This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 198 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 198 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does your vertebrae protect? A) My spinal cord. B) My heart and lungs. C) My brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My spinal cord. 2. All long bones have the red bone marrow, ..... hematopoietic stem cells, capable of producing blood cells. A) That contains. B) That contain. C) Which contain. D) Which contains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which contains. 3. A progressive loss of bone tissue is called ..... A) Bursitis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Arthrits. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 4. Which body system breaks down food into nutrients for the body to use? A) Skeletal. B) Digestive. C) Circulatory. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digestive. 5. Outermost layer of the skin is dermis A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 6. This part of the osseous tissue connects all parts of the osteon: A) Lacunae. B) None of these. C) Canaliculi. D) Osteoblasts. E) Fibroblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canaliculi. 7. Which of the following are a SHORT bone? A) Hip. B) Arm. C) Finger. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finger. 8. ..... dissolves calcium and other minerals from bone A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Lamella. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 9. The bone in the upper lef or thigh bone. It is also the longest bone in the body. A) Femur. B) Tibia and fibula. C) Knee cap/patella. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 10. What minerals are stored in the skeletal system? A) Calcium and phosphorus. B) Calcium and magnesium. C) Sodium and Potassium. D) Iron and Zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and phosphorus. 11. The passageways for blood vessels within compact bone tissue A) Aversion canals. B) Previous channels. C) Appendicular canals. D) Haversian canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haversian canals. 12. The loss or absence of mobility in a joint due to disease, injury, or a surgical procedure. A) Ankylosis. B) Synovitis. C) Arthrosclerosis. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ankylosis. 13. How do bones move at condyloid joints? A) On a single axis. B) They rotate around a ring. C) They glide on each other. D) On two axes. E) On many axes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On two axes. 14. ..... contains bones as well as other structures that connect and protect the bones and that support other functions in the body. A) Skeletal System. B) Joint. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. E) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal System. 15. Skeletal Muscles is a..... muscle. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 16. Examples:Femur and humerus A) Irregular Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long Bone. 17. Which of the following is NOT a category of joints in the human body? A) Diarthrotic. B) Synarthrotic. C) Amphiarthrotic. D) Polyarthrotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polyarthrotic. 18. What are the bones are made up of A) Calcium and phosphorus. B) Calcium and iodine. C) Calcium and vitamin D. D) Iron and calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and phosphorus. 19. What two parts of the body have the most bones? A) Ribs and spine. B) Skull and pelvis. C) Hands and feet. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hands and feet. 20. A fracture that occurs when the bone doesn't break all the way through is called a ..... A) Closed. B) Open. C) Greenstick. D) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenstick. 21. What is the best definition of temperature? A) How hot or cold something is. B) A measure of how fast the molecules are moving in a substance. C) How hot or cold something feels to a person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A measure of how fast the molecules are moving in a substance. 22. ..... limbs are used to walking and cycling. A) Back bone. B) Hind. C) Fore. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hind. 23. True or False:The skull has two main parts:The cranium and the facial bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which bone cells DISSOLVE bone? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 25. The fluid that reduces the friction during joint movement is ..... A) Sutures. B) Non-synovial fluid. C) Synovial fluid. D) Amphiarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial fluid. 26. What muscle injury is often caused by improper stretching or partially tearing a muscle? A) Dislocation. B) Strain. C) Atrophy. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strain. 27. Scientific name for your skull A) Brain. B) Cranium. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 28. Which of the following does NOT describe what is stored by your skeletal system? A) Minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium. B) Long term energy in the form of fat. C) Blood cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood cells. 29. Side to side curvature of the spine A) Osteoporosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Lordosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis. 30. What is the appendicular skeleton made up of? A) Pelvis, clavicle, shoulder blades. B) The skull, spine, rib cage, sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis, clavicle, shoulder blades. 31. Lubricates the movable joints in an effort to reduce friction A) Synovial Fluid. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial Fluid. 