This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 214 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 214 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The joint cavity of synovial joints (directly) allows for ..... A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Insulation. D) Lubrication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lubrication. 2. The continuous process of replacing bone in the body; this process speeds up during healing A) Going to the ER. B) Remodeling. C) Formation of a bony callus. D) Formation of hematoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remodeling. 3. What is the bone marking that is only found on the femur and no other bone? A) The Great Hole. B) Head. C) Trochanter. D) Fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trochanter. 4. There are ..... in the adult human body. A) 308. B) 512. C) 104. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 5. The most important minerals stored in bones are A) Calcium and iron. B) Sodium and phosphorus. C) Sodium and potassium. D) Calcium and phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and phosphorus. 6. How many bones do we have in fingers EXCEPT our thumb? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 7. About how many bones are in the human body? A) 200. B) 22. C) 650. D) More than a billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 200. 8. Which body systems work together to allow the body to move? A) Nervous and skeletal. B) Muscular and skeletal. C) Nervous and circulatory. D) Muscular and circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular and skeletal. 9. Which of the following is NOT produced or stored inside bones? A) Calcium. B) Fat. C) Melanin. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melanin. 10. What is the word for the definition ilium? A) Or/about. B) -ago. C) -one. D) Caf/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or/about. 11. Socket in pelvic bone that the thigh bone joins to the pelvis A) Acronium. B) A dish. C) Condyle. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dish. 12. What type of joint is your knee? A) Ball and socket. B) Pivot. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 13. Allows the arms to hang freely A) Clavicle. B) Sternum. C) Phalanges. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 14. Osteon can be found in which part of the bone? A) Compact bone. B) Periosteum. C) Spongy bone. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 15. Q6 The lowest two pairs of ribs are called: A) The floating ribs. B) The fatty ribs. C) The part of ribs. D) The flying ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The floating ribs. 16. ..... is the term for the formation of cellular blood components. A) Osteoclastogenesis. B) Hematology. C) Hematopoiesis. D) Osteoblastogenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hematopoiesis. 17. Joint replacement surgery. A) Edema. B) Vertebroplasty. C) Arthroplasty. D) Osteopenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthroplasty. 18. Who has more bones, adults or children? A) Adults. B) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children. 19. The suture that is located between the occipital and parietal bones is ..... A) Coronal. B) Squamous. C) Sagittal. D) Lambdoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lambdoid. 20. The small cavities in bone where osteocytes are found are called: A) Haversian canals. B) Volkmann's canals. C) Lamellae. D) Beams. E) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Lacunae. 21. Q-Last two pair of ribs are called ..... A) True ribs. B) Floating ribs. C) False ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating ribs. 22. Layer that lines the medullary cavity A) Spongy bone. B) Articular cartilage. C) Endosteum. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endosteum. 23. Break resulting from a diseased bone. A) Pathogenic. B) Comminuted. C) Transverse. D) Greenstick. E) Fissured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogenic. 24. In the following analogy, what is an organ system most similar to? A) Grade level. B) Student. C) School. D) School district. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) School district. 25. The cells that produce bone cells or bone matrix are called A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 26. Blood cells produced from within the bone in a tissue called ..... A) Yellow marrow. B) Red marrow. C) Osteons. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red marrow. 27. The scapula is also known as the ..... A) Collarbone. B) Shoulder blade. C) Shinbone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder blade. 28. What is bone 3? a A) B Patella. B) D Phalanges. C) C Fibula. D) A Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Tibia. 29. A synovial joint is an example of a(n): A) Amphiarthrosis. B) Diarthrosis. C) Symphysis. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarthrosis. 30. An active growth plate is made of ..... A) Cartilage. B) Spongy bone. C) Ligament. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 31. The heart muscle that keeps the heart beating is called ..... A) Cardiac muscle. B) Triceps muscle. C) Quadriceps muscle. D) Bicep muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac muscle. 32. Which layer of the bone stores calcium? A) Periosteum. B) Spongy bone. C) Bone marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 33. C2 What do blood vessels do in the bones? A) Carry food. B) I can't think of a good wrong answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry food. 34. The following food helps strengthen your bone except ..... A) Spinach. B) Kale. C) Broccoli. D) Candy. E) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Candy. 35. What type of bone tissue has many open spaces? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Compact. D) Spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy. 36. (a) could be used as an antonym for the word COMPLEX. A) HARD. B) IMPOSSIBLE. C) DIFFICULT. D) A SIMPLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A SIMPLE. 37. What is the name for bone "11" above? A) Temporal. B) Frontal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 38. What is the word for the definition Straight? A) RA. B) Orth/o. C) Myel/o. D) Ligament/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orth/o. 39. Which of these DOES NOT cushion joints? A) Cartilage. B) Periosteum. C) Synovial fluid. D) Purses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 40. The skull is comprised of which type of bones? A) Sesamoid bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. E) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bones. 41. Which of these give colours to the eye A) Retina. B) Pupil. C) Iris. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iris. 42. What has open spaces, and supports weight distribution. The spaces make the bone lighter so that muscles can move them more easily. A) Spongy Bone. B) Periosteum. C) Compact Bone. D) Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy Bone. 43. Ribbon like organelle found in muscle cells that have a banded appearance A) Sarcomere. B) Fascicle. C) Myofibril. D) Actin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myofibril. 44. Our skeletal system is made up of what? A) Skin. B) Muscles. C) Bones. D) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 45. This joint is present in between the bones of the spine: A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint. 46. An involuntary muscle A) Is an arm muscle. B) Is a leg muscle. C) Is like candy. D) Moves by itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moves by itself. 47. The word ATROPHY means A) To make something weak. B) To tighten something. C) To solve with science. D) To make smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make smaller. 48. Bones of the skull spine and rib cage make up the: A) Boney thorax. B) Axial skeleton. C) Pelvic girdle. D) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 49. Your knee cap is also called a(n) A) Humerus. B) Patella. C) Sternum. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 50. Muscles attach to bone using ..... A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 51. Minerals like calcium and phosphorous are stored in the body until needed. A) Structure. B) Blood Cell Production. C) Storage. D) Movement. E) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storage. 52. The joints in the skull are called A) Gliding joints. B) Synovial joints. C) Fibrous joints. D) Hinge joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrous joints. 53. What is the characteristic of compact bone tissue? A) It provides flexibility to bones. B) It is found only in the center of bones. C) It is a dense, hard tissue. D) It is a soft, spongy tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a dense, hard tissue. 54. This term refers to the ribs that are attached directly to the sternum. A) Floating ribs. B) Sternum. C) False ribs. D) True ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True ribs. 55. Helmetlike structure made of many bones fused such as in a skull A) Cranium. B) Scapula. C) Sternum. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 56. Power stroke will occur when A) ATP binds to myosin head. B) Myosin head releases ADP and Pi. C) Myosin head hydrolyse ATP. D) Myosin binds to actin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myosin head releases ADP and Pi. 57. What kind of fracture is this? A) Closed. B) Open. C) Spiral. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open. 58. Which of the following describes a synarthrotic joint? A) Moveable (elbow). B) Immovable (skull). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immovable (skull). 59. When bone grows, blood brings in ..... which replace ..... to build bone. A) Osteoclasts, cartilage. B) Osteoblasts, calcium. C) Osteoblasts, cartilage. D) Osteoclasts, calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts, cartilage. 60. 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