This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 216 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 216 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Some bones make blood cells in the: A) Holes. B) Marrow. C) Pores. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 2. Which bone is the strongest bone in the skeleton? A) Clavicle. B) Ribs. C) Teeth. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teeth. 3. In the lower legs there are two bones: A) Scapula and tibia. B) Biceps and fibula. C) Ulna and radius. D) Tibia and fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia and fibula. 4. Which of the following means "a strong band of tissue that holds bones together?" A) Bone. B) Patella. C) Ligament. D) System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 5. How many types of different bones shapes are there? A) 4. B) 3. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 6. Which bone protects the brain and forms the head structure? A) Femur. B) Clavicle. C) Tibia. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 7. Because bones supply ..... to your nerves, muscles, and heart, a healthy skeletal system is important in maintain your body's homeostasis A) Vitamins. B) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 8. Your diet must have phosphorus, Vitamin D and ..... for strong bones. A) Nitrogen. B) Vitamin C. C) Iron. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 9. What type of bone contains red marrow? A) Periosteum. B) Spongy bone. C) Yellow marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 10. True or False:Calcification is the deposition of calcium salts that harden. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Bones of the skeleton that are for movement are in the: A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 12. I am bones that are attached to and hang from the main part of a skeleton ..... What am I? A) Appendicular bones. B) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular bones. 13. What type of bone is found embedded in muscle and tendon? A) Irregular. B) Sesamoid. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid. 14. True or false:No movement would occur without the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Bones are hard, white and mainly composed of a mineral compound called A) Sponge. B) Oxygen. C) Cement. D) Calcium phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium phosphate. 16. Involuntary muscle found in hollow organs that is responsible for moving substances around the body. A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 17. What is the medical term for the shaft of a long bone? A) Foramen. B) Process. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphyses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 18. The temporal bone is a bone in the skull. To which skeleton does it belong? A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 19. ..... bones are thin, relatively large in surface area and generally curved to some extent. A) Irregular. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 20. Part of the bone where the blood cells are made A) Marrow. B) Joint. C) Knee. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 21. A person's foot is about what percentage of their height? A) 15%. B) 33%. C) 8%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15%. 22. Your fingers and toes are A) Ball and socket joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Gliding joints. D) Fixed joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joints. 23. Adults have about ..... A) 1, 000 bones. B) 10 bones. C) 206 bones. D) 150 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206 bones. 24. A Broken Bone is also known as a A) Fracture. B) Dislocation. C) Sprain. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fracture. 25. Do ratites have a keel bone? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 26. Which of the following best shows a pivot joint? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 27. The area where bones meet is called a ..... A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Joint. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 28. Yellow bone marrow, function A) Serves as an energy reserve, storing fat. B) Vital for the production of bloodcells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serves as an energy reserve, storing fat. 29. What is the name of the thin membrane that wraps around a long bone? A) Haversian Canal. B) Medullary cavity. C) Spongy Bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 30. Which of the following classification of bones are typically longer than wide? The humerus is example of this. A) Irregular Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Long Bones. D) Flat Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Bones. 31. Which bone(s) play(s) a specialized role in audition (hearing)? A) Atlas & axis. B) Sphenoid. C) Temporal. D) Ossicles. E) Hyoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossicles. 32. Disease of the bone caused by lack of exposure to the sun and lack of vitamin D; results in bending of the femur A) Hematoma. B) Osteoporosis. C) Reduction. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rickets. 33. Loss of bone mass begins at age A) 90. B) 10. C) 35. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35. 34. What muscles contracts concentrically to flex the arm at the elbow during a pull up? A) Bicep. B) Tricep. C) The broadest back. D) Pectoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bicep. 35. If you are in pain you should take this kind of medicine A) Analgesic. B) Anti-inflammatory. C) Antipyretic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analgesic. 36. The ..... is formed by the bones of the head and face. A) Spine. B) Rib Cage. C) Skull. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 37. What is the proper name for the skull? A) Cranium. B) Mandible. C) Clavicle. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 38. Calcitonin decreases activity in ..... A) Thyroid Gland. B) Parathyroid Gland. C) Osteoclasts. D) Adrenal Gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 39. Your feet are ..... to your knees. A) Caudal. B) Superior. C) Cephalic. D) Inferior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inferior. 40. Make new bone and help repair damage. A) Osteoblast. B) Osteocytes. C) Ossettoblanc. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast. 41. Which of the following means "to keep something safe from harm?" A) Skeleton. B) Ligament. C) Protection. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection. 42. Read this sentence from Movers and Shapers. Although bones are hard and rigid, they can grow and change their shape. What does the word rigid mean in this sentence? A) Big. B) Loose. C) Firm. D) Flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firm. 43. What is the inner framework of bones and cartilage in vertebrates called? A) School System. B) Skin System. C) Skeleton System. D) Periosteum System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton System. 44. The part in red also known as your collarbone ..... A) Clavicle. B) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 45. ..... is the muscular organ that separates the chest from the abdominal cavity. A) Nose. B) Wind pipe. C) Diaphragm. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphragm. 46. A bone from the shoulder to the elbow is called ..... A) The humerus. B) The skull. C) The ribs. D) The femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The humerus. 47. Little bones that make up your spine. A) Vertebrae. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 48. The smallest bone in your body is inside your ear. Which is the biggest bone? A) A wrist bone in your wrist. B) A rib in your ribcage. C) The jawbone in your skull. D) The thighbone in your leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The thighbone in your leg. 49. Your ankles and wrists are which type of joint? A) Hinge joints. B) Ellipsoid joints. C) Fixed joints. D) Pivot joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellipsoid joints. 50. Canal that carries blood vessels and nerve through the ceneter of osteons ..... A) People's man. B) Beams. C) Lamellae. D) Haversian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haversian. 51. The branch of science that deals with the structure (morphology) of body parts-their forms and organization. A) Zoology. B) Anatomy. C) Physiology. D) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anatomy. 52. Prominent projection of a bone A) Head. B) Suture. C) Tubercle. D) Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process. 53. C1, and allows the head to nod. Holds up the head. A) Atlas. B) Axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atlas. 54. Most people have ..... pairs of ribs A) 12. B) 10. C) 13. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 55. Select an example of long bones A) Vertebrate. B) Ribs. C) Phalanges. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 56. What happens when water flows through a dam? A) The water is pumped back up. B) The water evaporates. C) The water creates sparks making electricity. D) The water turns a turbine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The water turns a turbine. 57. The dense, hard portion of bone that gives bones their strength A) Meaty bone. B) Smooth bone. C) Compact bone. D) Spongey bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 58. The heart is which muscle? A) Skeletal. B) Voluntary. C) Cardiac. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 59. The ribs connect to the sternum. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. ..... is the collarbone found in front of the shoulder A) Scapula. B) Bone marrow. C) Clavicle. D) Skeleton. 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