fractures. 47. The intervertebral disks are attached to what part of the vertebrae? A) Lamina. B) Vertebral body. C) Spinous process. D) Pedicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral body. 48. ..... you would not be able to sit stand, walk or run A) Without bones. B) With muscles. C) Without muscles. D) With bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without bones. 49. What is responsible for your skin color A) Subcutaneous fat. B) Muscles. C) Dermis. D) Melanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melanin. 50. Which bones protect the lungs, heart? A) Ribcage. B) Limbs. C) Femur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribcage. 51. The bones that protect the internal organs, such as heart and lungs are called ..... A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Femur. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs. 52. The type of joint that allows back and forth movement A) Ball and socket. B) Gliding. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 53. This disease weakens and softens the bones due to vitamin D deficiency and lack of exposure to sunlight. A) Scoliosis. B) Arthritis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rickets. 54. How many bones do babies have A) 458. B) 206. C) 100. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 55. The skull is what type of joint? A) Synovial Joints. B) Sliding Joints. C) Fixed Joints. D) Slightly Moveable Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed Joints. 56. Which body organ is responsible for the storage of our memories? A) Brain. B) Lungs. C) Heart. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 57. What are the 2 divisions of the skeleton? A) Spongy bone and compact bone. B) Marrow and blood vessels. C) Axial and appendicular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial and appendicular. 58. The ..... or "Soft spots" in the cranium of an infant allow for enlargement of the skull as the brain grows. A) Sinuses. B) Sutures. C) Fountains. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fountains. 59. Broken bone ends jam into each other A) Spiral. B) Comminuted. C) Impacted. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impacted. 60. Tissue that connects bone to bone is called A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligament. ← 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