This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 199 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 199 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read this sentence from Skeletons Inside and Out. Joints connect their limbs and body parts, which makes them flexible. What does the word flexible mean in this sentence? A) Soften. B) Breakable. C) Bendable. D) Stiffen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bendable. 2. What do cartilage and marrow have in common? A) They are connective tissue. B) They are found at the ends of the bones. C) They are both hard and strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are connective tissue. 3. Abnormal inward curvature of the lumbar region of the back A) Lordosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Ruptured disc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lordosis. 4. Flat bones have an epiphysis and diaphysis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What type of fracture is common among older adults and happens in the bones of the vertebrae? A) Greenstick. B) Compression. C) Impacted. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compression. 6. Which hormone is released when blood calcium levels rise above homeostasis? A) Endorphins. B) Calcitriol. C) PTH. D) Calcitonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcitonin. 7. What is the purpose of the skull in the skeletal system? A) To help with breathing. B) To provide nutrients to the body. C) Protection and support. D) To regulate body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection and support. 8. The hypodermis ..... A) Is what makes skin be waterproof. B) Provides the pigment in the skin. C) Helps conserve heat and is made up of adipose tissue. D) Helps to keep skin from drying out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps conserve heat and is made up of adipose tissue. 9. The longest and heaviest bone in the body is the ..... A) Humerus. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 10. What are fixed joint connected together with? A) Fibrous connective tissue. B) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous connective tissue. 11. What organ in the body has these jobs?*cools the body by sweating*keeps germs out of the body*senses temperature A) Brain. B) Eye. C) Skin. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin. 12. Which part of a long bone is responsible for the attachment of tendons? A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Spongy bone. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 13. The parietal bone can be classified as a ..... bone. A) Irregular. B) Flat. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 14. The ribcage is present in the ..... region A) Sternum. B) Spinal cord. C) Chest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chest. 15. The locations where two bones meet are called ..... A) Joints. B) Intersections. C) Elbows. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 16. What is found in the medullary cavity as an adult? A) Red marrow. B) Yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow marrow. 17. Craniotomy is broken down like: A) Crani / otomy. B) Cranio / tomy. C) Craniotomy. D) Cran / i/ otomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Craniotomy. 18. The Human Skeleton is made up of 206 bones. In IGCSE PE you only need to remember and learn how many different bones? A) 20. B) 101. C) 206. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 19. When a bone breaks and twists it's a A) Radial fracture. B) Greenstick fracture. C) Comminuted fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radial fracture. 20. What are vertebrae? A) Small bones that make up the spine. B) SmaII bones that make up the spine. C) SmaIl bones that make up the spine. D) SmalI bones that make up the spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small bones that make up the spine. 21. The opening in the center of an osteon A) Haversian canal. B) Sharpey's fibers. C) Volkmann's canal. D) Perforating canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haversian canal. 22. Longer forearm bone A) Radius. B) Humerus. C) Ulna. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulna. 23. Heart and lungs are protected by the A) Ribcage. B) Skull. C) Backbone. D) Girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribcage. 24. Any place where two or more bones meet (the reason you can move your arms and legs) is called a A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 25. These bones protect the lungs. A) Tarsals. B) Carpals. C) Ribs. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 26. The femur and humerus could be classified as A) Short Bones. B) Flat Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long Bones. 27. The pelvic girdle is part of the appendicular section of the skeleton. A) False tagsSAP2. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. Crepitation is heard when ..... move together. A) Arthritic bones. B) Joints. C) Damaged cartilage. D) Broken bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken bones. 29. White blood cells fight disease and infection. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. What is the best/most realistic way to reduce the risk of bone fractures during sports? A) Wearing Protective Gear. B) Not Playing. C) Telling your coach you are sick. D) Avoiding Contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wearing Protective Gear. 31. The skeletal system works with the muscular system to (a) A) A help you move. B) Help you digest food. C) Pump blood throughout your body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A help you move. 32. Spongy bone appearance A) Dense, solid, and smoothwith a white surface.Microscopically showstightly packed tissue withHaversian systems. B) Porous, lattice-likestructure with visiblespaces. Appears lessdense with trabeculaeunder a microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Porous, lattice-likestructure with visiblespaces. Appears lessdense with trabeculaeunder a microscope. 