This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System β Quiz 209 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 209 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. These minerals are deposited by living cells called A) Hostess. B) Osteoblasts. C) Homeostasis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 2. States that the muscle fibers shorten as the actin and myosin filaments pull on each other A) Threshold stimulus theory. B) Sliding filament theory. C) Neurotransmitter theory. D) All or none principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sliding filament theory. 3. What support the insectΒ΄s body? A) The wings. B) Segmented body. C) Endoskeleton. D) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exoskeleton. 4. Make sure you get enough ....., ..... and ..... in order to keep your skeletal and muscular system healthy. A) Exercise, exercise, exercise!. B) Sleep, gluteus maximus, nutrition. C) Sleep, exercise, sugar. D) Sleep, exercise, good nutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep, exercise, good nutrition. 5. Which type of bone is formed quickly at the site of fractures? A) Woven. B) Lamellar. C) Osteon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woven. 6. What is another word for patella A) Female. B) Batter. C) Bicep. D) Kneecap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kneecap. 7. What is Peristasis? A) Tweerking of the tummy. B) The internal movement of the muscles and organs. C) Muscle movements of the heart. D) Skeletal muscle movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The internal movement of the muscles and organs. 8. This type of tissue includes ligaments, tendons, and cartilage A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Epithelial. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connective. 9. This type of joint is found in shoulder and hip A) Ball and socket. B) Gliding. C) Pivot. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 10. Mason, Isla, and Mia are playing a game of 'Human Anatomy'. Mason asks, 'What connects bones together in our body?' Can you help Isla and Mia answer? A) Ligaments. B) Heart. C) Trachea. D) Brains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 11. What type of cartilage makes up the embryonic skeleton? A) Osteoblastic cartilage. B) Epiphyseal cartlige. C) Articular cartilage. D) Hyaline cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyaline cartilage. 12. Which is part of the Appendicular skeleton A) Humerus. B) Cranium. C) Femur. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 13. What attaches bone to bone at the joint? A) Tendon. B) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 14. Where in the skeleton might you find a flat bone? A) Hand. B) Wrist. C) Chest. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chest. 15. This type of joint is in our neck and can rotate side to side? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot. 16. Bones are filled with a jelly like substance called ..... A) Fluid. B) Bone marrow. C) Muscle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 17. What are the two most common joint replacements? A) Neck and back. B) Foot and hand. C) Shoulder and elbow. D) Hip and knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hip and knee. 18. Bones doesn't change when our body grows. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. The spinal column is part of the ..... skeleton. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 20. Which bone is in the lateral (thumb) side of the arm? A) Radius. B) Pelvis. C) Ulna. D) Femur. E) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 21. What do we call the bones that make up our fingers and toes? A) Vertebrae. B) Carpals. C) Phalanges. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 22. What can be found in the central canal of the haversian canal system? A) Osteocytes. B) Lamella. C) Blood vessels and nerves. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels and nerves. 23. The process where old bone tissue is destroyed & new bone tissue is created. A) Remodeling. B) Mineralization. C) Reversal. D) Resorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remodeling. 24. PURPOSE OF NITRIC ACID A) DIGESTS BONE. B) DECALCIFIES BONE. C) STAINS BONE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DECALCIFIES BONE. 25. Which of the following is found at the tip of the nose and the ears? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Bone marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 26. Which of the following is a function of the axial skeleton? A) Allows for movement of the wrist and hand. B) Protects nerves and blood vessels at the elbow. C) Supports trunk of body. D) Allows for movements of the ankle and foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supports trunk of body. 27. Shaft of the bone that contains the medullary cavity A) Epiphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Diaphysis. D) Articular Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 28. The process by which bones increase in diameter: A) Hematopoiesis. B) Longitudinal growth. C) Appositional growth. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appositional growth. 29. The section of the skeleton that contains the skull, spinal column, and rib cage. A) Diaphysis. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Axial skeleton. D) Medullary Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial skeleton. 30. What classification of bones provides leverage? A) Long. B) Flat. C) Sesamoid. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 31. Which does NOT compose the Skeletal System? A) Bones. B) Cartilage. C) Heart. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 32. Over half of your bones are found in your ..... A) Head. B) Arms. C) Hands and feet. D) Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hands and feet. 33. A strong, flexible, and smooth connective tissue found at the end of bones A) Sprain. B) Marrow. C) Calcium. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 34. The fingers and toes are an example of this joint A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 35. This type of skeleton can be described as "body armor." A) Endoskeleton. B) Ergoskeleton. C) Ectoskeleton. D) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exoskeleton. 36. Bones store ..... and produce blood cells. A) Iron. B) Calcium. C) Carbohydrates. D) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 37. Do you want your steer to be cow hocked? A) Sometimes. B) Yes. C) It Depends. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 38. How do we call the bones that are in your wrists? A) Carpals. B) Talus. C) Phalanges. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 39. Which of the following is a type of stem cell? A) Osteogenic cells. B) Osteons. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteogenic cells. 40. What do you call the more dense, rigid parts of bones? A) Cartilage. B) Solid Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact Bone. 41. Stretching and twisting of ligaments in known as a A) Fracture. B) Dislocation. C) Sprain. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sprain. 42. Involuntary muscles cannot be controlled. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. The skeletal system protects our delicate organs. Which organ is protected by the vertebral column? A) Vertebrae. B) Heart. C) KIdney. D) Spinal cord and the fluid surrounding it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord and the fluid surrounding it. 44. What is the job of compact bone tissue? A) To break down nutrients. B) To support the body. C) To produce white blood cells. D) To digest food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To support the body. 45. The ..... is the only bone in the skull which is movable. A) Upper jaw. B) Lower jaw. C) Neck. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower jaw. 46. What is bone 1? b A) B Femur. B) C Fibula. C) A Tibia. D) D Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B Femur. 47. What tissue prevents bones from rubbing? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 48. What does the spine do? A) Help you back move and keep it straight. B) Help you eat your food. C) Help you put your mask over your nose. D) Help you swallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help you back move and keep it straight. 49. Ends of long bones A) Metaphysis. B) Epiphyseal line. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 50. Which of the following is formed when different cells group together? A) Tissues. B) Cells. C) Systems. D) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissues. 51. Support Weight and Facilitate Movement A) LONG BONES. B) SPONGY BONE. C) SHORT BONES. D) COMPACT BONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LONG BONES. 52. Without these we would not be able to bend our arms and legs A) Levers. B) Bones. C) Hinges. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 53. Bones with longitudinal axes and expanded ends, such as the bones of the forearm and thigh bones A) Long bones. B) Flat bones. C) Short bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bones. 54. One of the best ways to keep bones healthy is to ..... A) Workout. B) Have arisen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have arisen. 55. Which statement is false? Which statement is false? A) Bone marrow is made of red and yellow marrow. B) Red marrow makes red blood cells. C) Yellow marrow is for fat. D) Bone has no holes in it, so it can't have marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone has no holes in it, so it can't have marrow. 56. Compound Oblique A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 57. Which of the following cell types is present in bone tissue? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoprogenitor cells. E) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All answers are correct. 58. What is used to take a picture of the brain? A) X-rays. B) MRA. C) Polaroid Camera. D) MRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MRI. 59. Calcium is a mineral that helps build healthy ..... A) Hair. B) Bones. C) Skin. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones. 60. Bulging deposit around the area of a bone fracture that may eventually become bone. A) Immobilization. B) Manipulation. C) Transverse Fracture. D) Callus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callus. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books