This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 208 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 208 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a Skeleton Made of? A) Bone. B) Muscle. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone. 2. Muscles are made up of groups of cells working together. What level of biological organization does this represent? A) Tissue. B) Organism. C) Organ System. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissue. 3. What is the order of how are body's are organized? A) Tissues, Organ Systems, Cells, Organs. B) Organ systems, Cells, Organs, Tissues. C) Cell, organ system, organs, tissues. D) Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems. 4. These break down bone A) Collagenous. B) Osteoblasts. C) Cartilage. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 5. Which of the following shows the levels of organization of an organism from LEAST to MOST complex. A) Cells-tissues-organs-systems. B) Cells-tissues-systems-organs. C) Systems-organs-tissues-cells. D) Organs-cells-systems-tissues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cells-tissues-organs-systems. 6. Where are the tibia and fibula located in the human body? A) Foot. B) Spinal Column. C) Lower leg. D) Upper arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lower leg. 7. The ..... bone is located in the head and forms the forehead. A) Temporal. B) Frontal. C) Mandible. D) Hyoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 8. The ..... is a hard bone that protects your brain. A) Femur. B) Head. C) Skull. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 9. The littlest bone in your body is located in your ..... ? A) Rib. B) Ear. C) Toe. D) Finger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ear. 10. What is the name of the upper leg bone? A) Clavicle. B) Femur. C) Humerus. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 11. Cartilaginous joints are: A) Connection. B) Symphyses and synchondroses. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symphyses and synchondroses. 12. All bones of the body allow for protection A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 13. Process by which tissue and cartilage become bone A) Fissure fracture. B) Short bone. C) Ossification. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 14. Example of gliding joint is the backbone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Bones can be classified by shape. Which of the following represents the 4 bone shapes described by the text? A) Facial, Vertebrae, Axial, Appendular. B) Long, Short, Flat, Irregular. C) Long, Flat, Regular, Irregular. D) Flat, Irregular, Regular, Dermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long, Short, Flat, Irregular. 16. What helps skin feel heat and pressure? A) Blood cells. B) Bone cells. C) Muscle cells. D) Nerve cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve cells. 17. What is the purpose of the central canals in bone tissue? A) To hold nerves and blood vessels. B) To house osteocytes. C) To store energy as fat. D) To provide support and scaffolding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To hold nerves and blood vessels. 18. Where are secondary ossification centers found? A) Diaphysis. B) Metaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 19. What is the word for the definition ligament? A) Lord/o. B) -lysis. C) Ligament/o. D) Orth/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament/o. 20. Common bone disease among old people which is resulted from the gradual erosion of the protective layer of cartilage between the bones at the joints which can cause pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints A) Osteoporosis. B) Arthritis. C) Scoliosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthritis. 21. What are two things in your body that tendons connect? A) Joints to Ligaments. B) Muscle to bones. C) Liver to Pancreas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle to bones. 22. The job of bone marrow is to make red blood cells. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. What do you call an external skeleton? A) Exoskeleton. B) Appendicular. C) Endoskeleton. D) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exoskeleton. 24. The skull, mandible, ribs, sternum, sacrum, and the vertebral column make up the ..... A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Anterior skeleton. C) Axial skeleton. D) Radial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial skeleton. 25. Sudden, hard hit A) Stress Fracture. B) Impact Fracture. C) Disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impact Fracture. 26. The smaller bones that make up the backbone are also known as A) Vertebrae. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 27. The scientific name for your toes are called? A) Lower phalanges. B) Tarsals. C) Upper phalanges. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower phalanges. 28. The function of the muscular system is to restrict the body from moving. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 29. Bones are very flexible A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 30. Catherine injured her ankle while ice skating. Her x-ray shows no signs of bone abnormality but her doctor feels she has damage ligaments. Catherine's diagnosis is a: A) Strain. B) Dislocation. C) Contusion. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprain. 31. Brain, spinal cord, and nerves make up which system? A) Skeletal. B) Outgrowths. C) Nervous. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous. 32. What is the type of cell that breaks down old or cracked bone? A) Spongy bone. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 33. Which is an example of muscles moving a bone? A) Amy's eyes move quickly to see a cat cross the yard. B) Andrea's stomach squeezes to break up food. C) Alex's heart pumps blood through his body. D) Armand's jaw moves to chew a carrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Armand's jaw moves to chew a carrot. 34. True or False:By the time your a teenager most of your cartilage has been replaced by bone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. The paranasal sinuses are..... A) Air-filled spaces found within the frontal, maxilla, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones only. B) Air-filled spaces found within all bones of the skull. C) Not connected to the nasal cavity. D) Divided at the midline by the nasal septum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air-filled spaces found within the frontal, maxilla, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones only. 36. Chest and shoulder muscles that move the arm at the shoulder joint have insertions on the: A) Humerus. B) Scapula. C) Clavicle and ribs. D) Radius or ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 37. Function of Osteoclast A) A primary bone cell. B) As bone-forming cells. C) As bone-destroying cells. D) A mature bone cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As bone-destroying cells. 38. Part of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the musculoskeletal systems. A) Dermatology. B) Orthopedics. C) Urology. D) Neurology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orthopedics. 39. Name the pathology that have the sign of cauliflower. A) Enchondroma. B) Osteosarcoma. C) Osteochondroma. D) Ewing sarcoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteochondroma. 40. What is the most common join in the body A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Assembly. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial. 41. An ..... allows little or no movement A) Immove joint. B) Movable joint. C) Immovable joint. D) Unable joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immovable joint. 42. The muscles in her leg transport nutrients to the bones. The heart is the only muscle made of cardiac muscle. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 43. What is the part of the skeleton that is composed of all of the bones of the head? A) Brain. B) Sutures. C) Skull. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 44. The term ossification refers to ..... ? A) How bones align with each other. B) A lack of phosphorus in the bones. C) The formation of bone. D) A lack of calcium in the bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The formation of bone. 45. Endoskeletons are skeletons outside the body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. Which fracture is common when a person tries to break their fall with outstretched arms? A) Impacted fracture. B) Spiral fracture. C) Greenstick fracture. D) Compression fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impacted fracture. 47. The sternum is an irregular bone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. Which bones protect knee joint from getting hurt? A) Kneebone. B) Elbowbone. C) Kneecap. D) Leg bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kneecap. 49. The type of bone located at the ends of long bones is A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 50. Where in the body do you find cartilage A) In the nose and ears. B) In the knee joint. C) In the rib cage and trachea. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 51. What are the bones that make up the vertebral column? A) Rib cage. B) Femurs. C) Vertebrae. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 52. What is the term for the bones in the spine? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 53. The organ of the skeletal system are A) Periosteum. B) Ligaments. C) Bones. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 54. You have a compound fracture in your forearm. Which skeleton is injured? A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 55. Most joint also have tough, stiff material called ..... that covers the ends of the bones A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Fracture. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 56. Endochondral ossification replaces ..... during bone development A) Yellow marrow. B) Fibrous connective tissue. C) Hyaline cartilage. D) Fibrous membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage. 57. A small-oil producing gland found in the dermis. A) Epidermis. B) Sweat gland. C) Sebaceous gland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sebaceous gland. 58. Which type of muscle tissue has striations, is involuntary, is found only in the heart, and has a slow contraction time but has great endurance. A) Skeletal Muscle Tissue. B) Smooth Muscle Tissue. C) Cardiac Muscle Tissue. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac Muscle Tissue. 59. The scapula is part of the A) Appendicular bones. B) Axial bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular bones. 60. What is NOT part of the appendicular skeleton? A) Humerus. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Pectoral girdle. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. ← 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