This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where are the sweat glands and nerves located? A) Epidermis. B) Dermis. C) Hypodermis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dermis. 2. ..... is necessary for the bones to be strong. A) Vitamins. B) Carbohydrates. C) Calcium. D) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 3. The collection of bones that protects our heart and lungs is known as the ..... A) Skull. B) Radius. C) Chest. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib cage. 4. What is the joint found in the hands, wrists, and ankles? A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint. 5. Fill in the blanks-a) The muscles which are under our control are called ..... muscles.b) ..... is also known as un-striped muscles.c) ..... muscles are only present in heart. A) Involuntary Muscles b) Cardiac Muscles c) Smooth. B) Involuntary Muscles b) Voluntary Muscles c) Smooth. C) Voluntary Muscles b) Smooth c) Cardiac Muscles. D) Cardiac Muscles b) Voluntary Muscles c) Involuntary Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary Muscles b) Smooth c) Cardiac Muscles. 6. These stimulate the breakdown of bones. A) Osteoclasts. B) Carbohydrates. C) Calcium. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 7. The bone that protects the spinal cord is called ..... A) The spine. B) The femur. C) The vertebra. D) The pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spine. 8. What structure is at the center of the osteon and houses blood vessels? A) Lacunae. B) Lamellae. C) Haversian Canals. D) Canals. E) Volkmann's Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haversian Canals. 9. True or False the skull protects the brain? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Definition of Synovial Joints A) Joint surrounded with soft tissue, which only allows minimal movement. B) Does not allow a lot of movement. C) Freely movable, however defined by the structure of joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freely movable, however defined by the structure of joints. 11. Tissue that connects bone to muscle. A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendon. 12. Which of the following contains an immovable joint A) Hand. B) Leg. C) Skull. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 13. The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of bone that is responsible for its flexibility. A) Osteon. B) Osteocyte. C) Haversian Canal. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collagen. 14. Which of the following is a suffix that means softening? A) Syn-. B) Meta-. C) -Malacia. D) -per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -Malacia. 15. What are spongy bones? A) Spongy bones are extremely dense and have no cavities. B) Spongy bones are made of solid compact bone tissue. C) Spongy bones are only found in the arms and legs. D) Spongy bones are less dense and have many cavities that contain bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bones are less dense and have many cavities that contain bone marrow. 16. Bone forming cells A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 17. The formal name for your skull is ..... A) Dome. B) Noggin. C) Cranium. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 18. Ulna and Radius are present in the ..... A) Lower arm. B) Upper arm. C) Patella. D) Thigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower arm. 19. What are these bones called? A) Scapula. B) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 20. Which is an example of a gliding joint A) Hips. B) Neck. C) Shoulders. D) Ankle and wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ankle and wrist. 21. The Axial skeleton is comprised of ..... bones A) 90. B) 80. C) 60. D) 126. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80. 22. The layer directl below the bone's outer membrane is called A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 23. What is another name for the kneecap? A) Tibia. B) Phibia. C) Patella. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 24. Yellow Bone Marrow function is to store A) Water. B) Fat. C) Calories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fat. 25. X-rays CANNOT easily pass through which of the following? A) Blood. B) Skin. C) Bone. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone. 26. Together with skeletal muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints, the bones form the ..... machinery of human body. A) Moving. B) Move. C) Moved. D) Moves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving. 27. The following are the bones that make up the axial skeleton, EXCEPT ONE: A) Backbone. B) Breastbone and Ribs. C) Hip Bone. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hip Bone. 28. Bones that from our skull will protect the ..... A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 29. Abnormal involuntary movements of the extremities, trunk, or jaw. A) Synovectomy. B) Osteitis. C) Dyskinesia. D) Articulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dyskinesia. 30. What is the longest, strongest, and heaviest bone in the human body? A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 31. The jellylike material in bone that makes blood cells is called ..... A) Humerus. B) Blood vessels. C) Tibia. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 32. The shoulder girdle, the pelvic girdle and the bones of the upper and lower limbs make up the ..... skeleton. A) Backbone. