This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 201 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 201 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the clavicle and scapula protect? A) Intestine. B) Brain. C) Knee. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder. 2. One job of our bones is to ..... A) Breathe air. B) Hold our body up. C) Drink water. D) Eat food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hold our body up. 3. The mechanism for blood calcium levels is a positive feedback loop. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. What are tissues that connect muscles to bones? A) Bridges. B) Joints. C) Ribs. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connective. 5. Organisms with more than one cells like humans and animals A) Unicellular. B) Multicellular. C) Organisms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multicellular. 6. Bone remodeling occurs throughout life A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Based on context clues, what does the word vital mean as it is used in the text? A) Unimportant; not worth worrying about. B) Weak and fragile. C) Absolutely necessary and important. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolutely necessary and important. 8. Calcium leaving bones and traveling to the muscles is an example of what type of stimulus? A) Internal. B) External. C) Both internal & external. D) Neither internal nor external. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal. 9. Your knee is attached to the other bones in your leg by ..... A) Axial Skeleton. B) Skeletal System. C) Ligaments. D) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 10. Which factor helps with calcium absorption? A) GH. B) Vitamin D. C) Vitamin C. D) Vitamin A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitamin D. 11. Which of these is NOT a skeletal system disease? A) Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Spinal stenosis. D) Pagets disease. E) All of these are skeletal system diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these are skeletal system diseases. 12. Consists of bones of the upper and lower limbs and the bones that anchor the limbs to the axial skeleton A) Axial skeleton. B) Thoracic vertebrae. C) Carpals. D) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular skeleton. 13. What does chondr/o mean? A) Bone. B) Hand. C) Rib. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 14. What is bone formation called? A) Hematopoiesis. B) Ossification. C) Deossification. D) Resorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 15. One function of the human endoskeleton is to A) Produce lactic acid. B) Produce blood cells. C) Store nitrogenous wastes. D) Transmit impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Produce blood cells. 16. What is another name for your knee cap? A) Scapula. B) Patella. C) Sternum. D) Parietal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 17. Your body is made up of how many types of bones? A) 4. B) 15. C) 2. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 18. The skeleton of the hand consists of the ....., the metacarpals, and the phalanges. A) Metatarsals. B) Fibula. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpals. 19. The following structures belong to which system? bones, joints, ligaments A) Skeletal. B) Circulatory. C) Outgrowths. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 20. The long bones are found in the? A) Upper limb & lower limb. B) Hands & legs. C) Both A & B. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 21. Bone fractures can be treated by reduction and in some cases immobilization. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Ability of a muscle to be stretched: A) Hyperplasia. B) Hypertrophy. C) Elasticity. D) Extensibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extensibility. 23. ..... is important in joints because it acts as a shock absorber. A) Cartilage. B) Melanin. C) Bone marrow. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 24. The sternum, ribs and thoracic vertebrae make up the ..... A) Skull. B) Thoracic cage. C) Lumbar region. D) Appendages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thoracic cage. 25. ..... is a long bony structure that provides support to the body A) Skeleton. B) Girdles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton. 26. Which body system helps with the digestive system to get all the nutrients to all cells in the body? A) Muscular. B) Circulatory. C) Respiratory. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circulatory. 27. ..... protects our knee joint from getting hurt or damaged A) Knee cap. B) Shin bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knee cap. 28. Our vertebrae are classified as this bone shape since it doesn't fit into any other category. A) Long. B) Dense. C) Flat. D) Short. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Irregular. 29. Definition:Collar Bone A) Phalanx. B) Skull. C) Clavicle. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clavicle. 30. Which type of joint is where one bone rotates while the other stays in place? A) Immovable. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) Hinge. E) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 31. These type of bones have long longitudinal axes and expanded ends. A) Short. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 32. What is the muscular and elastic structures that attach one bone to another at the joints? A) Carpals. