This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the phalanges? A) Fingers, toes. B) Knees, ankles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fingers, toes. 2. Bone that bear a lots of weight remodel at high rate called A) Wolf's Law. B) Parathyroid gland. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wolf's Law. 3. How many pairs of ribs do we have? A) 12. B) 70%. C) 2 of each. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 4. Primary function of axial system A) Relates to movement of the limbs. B) Protects the brain, vertebralcolumn, and thoracic cavityincluding heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protects the brain, vertebralcolumn, and thoracic cavityincluding heart and lungs. 5. Dense bone tissue that appears smooth and contains few openings: A) Compact bone. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Spongy bone. D) Adipose tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 6. The diaphysis contains ..... A) Fat storage. B) Spongy bone. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fat storage. 7. The function of the skeletal system is to ..... A) Store minerals. B) Produce blood cells. C) Provide protection to major internal organs. D) All of the choices listed here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the choices listed here. 8. Match the joint type to the amount of movement:Amphiarthrotic A) Minimal or no movement. B) Permit limited movement. C) Wide range of movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permit limited movement. 9. At what age are nearly all bones completely ossified? A) 25 years. B) Birth. C) 5 years. D) 15 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25 years. 10. Which label is the articular cartilage? A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 11. The skull protects the heart and lungs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. The combining form oste/o means A) Above. B) Softening. C) Bone. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone. 13. ..... it is made up of bones. A) Intestines. B) Lungs. C) Muscles. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeleton. 14. At least ..... separate muscles are needed to move a joint. A) Three. B) Four. C) Two. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 15. Types of Fractures:Bones shatter into 2 or more pieces. A) Comminuted Fracture. B) Transverse Fracture. C) Hairline Fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comminuted Fracture. 16. Which is the correct order of ribs, from superior to inferior: A) Floating ribs, false ribs, true ribs. B) True ribs, false ribs, floating ribs. C) False ribs, floating ribs, true ribs. D) True ribs, floating ribs, false ribs. E) Floating ribs, true ribs, false ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True ribs, false ribs, floating ribs. 17. What does the muscular system help the body do? A) Provide movement. B) Provide digestion. C) Provide blood cells. D) Provide shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provide movement. 18. An example of a short bone is the A) Patella. B) Vertebra. C) Carpals. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals. 19. Which type of muscle is voluntary (you can control them)? A) Smooth muscle. B) Skeletal muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal muscle. 20. The humorous is found in your ..... A) Head. B) Arm. C) Hip. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arm. 21. Which of the following are found in compact bone and cancellous bone? A) Lamellae. B) Lacunae. C) Haversian canals. D) Haversian systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamellae. 22. Surgical breaking of a stiff joint A) Arthroplasty. B) Arthroclasia. C) Arthrodesis. D) Arthrocentesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthroclasia. 23. What is the name for bone "4" above? A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 24. The quadriceps function as ..... in the ..... A) Extensors, arm. B) Flexors, leg. C) Flexors, arm. D) Extensors, leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extensors, leg. 25. The ..... is between the epiphysis and the diaphysis in children. A) Epiphyseal plate. B) Epiphyseal line. C) Medullary cavity. D) Shaft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphyseal plate. 26. Which of the following is NOT a disease or injury that effects the Skeletal System? A) Fracture. B) Stroke. C) Arthritis. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stroke. 27. Match the example to the job:You can hold your head up. A) Gives you shape and support. B) Protects your inner organs. C) Forms blood cells. D) Stores minerals. E) Helps you move (with muscles). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gives you shape and support. 28. Your body would be like a ..... if you had no bones. A) Turtle. B) Alligator. C) Snake. D) Jelly Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jelly Fish. 29. The branching structural network of spongy bone is known as ..... A) Beams. B) Lacunae. C) Osteons. D) Perforating canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beams. 30. Which bone is located in your wrist? A) Tibia. B) Carpus. C) Spine. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpus. 31. Consists of 26 vertebrae, protects the spinal cord, and supports the head and neck. A) Rib cage. B) Skeletal system. C) Spinal column. D) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal column. 32. This system protects the body's organs, provides support for the body. A) Nervous System. B) Skeletal System. C) Respiratory System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal System. 33. Why do you become shorter as get older? A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Vertebra lose fluid. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebra lose fluid. 34. The appendages of the body, which are the shoulders, arms, hips, and legs. A) Frontal. B) Axial. C) Plane. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular. 35. The human vertebral column is made of ..... bones A) 33. B) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 36. What bone makes up the upper arm? A) Ulna. B) Humerus. C) Tibia. D) Radius. E) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 37. Where is Shinbone located? A) Upper leg. B) Lower arm. C) Upper arm. D) Lower leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower leg. 38. There are approximately ..... bones in the adult human body A) 350. B) 206. C) 260. D) 305. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 39. Tendons attach muscle to A) Bone. B) Teeth. C) Muscle. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone. 40. What is the function of tendons in the body? A) Connect bones to muscles. B) Produce red blood cells. C) Protect internal organs. D) Store minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connect bones to muscles. 41. This bone is also called the collarbone and is commonly broken in bicycle accidents. A) Mandible. B) Clavicle. C) Humerus. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 42. The Vertebrae is the backbone, which has ..... small bones. A) 20. B) 206. C) 18. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26. 43. Which of the following is NOT a function of the spinal column? A) Allows for muscle attachment. B) Protects the spinal cord and allows nerves to branch out. C) Holds the head and trunk up. D) Encases and protects the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Encases and protects the brain. 44. Bones joined by fibrous tissue with no joint cavity present A) Fibrous joint. B) Cartilaginous joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous joint. 45. Tendons and ligaments are what type of tissue? A) Muscle. B) Nerve. C) Epithelial. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connective. 46. Muscles which help in movement and can be controlled directly are A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 47. Which type of tissue connects bone to bone? A) Tendons. B) Smooth muscles. C) Ligaments. D) Skeletal muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 48. The structure of bones that supports the body of a person or animal A) Ligaments. B) Skeleton. C) Skull. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeleton. 49. What is Hydro electric power A) Power made from the sun. B) Power made from fire. C) Power made from wind. D) Power made from water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power made from water. 50. A group of organs together make up an organ ..... A) System. B) A tissue. C) A cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) System. 51. Movement of sutures: A) Movable in all directions. B) Not movable except the lower jaw. C) Movable only in the upper jaw. D) Not movable at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not movable except the lower jaw. 52. True or False:Newborn babies and adults have the same number of bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. The longest bone in the human body is the tibia. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. What is the HYPODERMIS? A) Top layer of the skin. B) The pigment that affects skin color and blocks UV light from the sun. C) The largest layer of skin and contains, sweat glands, nerves, and oil glands. D) The largest organ of the body. E) Third layer of skin and contains fatty tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Third layer of skin and contains fatty tissue. 55. What is the connective tissue that connects bone to bone? A) Joint. B) Marrow. C) Ligament. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 56. Which of the following bones is NOT part of the skull? A) Frontal. B) Lacrimal. C) Coccyx. D) Sphenoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coccyx. 57. The vertebral column protects the ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Lungs. C) Heart. D) Spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 58. The ends of long bones are composed largely of A) Yellow marrow. B) Smooth bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone. 59. How many parts are your skeletal system divided into? A) 2. B) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 60. Appendicular skeleton hangs of the axial framework A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. ← 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