33. Which is a characteristic of a slightly moveable joint? A) Allow for many movements to occur. B) Can move only left and right. C) Bones are seperated by a layer of cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones are seperated by a layer of cartilage. 34. How many bones in adult human ..... A) 0. B) 300. C) 206. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 35. What includes a single Haversian canal along with its multiple canaliculi, which branch out to join with lacunae, forming a comprehensive transportation matrix for supply of nutrient and removal of water products A) Haversian canals. B) Bone marrow. C) Perforating (Volkmann's canals). D) Haversian system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haversian system. 36. The shoulder blade is what bone? A) Humerus. B) Tibia. C) Scapula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 37. Easily stretched A) Elastic. B) Myosin. C) Contract. D) Brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elastic. 38. The distal or proximal end of a long bone is called the ..... A) Epiphysis. B) Medullary cavity. C) Diaphysis. D) Metaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 39. A baby's Skeletal is made mostly of cartilage. As this grows, the cartilage is gradually replaced by ..... A) Cartilage. B) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone. 40. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is usually due to a lack of: A) Progesterone. B) Testosterone. C) Natural heparin in the blood. D) Estrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estrogen. 41. What is an X-ray used for? A) To provide strength and stability. B) To form blood. C) To cushion and provide flexibility. D) To make an image of bones and organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make an image of bones and organs. 42. The external obliques have their insertion at the A) Sternum. B) Ischium. C) Upper ribs. D) Of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of them. 43. Which type of muscle is found in veins and the digestive tract? A) Smooth. B) Rough. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 44. What is the name of the head bone? A) Clavicle. B) Skull. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 45. Synovial joints contain ..... A) Cartilage. B) Loose CT. C) A fluid filled cavity. D) Dense CT. E) Epithelial tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fluid filled cavity. 46. Grains are a good source of ..... A) Carbohydrates. B) Protein. C) Water. D) Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbohydrates. 47. The knee is ..... to the ankle A) Medial. B) Lateral. C) Proximal. D) Distal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proximal. 48. It is the only bone on the face that can move A) Jawbone. B) Ribcage. C) Backbone. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawbone. 49. What is canaliculi? A) Mature bone cell. B) Bone tissue. C) Dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones. D) Tiny canals that link osteocytes. E) Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tiny canals that link osteocytes. 50. A ligament connects which of the following ..... A) Bone to bone. B) Muscle to bone. C) Muscle to muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone to bone. 51. An inflammation of a joint that usuall affects the elderly people. A) Arthritis. B) Scoliosis. C) Rickets. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 52. How many parts do bones have? A) Three. B) Twenty. C) Four. D) Hundred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four. 53. What type of bone marrow is found in the diaphysis of long bones in adults? A) Yellow bone marrow. B) White bone marrow. C) Red bone marrow. D) Pink bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow bone marrow. 54. Where in the body can you find an example of a fibrous joint (immovable)? A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Pelvis. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 55. Bone marrow (red in infants and yellow in adults) is found in what part of long bones? A) Osteon. B) Epiphyseal plate. C) Medullary cavity. D) Epiphyses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary cavity. 56. Bones are made..... tissue A) Epithelial. B) Nerve. C) Muscle. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connective. 57. Babies are born with more bones than adults because some of their bones haven't ..... yet A) Developed. B) Calcified. C) Fused. D) Ossified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fused. 58. Which of the following best describes:Gomphoses A) Joints which form when ligaments connect two or more bones. B) Teeth-like projections from adjacent bone interlock with just a thin layer of fibrous tissue connecting them. C) Unique joints between the root of a tooth and the mandible. Joined by fibrous connective tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unique joints between the root of a tooth and the mandible. Joined by fibrous connective tissue. 59. How many bones are we born with? A) 300-350. B) 400. C) 206. D) 106. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300-350. 60. B2 The ribs are attached to the A) Skull. B) Brain. C) Backbone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone. ← 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