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular. 33. ..... is a disease in which joints become irritated or in flamed, such as when cartilage in joints is damaged or wears away A) Arthritis. B) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 34. Infants are born without their skull bones fused. The spaces between their bones are called: A) Fibrous Cartilage. B) Osteospots. C) Frontal. D) Fontanels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fontanels. 35. What is the skeletal system's main job? A) Support and structure. B) Helping the body move. C) A place to store water. D) To make blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support and structure. 36. A fracture the causes the bones to break into many pieces is a: A) Greenstick. B) Comminuted. C) Impacted. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comminuted. 37. Which level of organization would human body systems be categorized as? A) Tissue. B) Cell. C) Organ System. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organ System. 38. Which bone articulate with the lower end of the tibia to form the ankle joint? A) Cuboid. B) Calcaneus. C) Navicular. D) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talus. 39. Which function of bone is completed by the red bone marrow? A) Enables Movement. B) Produces Blood Cells. C) Provides Structure. D) Mineral Storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Produces Blood Cells. 40. What is the role of cartilage? A) To reduce friction between bones. B) To support the joint. C) To provide synovial fluid. D) To support the ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reduce friction between bones. 41. The cells that produce bone cells are called A) Lacunae. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 42. The adult skeleton has (a) bones. A) 300. B) 400. C) A 206. D) 230. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A 206. 43. What part of the skeletal system cushions other bones and also forms some structures of the body? A) JOINT. B) CARTILAGE. C) BONE. D) LIGAMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CARTILAGE. 44. What is the soft tissue inside a bone? A) Ligament. B) Marrow. C) Cartilage. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 45. It is the formation of blood cellular components. A) Hemoglobin. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Hematogenesis. D) Hemoglopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematopoiesis. 46. What is found on the inside of bones? A) Marrow. B) Kidney Stones. C) The gallbladder. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 47. Any place where two bones come close together is known as A) Tendon. B) Joint. C) Ligament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 48. The longest bone in our body A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Shin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 49. ..... are freely movable joints in which the bones are held together at the joints by ligaments A) Femur. B) Mandible. C) Flat bones. D) Joint. E) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Synovial joints. 50. What type of joint is located in your elbow? A) Hinge. B) Gliding. C) Ball and Socket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 51. How is cartilage helpful? A) It protects our brain. B) It acts as a shock absorber in joints. C) It controls our breathing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It acts as a shock absorber in joints. 52. Which are examples of Ball & Socket joints? A) Skull. B) Shoulder/hips. C) Wrist/ankle. D) Elbow/knees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder/hips. 53. What type of bone is the patella? A) Sesamoid. B) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid. 54. Condition that causes brittle and porous bones A) Dystrophy. B) Scoliosis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Anemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 55. Fracture caused by diseased or weakened bone A) Impacted. B) Transverse. C) Compression. D) Pathologic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathologic. 56. What happens after you break a bone? A) The bone will be broken forever. B) Your body won't need bones anymore. C) You grow an extra bone. D) Your body connects the bone together and the bone heals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your body connects the bone together and the bone heals. 57. What joint is found in the metacarpals? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saddle. 58. Define Cartilage A) The organs that make up the skeleton. B) A band of tissue that connects bone to muscle. C) Durable, flexible material found throughout your body (ears and nose for example). D) Spongy material inside bones THAT PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Durable, flexible material found throughout your body (ears and nose for example). 59. What dose the skeletal system include? A) None of the above. B) The blood cells. C) The movement of the body. D) All of the bones and joints in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the bones and joints in the body. 60. Half of the human bones in our body are located in which two areas? A) Knees and Elbows. B) Hands and Feet. C) Thigh and forearm. D) Skull and Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hands and Feet. ← 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