This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 211 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 211 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mature bone cells in compact bones A) Osteoblasts. B) Marrowcytes. C) Osteocytes. D) Monocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes. 2. Which of the following is not an irregular bone? A) Hyoid bone. B) Vertebrae. C) Bone scapula. D) Sphenoid bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone scapula. 3. Which of these is not an irregular bone? A) Vertebrae. B) Ribs. C) Pelvis. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs. 4. Which function of the skeleton is missing? Shape, Support, Movement, Mineral Storage, Production of blood, A) Muscles contracting. B) Protection. C) Diffusion. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 5. The term hemopoiesis means A) To break down. B) A group of bones. C) To make something. D) Production of blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Production of blood cells. 6. Bones in the sole of the feet. A) Tarsal. B) Metatarsal. C) Phalanges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metatarsal. 7. When used in ANATOMY, the word "articulate" (verb) means ..... A) "to form a joint". B) "furthest from". C) "to speak". D) "smoothing ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "to form a joint". 8. The official name for the kneecap is the ..... A) Patella. B) Kneecap. C) Tibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patella. 9. The basic structural unit of compact bone; long cylinders that act as tiny weight-bearing pillars in the bone A) Joint (articulation). B) Sesamoid bones. C) Osteon. D) Intervertebral discs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteon. 10. Name the type of joint which helps a cricket bowler for bowling the ball. A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 11. The growth plate is also known as A) Ossteal plate. B) Epipyseal plate. C) Periosteal plate. D) Medullary plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epipyseal plate. 12. Our fingers and toes are known as ..... A) The phalanges. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The phalanges. 13. The pelvis supports balance. Which number is the pelvis? A) Number 9. B) Number 7. C) Number 8. D) Number 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number 12. 14. ..... is the double layered structure that encloses a joint. A) Synovial membrane. B) Menisci. C) Joint capsule. D) Purses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint capsule. 15. Which is not considered a type of bone A) Flat. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small. 16. Which type of bones are the limbs like arms and legs classified as? A) Short bones. B) Flat bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long bones. 17. What tissue acts as a cushion on the ends of bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 18. The thigh bone, longest bone in the body is ..... A) Ulna. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 19. Found at end of epiphysis and functions to reduce friction A) Diaphysis. B) Lamellae. C) Articular cartilage. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Articular cartilage. 20. These bones protect the spinal cord. A) Vertebra. B) Radius. C) Clavicle. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebra. 21. Which body system gives our body structure and protects the major organs? A) Skeletal System. B) Muscular System. C) Respiratory System. D) Circulatory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal System. 22. Where are your tibia and fibula found? A) Arm. B) Back. C) Leg. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leg. 23. Which type of joint twists? A) Pivot joint. B) Bhinge joints. C) Cball-and-socket joints. D) Dall of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot joint. 24. ..... is the location of a union of bone or cartilage A) Femur. B) Mandible. C) Flat bones. D) Joint. E) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 25. Name the most flexible bone in the body? A) Humerus. B) Spine. C) Skull. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spine. 26. Bone category that protect elicate organs in the body that consists of 80 bones including skull, backbone, breastbone, and ribs A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 27. What are bones in your ankle called? A) Tarsals. B) Femur. C) Carpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsals. 28. This is the bone of the base of the cranium; holds together the frontal, occipital, and the ethmoid bones. A) Sphenoid. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Ethmoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sphenoid. 29. What type of doctor deals with broken bones A) Orthopedist. B) Oncologist. C) Orthodontist. D) Orthotist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orthopedist. 30. Bones united by cartilage with no joint cavity present A) Cartilaginous joint. B) Fibrous joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous joint. 31. The hinge joint which is found in the elbow, knees, fingers and toes allow what kind of movement? A) Sliding. B) Back and forth. C) Circular. D) Bones rotate around each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Back and forth. 32. The Appendicular Skeleton is made up of all of the following EXCEPT!!! A) The Pelvic girdle. B) The vertebrae. C) The Pectoral girdle. D) The arms & legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The vertebrae. 33. Classify the following bones in the human body. Femur and Humerus A) Short bone. B) Flat bone. C) Long bone. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bone. 34. What disease is caused when bursae wear out in the joints? A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Gout. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Fibrodysplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 35. This hormone stimulates osteoblasts A) Calcitonin. B) Insulin. C) Melatonin. D) Parathyroid Hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcitonin. 36. Muscles can only move in ..... direction. A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 37. The ..... system helps you move, protects your organs, gives support to the body, and makes red blood cells. A) Skeletal system. B) Muscular system. C) Digestive system. D) Respiratory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 38. Which bones form the shoulder girdle? A) Humerus and radius. B) Clavicles and scapulas. C) Tibia and fibula. D) Metacarpals and phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicles and scapulas. 39. Your skeletal system is made of your..... A) Bones. B) Organs. C) Muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 40. ..... helps in the formation of bones nad teeth. A) Calcium. B) Vitamin A. C) Fat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 41. What happens when babies' bones fuse together? A) Join together. B) Create cartilage. C) Split into two. D) Break apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Join together. 42. After a having a dislocated shoulder the doctor orders six weeks of physical therapy. This will impact which function of the skeletal system? A) Mineral storage. B) Hemopoiesis. C) Protection. D) Movement. E) Posture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 43. Abnormal stiffness of a joint or fusion of bones at a joint. A) Arthrodesis. B) Ankylosis. C) Ostealgia. D) Osteogeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ankylosis. 44. Choose long bones ..... A) Cranium, pelvis and radios. B) Humerus, femur and fibula. C) Patella and carpals. D) Leg, nose and head. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus, femur and fibula. 45. Crooked, bent, stiff A) Spondyl/o. B) Lord/o. C) Caf/o. D) Ankyl/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ankyl/o. 46. The larger, and more medial bone in the lower leg A) Fibula. B) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 47. Which is a cell that builds new bone? A) Osteoclast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteodontknow. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 48. Allows little movement. Ex. joints of the bones in your skull. A) Fixed joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Hinge joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed joint. 49. Where are your metacarpals located? A) Middle part of your hands. B) Middle part of your feet. C) Your fingers. D) Your ankles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle part of your hands. 50. Spinal cord is responsible for the transfer of information between the brain and the rest of the body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Hey Benjamin, Mia, and Luna! Can you guess which bone in your forearm is attached to the humerus on the thumb side? It's a fun fact to know! A) Radios. B) Radius. C) Ulna. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 52. What type of bone is the phyalanges? A) Flat bone. B) Long bone. C) Short bone. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long bone. 53. What is the connective tissue layer that lines the outside of bone? A) Periosteum. B) Red marrow. C) Articular cartilage. D) Distal epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 54. Costo-means ribs A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. It is the central framework of the human body A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 56. What do the rib cage and other bones provide for vital organs? A) Protection. B) Support. C) Structure. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. 57. What is stronger? A) Bones. B) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeth. 58. All the bones that make up your limbs are referred to as- A) The appendicular skeleton. B) False bones. C) The axial skeleton. D) Action bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The appendicular skeleton. 59. The suture that connect the two parietal bones together is the ..... suture, whereas the suture that connects the parietal bones to the occipital bone is the ..... suture. A) Lambdoid; squamosal. B) Sagittal; lambdoid. C) Coronal; sagittal. D) Squamosal; lambdoid. E) Sagittal; coronal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagittal; lambdoid. 60. From how many bones the vertebrae is made? A) 33. B) 44. C) 55. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. ← 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