This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 204 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 204 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Holds bones together A) Cartilage. B) Joint. C) Tendons. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligament. 2. Lightweight (less dense) bone filled with open spaces located at the ends of the long bones A) Spongy bone. B) Cartilage. C) Red Marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 3. An example of a flat bone is A) The vertebrae. B) The humerus. C) The phalanges. D) The carpals. E) The sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The sternum. 4. A grown body should have ..... number of bones. A) 306. B) 300. C) 200. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 5. Platelets that are involved in clotting are example of A) Negative feedback. B) Positive feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive feedback. 6. Two bones are joined at ..... A) Ligaments. B) Tendon. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 7. A cross country runner has a shin splint on her right shin only. This describes: A) Contralateral. B) Ipsilateral. C) Unilateral. D) Bilateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unilateral. 8. The ..... are the bones of the fingers and toes. A) Ribs. B) Tibia. C) Phalanges. D) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 9. Role played by a skeletal muscle acting to slow or stop a movement A) Contractility. B) Agonist. C) Extensibility. D) Antagonist. E) Irritability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 10. Cavity in the bone shaft that contains yellow marrow A) Articular Cartilage. B) Medullary Cavity. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary Cavity. 11. The ..... is a bony structure and protects our brain. A) Skull. B) All of these. C) Cartilage. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 12. One of the bones that makes up the backbone. A) Skull. B) Sternum. C) Vertebra. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebra. 13. During a rigorous basketball training session, Benjamin noticed that Noah was experiencing tiny, painful cracks in a bone. What type of fractures could these be a result of overuse? A) Oblique. B) Comminuted. C) Greenstick. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stress. 14. The scientific name for "shoulder blade" is A) Scapula. B) Tarsal. C) Carpal. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 15. The skin contains ..... that provide information about external conditions. A) Tendons. B) Hair. C) Nerve Receptors. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve Receptors. 16. Pectoral girdles, arms, hands and wrists, pelvis, legs and feet all make up the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 17. Which joint helps bones move in all directions? A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket Joint. 18. Surgical correction of a broken bone A) Closed reduction. B) Greenstick fracture. C) Open reduction. D) Traction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open reduction. 19. What is the term used to describe the reduction in the size of an organ? A) Atrophy. B) Metaplasia. C) Hypertrophy. D) Hyperplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrophy. 20. The soft inner center of bone, contains blood vessels & fat cells is called ..... A) Spongy bone. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 21. Forearm bone that lies on the little finger side. A) Ulna. B) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna. 22. Skeletal system constitute barely ..... % of the human body mass. A) 14. B) 16. C) 13. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 23. Which soft tissue protects the eneds of the bones to they don't rub against each other? A) Muscles. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 24. Which of the following is a bone-forming cell? A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblast. 25. Which label is the femur? A) B. B) D. C) C. D) H. E) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) H. 26. Another name for the collar bone A) Clavicle. B) Phalanges. C) Ribs. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 27. A joint that is fixed and cannot move is called A) Immoveable. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immoveable. 28. A diarthosis joint is enclosed in a: A) Joint cavity. B) Joint space. C) Bursa. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint cavity. 29. Synovial fluid is found in which join type A) Synarthrosis. B) Amphiarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses. 30. Most of the facial bones and vertebrae are considered what type of bones? A) Short. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular. 31. The following structures are found in the temporal bone except A) Styloid process. B) Temporal process. C) Temporal scale. D) Mandibular fossa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal process. 32. The bones of our fingers and toes are known as ..... A) The phalanges. B) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The phalanges. 33. ..... Flat Bones A) Bones of the skull. B) Bones of the shoulder and hip. C) Bones such as the humerous, femur, radius, ulna and fibula. D) Bones phalanges and carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones of the skull. 34. Are the tarsals part of the hand or foot? A) Hand. B) Foot. C) Arm. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foot. 35. The spine is made up of 26 ..... A) Muscles. B) Ribs. C) Vertebrae. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 36. The last two pairs of ribs are called (page 128) A) Vertebrosternal. B) Vertebrocostal. C) False ribs. D) Floating ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Floating ribs. 37. Which of the following skeletal system parts is connective tissue that keeps your bones attached to each other? A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 38. A common pathology associated with aging A) Osteoarthritis. B) Bursitis. C) Dislocation. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 39. Which jaw does enable you to talk and eat? A) Lower. B) Upper. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower. 40. 7-Age and poor eating habits can make it more likely for people to develop osteoporosis. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 41. Our Heart is made up of A) Triceps. B) Cardiac muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac muscles. 42. Long bones are formed through A) Membranous bone formation. B) Endochondral bone formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endochondral bone formation. 43. Breastbone is also called as the ..... A) Stapes. B) Tibia. C) Sternum. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 44. When a muscle is in extension it is getting A) Longer. B) Shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longer. 45. What happens if a ligament is stretched too far or torn? A) Sprain. B) Strain. C) Fracture. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sprain. 46. What do the muscular system and skeletal system have in common? A) Both systems protect the brain. B) Both systems pump blood to the body. C) Both systems are made up of soft material. D) Both systems assist the body with movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both systems assist the body with movement. 47. What body part helps us to hear? A) Ears. B) Nose. C) Heart. D) Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ears. 48. Flat bones are found in the A) Arm. B) Hands. C) Toes. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 49. How many 'floating ribs' do we have? A) 7. B) 4. C) 2. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 50. What are phalanges? A) A kind of joint. B) Finger and toe bones. C) Skull bones. D) Bones of the ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finger and toe bones. 51. What part of the skeletal system has over half of the body's bones? A) Appendage. B) Axial. C) Hands and feet. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular. 52. What is made inside bones? A) Muscles. B) Blood cells. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood cells. 53. The hard, outer portions of bones made of ..... A) Calcium. B) Sodium. C) Spongy Bone Tissue. D) Compact Bone Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact Bone Tissue. 54. Match the following with the best location skull A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. C) Back. D) Neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 55. What is the total number of bones in the adult human body? A) 406. B) 126. C) 80. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 56. The presents of uric acid crystal deposits in the joint and pain in the big toe are symptoms of: A) Osteoarthritis. B) Gout. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gout. 57. What is the main job of the stomach? A) Make noise and create burps. B) Adds digestive juices to the food and churns the food to break it down. C) Distributes nutrients to the blood through thin walls. D) Pulls water out of food to return it to the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adds digestive juices to the food and churns the food to break it down. 58. A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton by tendons and provides the force that moves the bones. Can be voluntary or involuntary. A) Involuntary Muscles. B) Voluntary Muscles. C) Skeletal Muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal Muscles. 59. Compact bone is the A) Lighter bone found in the ends and inner portions of long bone. B) Dense, hard, weight-bearing bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dense, hard, weight-bearing bone. 60. What best describes the haversian canal? A) Connective tissue in bones. B) Canal housing blood vessels. C) Growth plate in long bones. D) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canal housing blood vessels. ← 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