This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 192 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 192 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What additional benefit does the structure of the vertebral column provide to the body trunk? A) It restricts body movement. B) It increases body weight. C) It stores minerals. D) It makes the body trunk flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It makes the body trunk flexible. 2. The knob shaped portion of an arm bone that articulates with a notch on the radius and wrist bone A) Radial tuberosity. B) Trochlear notch. C) Ulnar head. D) Radial head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulnar head. 3. Cartilage is flexible connective tissue found on the ends of bones to help reduce A) Movement. B) Bone spurs. C) Movement nerves. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friction. 4. What type of socket is the knee? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 5. These cells are capable of developing into osteoblast and finally osteocyte A) Osteoclast and Osteoporosis. B) Osteochondrogenic and Osteogenic. C) Ostoclast and Osteogenic. D) Osteochondrogenic and Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteochondrogenic and Osteogenic. 6. ..... are a connective tissu which connect two bones to each other A) Ligaments. B) Muscle. C) Cartilages. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 7. The tough, fibrous membrane around the surface of a bone is called ..... A) Endosteum. B) Periosteum. C) Perichondrium. D) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 8. Skeleton system gives ..... to the body. A) Money. B) Shape. C) Color. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shape. 9. What attaches our bones to muscles and joints? A) Both B and C. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both B and C. 10. A ..... and ..... joint can be found in the shoulder and the hip. A) Nerve and Receptor. B) Hinge and Ball. C) Covers and Protects. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and Socket. 11. Which two systems work together to help a person stand up straight? A) Skeletal and muscular. B) Skeletal and digestive. C) Skeletal and respiratory. D) Skeletal and cardiovascular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal and muscular. 12. The vertebra is a gliding joint. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Q5 the backbone is made up of ..... bones. A) 35. B) 33. C) 34. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 14. The connective tissue that covers the diaphysis of a long bone is called A) Spongy bone. B) Diaphysis. C) Endosteum. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 15. Movement of limb away from the body A) Inversion. B) Adduction. C) Eversion. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abduction. 16. Can broken bones heal fast A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. The formation of blood cells takes place in: A) Myeloid Tissue. B) Red Bone Marrow. C) Both of these. D) Neither of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 18. Which system helps your body move, helps the heart beat, and pushes food through the digestive system? A) Outgrowths. B) Nervous. C) Muscular. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 19. Broad, flat bones of the skull A) Intramembranous. B) Endochondral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intramembranous. 20. What is the name of the group of bones that make up the fingers of the hand? A) Phalanges. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 21. A cell that erodes or cuts the bone A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 22. Which of the following is NOT one of the systems involved in producing movement? A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Respiratory. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respiratory. 23. What bone categories are colored brown, protect the delicate organs in the body? A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. C) Cardiac muscles. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 24. What do you call the process of manufacturing blood cells? A) Hemopoiesis. B) Homeostasis. C) Hemorrhage. D) Thrombosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hemopoiesis. 25. This type of bone tissue is porous and makes the bone lightweight A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy Bone. 26. The tarsals are more commonly known as the wrist bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. Which is not a bone? A) Mandible. B) Humerus. C) Biceps. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biceps. 28. Which two bones in the skull move? A) Ear bones and jaw. B) Jaw and teeth. C) Eyes and ear bones. D) Nose and jaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear bones and jaw. 29. Cartilage bones are ..... A) Rigid. B) Flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexible. 30. ..... pairs of bones make up the ribcage. A) 2. B) 33. C) 200. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 31. Which two minerals are important for a healthy bones A) Calcium and Potassium. B) Phosphorus and Sodium. C) Calcium and Sodium. D) Calcium and Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and Phosphorus. 32. An invasive test that involves aspirating a sample of the bone marrow fluid from within the bone A) Bone scan. B) Bone marrow aspiration. C) Bone density test. D) Bone biopsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow aspiration. 33. Which label is the sacrum? A) C. B) A. C) G. D) B. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. 34. Bones can make blood cells. True or False? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. What are the four functions of the skeleton system? A) Transport, protection, movement storage of minerals, production of blood vessels. B) Support, protection, movement storage of minerals, production of blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support, protection, movement storage of minerals, production of blood vessels. 36. A joint that allows for full rotation found in hip and shoulder A) Saddle. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 37. Bones that have more than one shape (vertebrae) are called: A) Sesamoid Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Irregular Bones. E) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular Bones. 38. Birth defect where a baby's spinal cord fails to close in the womb A) Scoliosis. B) Spina bifida. C) Herniated disc. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spina bifida. 39. What bone marrow is found in the middle of bone and stores fat? A) Purple. B) Red. C) Yellow. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow. 40. Which of the following are bone builder cells? A) Erythrocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 41. These bones make up the cranium A) Femur, tibula, and fibula bones. B) Vertebrae and intervertebral discs. C) Frontal, parietal, and temporal bones. D) Hammer Incus Staples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal, parietal, and temporal bones. 42. Which system is made up of bones? A) Bone. B) Muscular. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 43. The arm is formed by a single bone, the ....., which is a typical long bone. A) Femur. B) Humorous. C) Tibia. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 44. A child has more bones than an adult human being A) True. B) False. C) Both have equal number of bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Why do babies have more bones than adults? A) Babies have more bones because they need extra support. B) Babies have more bones because their bones haven't been fused, or grown, together yet. C) Babies have more bones because they do not have cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babies have more bones because their bones haven't been fused, or grown, together yet. 46. Which type of muscle is striped and is found in the heart? A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 47. Femur, tibia, fibula, shoulder, radius, ulna, clavicle A) Short Bone. B) Sesamoid Bone. C) Long Bone. D) Irregular Bone. E) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Bone. 48. Which term refers to the formation of blood cells? A) Osteorrhaphy. B) Hemarthrosis. C) Bifida. D) Hemopoietic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hemopoietic. 49. Which of the following is not a facial bone? A) Nasal. B) Zygomatic. C) Lacrimal. D) Sphenoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sphenoid. 50. A form of dwarfism in which you have short limbs A) Achondroplasia. B) Osteophytes. C) Hallux valgus. D) Positional Plagiocephaly. E) Paget Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achondroplasia. 51. What do nutrients travel through to get from blood vessels to bones? A) Lamella. B) Central Haversian canal. C) Canaliculi. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canaliculi. 52. Bones in the vertebrae get larger because A) Neck needs more support. B) Lower back needs more support. C) The bones don't get larger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower back needs more support. 53. Your spine is made up of 33 small bones called the ..... A) Skull. B) Vertebrae. C) Pancreas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 54. These are the immovable joints that join together the bones of the cranium A) Sutures. B) Fontenals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutures. 55. Which of the following substances make up the major portion of bone? A) Osteocytes. B) Hydroxyapatite. C) Osteoblasts. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydroxyapatite. 56. Of the following main parts of the human skeletal system, which protects the brain? Which of the following main parts of the human skeletal system protects the brain? A) Ribs Ribs. B) Backbone backbone. C) Skull Skull. D) Hand and foot bones Limb bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull Skull. 57. The ribs are ..... A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 58. Skull protects the? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Liver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 59. Where do you have more bones? A) Arms. B) Hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hands. 60. A saddle joint is found in the- A) Neck. B) Knee. C) Foot. D) Wrist. 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