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 33. The two main minerals that make up bone are ..... A) Wood and Fabric. B) Aluminum and Steel. C) Calcium and Phosphorus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium and Phosphorus. 34. There are ..... joints in the fingers and jaws. A) Saddle. B) Pivot. C) Gliding. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condyloid. 35. There are the sources of calcium ..... A) Salt, fruits. B) Milk, salmon fish. C) Sugar, beef. D) Bread, snacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milk, salmon fish. 36. Cartilage acts as a shock absorber and prevents friction A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Which of these joint problems is caused by the cartilage between the bones breaking down? A) Bursitis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Sprain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 38. Suffix that means abnormal condition. A) -Malacia. B) -per cent. C) -ation. D) -osis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -osis. 39. Which of the following does NOT belong to your upper limb? A) Shoulder. B) Hand. C) Upper arm. D) Forearm. E) Collar bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Collar bone. 40. Which part of the skeletal system protects the spinal cord? A) Vertebra. B) Pelvis. C) Scapula. D) Cranium/skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebra. 41. Examining interior of joint with an arthroscope, a fiberoptic camera; view of joint interior appears on monitor during procedure A) Arthroscopy. B) Myelography. C) Endoscopy. D) Bone scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthroscopy. 42. Which muscle movement decreases the angles between bones? A) Abduction. B) Flexion. C) Extension. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexion. 43. The appearances of yarmulke sign in RNI image is refer to: A) Hydrocephalus. B) Ewing sarcoma. C) Paget's disease. D) Bone tumour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paget's disease. 44. Example of ashort bone. A) Sternum. B) Vertebrae. C) Patella. D) Humerous. E) Trapezoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Trapezoid. 45. Degeneration of cartilage. A) Inversion. B) Arthritis. C) Chondromalacia. D) Sarcopenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chondromalacia. 46. ..... is an inner framework of the body made of bones and cartilage A) Face. B) Skeleton. C) Flesh. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeleton. 47. The thumb is an example of a ..... joint. A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saddle. 48. The backbone is made up of ..... small bones called vertebrae. A) 24. B) 12. C) 20. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 49. What is located on friction points, provide cushion and decreases stress? A) Bursa Sacs. B) Condylar. C) Saddle Joint. D) Gliding Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bursa Sacs. 50. Our backbone is made up of a stack of smaller bones called ..... which protect an important nerve called the ..... which runs from the brain to different part of the body A) Vertebrae spinal cord. B) Tibia thigh. C) Spinal cord vertebrae. D) Thigh tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae spinal cord. 51. What is the definition of a diarthroses? A) Not movable joint. B) Slightly movable joint. C) Freely movable joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freely movable joint. 52. What types of tissue functions in allowing the spread of nerve impulses that communicate between different regions of the body? A) Epithelial. B) Nervous. C) Muscle. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 53. Short bones are primarily responsible for: A) Protecting organs. B) Supporting weight and movement. C) Providing stability and facilitating movement. D) Reinforcing tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Providing stability and facilitating movement. 54. During infancy and childhood, the single most important stimulus of epiphyseal plate activity is ..... A) Parathyroid hormone. B) Growth hormone. C) Alkaline phosphatase. D) Calcitonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growth hormone. 55. If the calcium in your blood decreases below homeostasis levels, a gland in the brain will sense the decrease and send a chemical message to your bones. Your bones will release calcium into the blood, bringing blood calcium levels back up. A) Negative Feedback Loop. B) Positive Feedback Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Feedback Loop. 56. The tibia is the bigger bone of the lower leg. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. What does compact bones contain inside? A) Compact bones contain a network of tiny rivers and lakes. B) Tube like structures called osteons or Haversian system which contain blood vessels and nerves. C) Compact bones contain air pockets and empty spaces. D) Compact bones contain only muscles and tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tube like structures called osteons or Haversian system which contain blood vessels and nerves. 58. Can bones get little cracks or get broken A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 59. A ..... is a place where bones come together. A) Osteoblast. B) Fracture. C) Joint. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 60. A break in the bone A) Fracture. B) Dislocation. C) First Aid Treatment. D) Sprain. 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