This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 203 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 203 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which bone forms the upper jaw? A) Mandible. B) Maxilla. C) Zygomatic bone. D) Vomit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxilla. 2. Which disorder is defined as an inflammation of the joints? A) Arthritis. B) Polio. C) Meningitis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 3. When the body is in the anatomical position, the thumb is ..... and ..... to the fingers. A) Proximal, medial. B) Distal, lateral. C) Proximal, lateral. D) Distal, medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proximal, lateral. 4. Muscles move bones by A) Pushing. B) Pulling. C) Both pushing and pulling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulling. 5. Your Radius, Ulna, Femure, Tibia, Fibula and Humerus are all what type of bone? A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 6. Which muscle type is found in the internal, hollow organs of our body? A) Smooth. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) Straight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 7. Cells that break down the bony matrix. A) Lamellae. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 8. How does the integumentary system lower your body temperature? A) Sweat evaporation. B) Muscle contraction. C) Hairs standing up. D) Oil production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweat evaporation. 9. When muscles get weak because of microgravity or aging it is called ..... A) Sprains. B) Exercise. C) Osteoporosis. D) Muscle atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle atrophy. 10. Joints are hard. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The two types of joints in the body are the immovable joints and the movable joints. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. How many muscles fo you have? A) 650. B) None of these. C) 525. D) 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 650. 13. What type of bone makes up our vertebral column? A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 14. How to prevent polio virus? A) Crippling. B) Polio vaccines. C) Backbone. D) Take that virus away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polio vaccines. 15. Your collar bone is also called (a) . A) A clavicle. B) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A clavicle. 16. The use of a needle to puncture a joint space and remove accumulated fluid is called ..... A) Arthrodesis. B) Arthrocentesis. C) Arthroplasty. D) Arthroscopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthrocentesis. 17. Protects the heart A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 18. This type of joint has a back and forth motion. A) Fixed. B) Ball and socket. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 19. What does tendons hold together? A) Muscle to bone. B) Bone to bone. C) Muscle to muscle. D) Bone to organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle to bone. 20. In bone the hollow central tube of an osteon that contains nerves and blood vessels. A) Central canal. B) Pectoral girdle. C) Cartilage. D) Coxal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central canal. 21. Which is NOT a long bone? A) Carpals. B) Tibia. C) Humerus. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 22. The levels of organization of the human body is:atoms > molecules > organs > tissues > organisms > organ systems A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Bone fractures due to low calcium affects A) Protection. B) Mineral Storage. C) Movement. D) Hemopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mineral Storage. 24. What kind of skeleton does a snail have? A) Segmented abdomen. B) Exoskeleton. C) Hydrostatic skeleton. D) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exoskeleton. 25. What forms in the bone marrow? A) Blood cells. B) Food. C) Bile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood cells. 26. Poor diet makes the A) Bones weak. B) Bone stone. C) Healthy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones weak. 27. Joints that allow for free movement of the joint (such as synovial joints) A) You jointed. B) Amphiarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses. 28. The femur location is in ..... A) Thigh. B) Backbone. C) Lower leg. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thigh. 29. Cardiac muscle lets the heart pump blood A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. Which term means "hump" ? A) School. B) Tors/o. C) Caf/o. D) Lord/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caf/o. 31. What is osteology? A) It is the study of brain structures. B) It is the study of bone structures. C) It is the study of joint structures. D) It is the study of muscular structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the study of bone structures. 32. Ribcage is part of which skeleton A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 33. A bone that is longe than it is wide A) Long. B) Flat. C) Irregular. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 34. Glucose supplies your muscles with: A) Water. B) Blood. C) Oxygen. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy. 35. What is the word for the definition rib? A) -one. B) Arthr/o. C) Cost/o. D) Skulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost/o. 36. These joints allow very little movement A) Immovable Joints. B) Ball and socket joints. C) Slightly movable joints. D) Pivot Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slightly movable joints. 37. What do the valves in the body do? A) Helps prevent the back flow of blood. B) Helps create the veins and arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helps prevent the back flow of blood. 38. Which main joint is classified as freely moveable? A) Fibrous Joint. B) Cartilaginous Joint. C) Bursae Joint. D) Synovial Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synovial Joint. 39. A fragment of the bone breaks off with this fracture A) Compression. B) Avulsion. C) Spiral. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avulsion. 40. What is moving a limb away from the midline of the body along the frontal plane called? A) Abduction. B) Adduction. C) Extension. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abduction. 41. This hormone stimulates osteoclasts A) Melatonin. B) Parathyroid Hormone. C) Insulin. D) Calcitonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parathyroid Hormone. 42. A disease that results in soft bones that bend and caused by a lack of vitamin D A) Arthritis. B) Leukemia. C) Osteoporosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rickets. 43. Characterized by decreased bone mass and density A) Osteoporosis. B) Kyphosis. C) ACL injury. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 44. You move your palms to face anteriorly A) Supination. B) Rotation. C) Pronation. D) Circumduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supination. 45. Which of the following bones function for SUPPORT but NOT protection? A) Rib cage. B) Vertebral Column. C) Skull. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 46. The Radius is the bone that follows the thumb in the arm. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Bones store what mineral A) Calcium. B) Of the greatest. C) Sodium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 48. Which is not a movable joint? A) Pivot. B) Ball-socket. C) Hinge. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 49. The mastoid process is a landmark on the: A) Parietal bone. B) Ethmoid bone. C) Frontal bone. D) Temporal bone. E) Sphenoid bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal bone. 50. What type of bones mainly make up the facial bones? A) Short. B) Flat. C) Sutural. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular. 51. What bones are in your arm? A) Radius & Ulna. B) Carpal and Metacarpal. C) Radius and Carpals. D) Metacarpals & Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius & Ulna. 52. Stimulation of the ..... receptor would result in osteoclast activation A) RANK. B) Thyroid hormone. C) Calcitonin. D) RANKL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RANK. 53. Animals found in polar regions have white fur that helps them to merge with the snow. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. Cause:Genetic, Mutation of FGFR3 Gene regulating bone growth. A) Achondroplasia. B) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. C) Ricketts. D) Osteomyelitis. E) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achondroplasia. 55. Which of the following is a good source of calcium? A) "Bread". B) "Broccoli". C) "Apples". D) "Brown rice". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Broccoli". 56. Athralgia means what A) Joint inflammation. B) Joint pain. C) Bone pain. D) Straighten the curve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint pain. 57. Where is the spongy bone located? A) Epiphysis. B) Shaft. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 58. A Podiatrist would see you as a patient if you had an injured ..... A) Hand. B) Knee. C) Foot. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 59. Heartbeat, breathing, swallowing and sneezing is controlled by ..... A) Medulla. B) Nerves. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla. 60. Inflammation of the joints is called ..... A) Cartilage. B) Arthritis. C) Assembly. D) Diarthrosis. 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