This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 206 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 206 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you call the end of two bones joint together? A) Irregular bone. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 2. The primary job of the ..... is to protect the heart and Lungs A) Lumbar Vertebrae. B) Ribs. C) Brain. D) Hyoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs. 3. The bone that makes up the inside bump of your ankle is the ..... A) Radius. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Ulna. E) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tibia. 4. Bone that consists of numerous bony plates that are separated by irregular spaces is what type of bone? A) Spongy. B) Thin. C) Thick. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy. 5. Unusual and/or complex shape bones that are in skull, jaw, & sternum are what type of bones A) Sesamoid. B) Short. C) Long. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular. 6. What is an injury where bones come apart at a joint? A) Sprain. B) Osteoporosis. C) Dislocation. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dislocation. 7. Which of these options is where the sole of the foot is turned to face inwards? A) Circumduction. B) Inversion. C) Pronation. D) Dorsiflexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inversion. 8. Which bones play specialized roles in pulmonary ventilation? A) Mandible. B) Hyoid. C) Ossicles. D) Vertebral column. E) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Rib cage. 9. The outer layer of all bones are composed of which types of bones? A) Fatty bone. B) Compact bone. C) Muscle bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 10. What's your knee caps name? A) Patella. B) Disk. C) Knee. D) Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patella. 11. What suture connects the parietal bones? A) Sagittal. B) Squamosal. C) Lambdoidal. D) Coronal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sagittal. 12. The internal framework of the body A) Skeletal system. B) Muscular system. C) Axial skeletal system. D) Appendicular skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 13. Which of the following is not a type of joint found in the body? A) Pivot Joint. B) Gliding Joint. C) Ball and Socket Joint. D) Hinge Joint. E) Tennis Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tennis Elbow. 14. Are your bones alive? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 15. There are ..... joints in the elbows and knees. A) Hinge. B) Ball & socket. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 16. When we exhale the diaphragm ..... A) Contracts. B) Expands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expands. 17. The sternum is also known as your? A) Breastbone. B) Shoulder. C) Elbow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breastbone. 18. The hole through the periosteum that supplies blood to the bone is called the Nutrient ..... A) Worn. B) Artery. C) Capillary. D) Vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worn. 19. Skull, vertebral column, rib cage- A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 20. What radiates, concentrically from the central canal? A) Mesenchymal cells. B) Lamellae. C) Lacunae. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamellae. 21. Spongy bones does not have a Haversian system? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Who supports the teeth? A) Mandible. B) Ribs. C) Humerus. D) Vertebral column. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 23. An excessive posterior curvature of the thoracic region; also called humpback. A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Osteopetrosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Diskectomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis. 24. The skeleton has 5 major functions. Which one below is NOT one of them? A) Moves oxygen to the body. B) Provide shape and support. C) Enable you to move. D) Protect your organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moves oxygen to the body. 25. Which bone helps you stand up straight? A) Spine. B) Femur. C) Cranium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spine. 26. Which two body systems work together to support the body and allow the body to move? A) Circulatory and respiratory. B) Digestive and nervous. C) Skeletal and muscular. D) Circulatory and digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal and muscular. 27. Bones can bend with lots of exercise. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Vertebrae are classified as ..... A) Short bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Long bones. D) Sesamoid bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular bones. 29. Blood cells are produced in the ..... bone marrow found in long bones. A) Yellow. B) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 30. Which vitamin is needed for proper absorption of calcium in the small intestine? A) K. B) A. C) E. D) C. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) D. 31. The scientific name of the shoulder blade is the ..... A) Radius. B) Clavicle. C) Scapula. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 32. Which of the following DOES NOT belong in the appendicular skeleton? A) Pelvic girdle. B) Phalanges. C) Femur. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 33. Areas where the cranial bones have joined together are ..... A) Foramina. B) Sinuses. C) Fontanels. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sutures. 34. What type of movement do your gliding joints make? A) One-way movement. B) Circular movement. C) No movement. D) Gliding, side to side movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding, side to side movement. 35. Bones that consist of a shaft and two ends that are covered with cartilage at the joint surface are classified as ..... A) Flat Bones. B) Long Bones. C) Sesamoid Bones. D) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long Bones. 36. Which of the following bone (s) is/are NOT part of the axial skeleton? A) Sternum. B) Scapula. C) Clavicle. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clavicle. 37. What is an examples of a ball and socket joint A) Ankle. B) Knee. C) Neck. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder. 38. Short answer prep:I can list at least FOUR major functions of the skeleton. A) Yes! or I will study this and be able to today*Correct answer. B) No and I am not going to study this. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes! or I will study this and be able to today*Correct answer. 39. How many muscles it takes to frown? A) 20. B) 30. C) 40. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30. 40. What joint is found in the knuckles? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condylar. 41. The center of an osteon that houses blood vessels and nerves is called the A) Weissner's canal. B) Foster's canal. C) Volkmann's canal. D) Haversian canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haversian canal. 42. What is the name of the joint on the hands and spines? A) Gliding. B) Ball and socket. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gliding. 43. Examples:Carpals, tarsals and patella A) Long Bone. B) Flat Bone. C) Short Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short Bone. 44. The central and perforating canals in compact bone are where you would find ..... A) Cartilage. B) Bone marrow. C) Neurons. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood vessels. 45. Which the following descrbes the location where bones first forms and increases in diameter? A) Secondary ossification center. B) Primary ossification center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary ossification center. 46. Bones contain a soft tissue known as the ..... A) Bone Marrow. B) Gall Bladder. C) Liver. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone Marrow. 47. Which one of these is not a characteristic of bones and joints? A) Improve flexibility. B) Balance. C) Lubricating fluids and joints. D) Blood cells are produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balance. 48. The spaces of trabeculae are filled with A) Yellow marrow. B) Red marrow. C) Interstitial fluid. D) Haversian systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red marrow. 49. Rickets can occur when bones do not have enough of what element? A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 50. Which of the following bones protect the brain? A) Hipbones. B) Backbone. C) Ribs. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 51. Below are the bones that make up the shoulder skeleton, namely..... A) Shoulder blade. B) Bone strainer. C) Joint bone. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder blade. 52. Bone twists, resulting in one or more breaks, common in skiing and skating A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Greenstick. D) Spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spiral. 53. There are two hip bones called ..... that form the pelvis. A) Tibia. B) Vertebrae. C) The Coxae. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Coxae. 54. The joints present in skull bones are called? A) Amphiarthrosis. B) Sutures. C) Diathosis. D) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutures. 55. Read this sentence from Movers and Shapers. When muscles contract, or get shorter, they pull on the bones. What does the word contract mean in this sentence? A) Grow. B) Lengthen. C) Ache. D) Tighten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tighten. 56. The system that contains 206 bones and connective tissues A) Digestive system. B) Nervous system. C) Skeletal system. D) Circulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 57. A fracture when the bone shatters into more than two pieces. A) Transverse. B) Comminuted. C) Hairline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comminuted. 58. This type of bone includes the skull, sternum, and ribs. They protect internal organs. A) Short bones. B) Long bones. C) Sesamoid bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat bones. 59. How many total bones are in your vertebral column? A) 23. B) 21. C) 24. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24. 60. Which of the following statements correctly represents a relationship between the functional and structural joint classifications? A) All synovial joints are diarthroses. B) All fibrous joints are diarthroses. C) All synovial joints are are amphiarthroses. D) All fibrous joints are amphiarthroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All synovial joints are diarthroses. ← 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