32. Most of the bones of the arms and hands are long bones; however, the bones in the wrist are categorized as ..... A) Sesamoid bones. B) Short bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short bones. 33. Elbows and knees, bend like..... A) Slight back-and-forth. B) Do not move at all. C) Door hinges. D) Move in all directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Door hinges. 34. Abnormal shortening of muscle fibers A) Adhesion. B) Contracture. C) Torticollis. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contracture. 35. The disorder characterized by decrease in bone mass is called ..... A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteogenesis imperfecta. D) Osteomalacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 36. The spine is made up of ..... vertebrae. A) 33. B) 52. C) 23. D) 54. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 37. ..... are attached to our skeleton and this allow us to move. A) Muscles. B) Hair. C) Blood Vessels. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles. 38. Which system Sensation; allows you to feel A) Outgrowths. B) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outgrowths. 39. RBC miss nucleus and important organelles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What is a chronic injury A) Long lasting injury that typically occurs overtime. B) Injury that occurs due to repetitive, excessive stress on a particular part of the body. C) An injury that occurs instantly. D) An injury that occurs due to direct contact and takes a long time to heal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long lasting injury that typically occurs overtime. 41. Which of the following is/are organs of the skeletal system? A) Bones. B) Tendons. C) Skin. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 42. Bone found beneath the compact bone that has lots of little air pockets which makes the bones lighter A) Marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 43. What is osteoprosis? A) Inflammatory disease that damages joints and surrounding tissue. B) Softening of bones associated with vit. D deficiency. C) Loss of bone tissue particularly in elderly. D) Side to side curve in the spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss of bone tissue particularly in elderly. 44. You heard in the Read-Aloud that when you were born, you had about 300 bones in your body. As an adult, you have 206 bones in your body. What happened to the bones? A) Bones break and dissolve in the body. B) Bones grow and change over time. Many of them joined together, like the skull bones and tailbone. C) Nothing-most people still have 300. That statement is false. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones grow and change over time. Many of them joined together, like the skull bones and tailbone. 45. The part of human skeleton based on the picture is A) Body skeleton. B) Skull. C) Limbs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body skeleton. 46. Which is an example of a diarthrotic joint? A) Suture. B) Knee joint. C) Intervertebral joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knee joint. 47. The tough and flexible material that covers the ends where bones meet A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 48. What term means surgical repair of a bone? A) Craniotomy. B) Osteomalacia. C) Osteoplasty. D) Osteectomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoplasty. 49. How do you find your resting heart rate? A) Wrist artery or neck. B) Ankle or upper arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrist artery or neck. 50. When we practice an action over and over again, our body memorizes the action. This is called A) Toning. B) Atrophy. C) Muscle Memory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle Memory. 51. Bee2.Clam3.Snake4.Elephant Vertebrate animals are in numbers..... A) 1 and 2. B) 2 and 3. C) 3 and 4. D) 2 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 and 4. 52. The part of the skeleton that includes all the limb bones A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Bony skeleton. C) Scary skeleton. D) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 53. The bone marrow inside your bones produces ..... cells. A) Normal. B) Large. C) Cancer. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood. 54. Joint that allows bones to move in one direction. A) HINGE JOINTS. B) BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT. C) SADDLE JOINT. D) PIVOT JOINT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HINGE JOINTS. 55. What are the functions of red blood cells? A) Carry oxygen to muscles. B) Fight infection. C) Carry carbon dioxide to the muscles. D) Help the muscles stop after exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry oxygen to muscles. 56. Which statement correctly describes the structure of skeletal muscle tissue? A) Skeletal muscle is made up of many bundles of long muscle fibers wrapped in connective tissue. B) Skeletal muscle is made up of bone marrow which produces red blood cells. C) Skeletal muscles are made up of joints which connect muscles to bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle is made up of many bundles of long muscle fibers wrapped in connective tissue. 57. This part of hand as shown on the picture called ..... A) Carpus. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 58. Bones that are no specific shape eg. vertebrae A) Long. B) Short. C) Sesamoid. D) Flat. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Irregular. 59. Contains the lower and upper extremities A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 60. What do we call the hard bone tissue on the outside of the bone? A) Spongy Bone. B) Bone Marrow. C) Compact Bone. D) Veins. 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