This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 196 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 196 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What joint allows the greatest freedom of movement? A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket. 2. The skeletal system of a child has how many bones? A) More than 206 bones. B) 300 bones. C) 206 bone. D) More than 300 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 300 bones. 3. X has a structure called "Dens" that create pivot for head rotation. X is is refer to ..... A) Axis (C2). B) Vertebral Prominence (VC). C) Oh. D) Atlas (C1). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axis (C2). 4. True or False:Without joints, bones would not be able to move in different ways? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What type of joint is found in your hips and shoulders? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket. 6. A ..... joint allows movement in one direction only. A) Ball & socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 7. How many bones does a Giraffe has in the neck? A) 6. B) 9. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 8. Which one is NOT a primary purpose of your Skeletal System? A) To give your body shape and support. B) To protect your internal organs. C) To provide movement and produce cells. D) To fight against illness and disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To fight against illness and disease. 9. The chestbone is called ..... A) Cranium. B) Humerus. C) Sternum. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 10. The bone that makes up the largest part of your wrist is the ..... A) Ulna. B) Tibia. C) Radius. D) Femur. E) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 11. The largest bone of the upper limb that is located between the shoulder and elbow joints is the A) Ulna. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Carpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 12. Where is the thigh bone (femur)? A) Arm. B) Ear. C) Nose. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leg. 13. What kind of joint is present in your hip/shoulder? A) Ball/Socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Plane joint. D) Saddle joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball/Socket joint. 14. Three important bones are your A) Long bones, short bones and flat bones. B) Compact bone, cancellous bone and bone marrow. C) Skull, spine and ribcage. D) Stirrup, femur and teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull, spine and ribcage. 15. Process of bone formation before birth and during childhood: A) Osteoporosis. B) Ossification. C) Hematopoiesis. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 16. One of the functions of the skeletal system is to converts energy which enables the body to move. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 17. Thread-like tissues that hold the joints together A) Spine. B) Ligaments. C) Marrow. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 18. What are the parts of the Ears? A) Eardrum, Inner ear, Eardrum, Ear canal, Outer ear and Middle Ear. B) Nose and Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eardrum, Inner ear, Eardrum, Ear canal, Outer ear and Middle Ear. 19. The process in which mineral deposits replace cartilage and change it into bone is called what? A) Calcification. B) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 20. Connective tissue in spaces within boens that includes blood-forming stem and progenitor cells A) Yellow marrow. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Red marrow. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 21. What is located at number 6? A) Fibula. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 22. The spongy bone is composed of osteocytes A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which of the following organs is protected by the backbone? A) Spinal Cord. B) Brain. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 24. At what age does bone growth typically stop? A) 40. B) 18. C) 30. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 25. Which important function of long bone is related to the production of healthy blood cells? A) Phalanges. B) Epiphysis. C) Hemopoiesis. D) Amphiarthroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemopoiesis. 26. My ear is ..... to my nose A) Posterior. B) Lateral. C) Anterior. D) Medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lateral. 27. Which of these occurs first during a muscle contraction? A) The nerve signal reaches the neuromuscular junction. B) Ach is released and opens Na ion channels. C) The sarcomere shortens. D) The myosin binds to the actin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nerve signal reaches the neuromuscular junction. 28. Scapula, ribs, pelvis A) Irregular Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Sesamoid. E) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat Bone. 29. What type of joints open and close? A) Saddle. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Pivot. E) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 30. What skeletal disease leads the formation of crystals in the joints due to the buildup of uric acid? A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Rickets. C) Gout. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gout. 31. We can use ..... to see bones inside the body. A) X-ray. B) X-run. C) X-change. D) X-cident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X-ray. 32. What structure consists of groups of organs working together to perform a function? A) Cell. B) Organ. C) Tissue. D) Organ System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organ System. 33. Which of the following is match INCORRECTLY? A) Phosphorus = energy storage. B) Magnesium = bone density. C) Calcium = strength. D) Magnesium = energy storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magnesium = energy storage. 34. Skeletal muscles enable movement in the body because they attached to bones by A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 35. Broad as they are long A) Short bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Long bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short bones. 36. These are the joints between vertebrae. A) Hinge Joints. B) Gliding Joints. C) Pivot Joints. D) Fixed Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding Joints. 37. Osteoporosis is when bones become brittle due to loss of bone mass (amount of bone tissue, and large holes in bone form). Which of the following exercises WILL NOT prevent osteoporosis A) Jogging. B) Weight lifting. C) Walking. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swimming. 38. The functional contractile unit within a muscle fiber is called the A) Sarcomere. B) Fascia. C) Sarcoplasm. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcomere. 39. This joint can move up and down, side to side, and rotate forward and backward A) Ball and Socket. B) Gliding. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket. 40. What does the term 'oid' mean? A) Deficiency. B) Instrument for viewing. C) Inflammation. D) Like, resembling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like, resembling. 41. Which vitamin is necessary for proper absorption? A) Vitamin D. B) Vitamin C. C) Vitamin A. D) Vitamin K. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vitamin D. 42. The human skeletal system is divided into A) The axial and appendicular.La axial y apendicular. B) The axial, appendicular, and hematopoiesis.axial, apendicular y hematopoyesis. C) 4 sections.4 sections. D) 3 sections.3 sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The axial and appendicular.La axial y apendicular. 43. How many bones are in the adult appendicular skeleton? A) 80. B) 126. C) 206. D) 160. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 126. 44. What is the main function of Ligaments? A) To protect the joints. B) To bring about movement. C) To store bone marrow. D) To prevent bones from rubbing together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect the joints. 45. The diagram depicts A) A perpendicular skeleton. B) An axial skeleton. C) An appendicular skeleton. D) An axionic skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An appendicular skeleton. 46. Why is a fracture on the epiphyseal plate dangerous for children? A) It will be extremely painful. B) It will stop the growth of the limb. C) I will break easily again later. D) It will never heal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It will stop the growth of the limb. 47. The suffix-tomy means what? A) Surgical repair. B) Process of cutting, incision. C) Growth plate. D) Transplantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Process of cutting, incision. 48. True or false:Bones create blood cells in bone marrow. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily. porous bones A) Scoliosis. B) Tendonitis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 50. What is the correct term for:um A) Pertaining to. B) Sacred. C) Noun ending. D) Abnormal condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun ending. 51. What bone disorder resulting from a loss of calcium and phosphorus is common among the elderly? A) Osteoporosis. B) Sprain. C) Scoliosis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 52. What are the movements of breath? A) Inspiration and Aspiration. B) Up and Down. C) Inhalation and Exhalation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inhalation and Exhalation. 53. Backbone is made up of vertebrae which forms a strong column called the ..... A) Vertebral column. B) Muscular column. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column. 54. A tarsal is an example of this type of bone A) Sesamoid. B) Flat. C) Long. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short. 55. The skull, spinal column, chest, and rib cage are bones in the ..... A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 56. Which suture joins the frontal to the 2 parietal, is also the most anterior A) Lambdoid. B) Coronal. C) Squamous. D) Sagittal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coronal. 57. True or False. Elderly people have very strong bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. What type of cells are produced in bone marrow? A) Unicellular. B) Multicellular. C) Blood. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood. 59. How many bones are present in the human face? A) 10. B) 12. C) 18. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 60. What causes bones density to decrease and make bones brittle? A) Lupus. B) Scoliosis. C) Multiple Sclerosis. D) Osteoporosis. 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