This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bones that do not fit into the other descriptive categories A) Flat bones. B) Short bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular bones. 2. The process by which bones harden over time is referred to as: A) Aging. B) Mitosis. C) Bone remodeling. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 3. How is a fracture diagnosed? A) CT scan. B) MRI. C) Density testing. D) Radiograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radiograph. 4. What is located at number 17? A) Patella. B) Clavicle. C) Vertebrae. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 5. Blood is considered a tissue because it is composed of cells such as red and white blood cells working together for a particular function. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Where can you find an example of a ball-and-socket joint? A) Where your humerus meets your pectoral girdle. B) Where your thumb meets your hand. C) Where your vertebrae meet. D) In your knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where your humerus meets your pectoral girdle. 7. This is an example what type of fracture? A) Compound. B) Transverse. C) Greenstick. D) Spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 8. Cartilage is the tough but flexible tissue that covers the ends of your bones at a joint. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 9. Which is your collarbone? A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Scapula. D) Carpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 10. Muscles that oppose one another are A) Synergist. B) Hateful. C) Antagonists. D) Prime movers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonists. 11. Which word is a synonym for the word supports? A) Tables. B) Bears. C) Defends. D) Shelves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bears. 12. The human body as an adult has A) 306 bones. B) 300 bones. C) 206 bones. D) 200 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206 bones. 13. What does the prefix 'Osteo-' mean? A) Skin. B) Muscles. C) Bones. D) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 14. What system does the skeletal system work with to cause movement? A) Blood. B) Bones. C) Muscular. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 15. Which type of fracture is the most common? A) Comminuted. B) Open. C) Simple. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 16. Which is not a division of the skeletal system? A) Axial. B) Central. C) Appendicular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central. 17. Within the skeleton where would you be able to find a Condyloid joint? A) Thumb. B) Knee. C) Shoulder. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrist. 18. The skeletal system maintains homeostasis by A) Giving shape & support. B) Maintaining calcium levels in the blood. C) Protecting organs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintaining calcium levels in the blood. 19. What synovial joint would you find where the femur and pelvis articulate? A) Hip. B) Shoulder. C) Ankle. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip. 20. Which bone is an example of a hinge joint? A) Wrist. B) Elbow. C) Hips. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbow. 21. I am the long bone found in the thing; the thighbone ..... What am I? A) Dairy. B) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 22. Extra calcium is taken out of the ..... and put into the ..... when the body is in need of more calcium. A) Bloodstream/ bone marrow. B) Bloodstream/ bone matrix. C) Bone matrix/ bloodstream. D) Bone marrow/ bone matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone matrix/ bloodstream. 23. The parietal bone would be an example of this type? A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 24. The knee is an example of which synovial joint? A) Ball & Socket. B) Condyloid. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 25. A patient arrives at the emergency department with the following injury. Based on the examination, the doctor determines that this rupture was caused by an excess of which of the following? A) Torque. B) Elasticity. C) Compression. D) Tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tension. 26. Second largest bone in the body(Hint:also a ball and socket) A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 27. An example of a long bone is the A) Carpals. B) Femur. C) Patella. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 28. ..... system's main work is to process food. A) Digestive. B) Respiratory. C) Muscular. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestive. 29. What is the function of synovial fluid? A) Acts as a lubricant that reduces friction in the joint; allows for smoother movement and reduces wear and tear. B) Surrounds and protects the joint, holding the bones together. C) Strong, elastic fibres that hold bones together and keeps them in place. D) Strong but flexible material found at the end of the bones that acts as a cushion and reduces friction. E) Produces synovial fluid which lubricates the joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts as a lubricant that reduces friction in the joint; allows for smoother movement and reduces wear and tear. 30. What does osteoarthritis cause A) Rash. B) Sweating. C) Feeling numb. D) Inflammation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflammation. 31. Your shin bone is also called a(n) A) Patella. B) Tibia. C) Sternum. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 32. Homeostasis in the body is when ..... A) Your body's internal environment is stable. B) Your bodies internal environment differs. C) When you are sick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your body's internal environment is stable. 33. The most common sign or symptom of muscle disorders is A) Back pain. B) Bone pain. C) Sudden onset of high fever. D) Weakness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weakness. 34. Two minerals stored in your bones are phosphorus and A) Calcium. B) Sulfur. C) Sodium. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 35. The human adult has ..... bones A) 207. B) 208. C) 206. D) 201. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 36. This is the stage in which collagen fibers start to span the break and connect the broken bones. A) Hematoma formation. B) Fibrocartilaginous callus formation. C) Bony callus formation. D) Remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibrocartilaginous callus formation. 37. Which vitamin is needed for collagen synthesis? A) K. B) A. C) D. D) E. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) C. 38. Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from a joint. A) Arthrocentesis. B) Osteomalacia. C) Diskectomy. D) Synovial sarcoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthrocentesis. 39. The suffix-itis means what? A) Numbness. B) Dehydration. C) Bleeding. D) Inflammation or swelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflammation or swelling. 40. What stores fats? A) Yellow bone marrow. B) Red bone marrow. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow bone marrow. 41. The bones in your back are made up of A) Vertebrates. B) Fingers. C) Toes. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrates. 42. Most short bones are shaped like a ..... A) Cube. B) Pen. C) Skull. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cube. 43. Without the skeletal system we would not be able to stand up. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Turning your head to look both ways before crossing the street is what kind of movement? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 45. This is an infection in the bone. A) Osteomyelitis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Overuse injuries. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteomyelitis. 46. The part of the skeleton that includes the cranium, vertebrae & ribs. This division of the skeleton provides body's structural core, supporting the appendicular skeleton A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Bony skeleton. C) Axial skeleton. D) Scary skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial skeleton. 47. SKIN is the ..... A) Top layer of the skin. B) The pigment that affects skin color and blocks UV light from the sun. C) The largest layer of skin and contains, sweat glands, nerves, and oil glands. D) The largest organ of the body. E) Produced in the skin using the rays from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The largest organ of the body. 48. It supports the lower part of the body and aid the movement of the legs. A) Humerus. B) Wrist. C) Pelvic bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvic bones. 49. These are special short bones that form in a tendon, such as the patella. A) Limb bones. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Long bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid bones. 50. What are the ligaments? A) *Bands of strong connective tissue called ligaments hold bones together. B) *bands of tissue that connect the ends of a muscle to your bone. C) *It enables bones to move without friction (rubbing against each other). D) * These joints allow limited movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *Bands of strong connective tissue called ligaments hold bones together. 51. Spongy bone is found in the ..... of long bones. A) Diaphysis. B) Bone marrow. C) Osteons. D) Epiphyses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyses. 52. Which of the following images best shows a hinge joint A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 53. Red blood cells fight disease and infection. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. Floating ribs are joined to ..... A) Vertebral column. B) Chest bone. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column. 55. No movement would occur without the skeletal system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 56. Which of these joints has the biggest range of movement? A) Neck. B) Hip. C) Wrist. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hip. 57. Have large surface area for attaching to muscles A) Irregular bones. B) Short bones. C) Flat bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bones. 58. The light flexible part inside the compact bone A) Spongey bone. B) Compact bone. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongey bone. 59. What is the primary function of the axial skeleton? A) Protect and support the brain, spinal cord, and the organs in the body cavities. B) Provide an attachment point for muscles that move the head, neck, and trunk. C) Provide an attachment point for muscles that move the limbs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. What type of joint is held together by ligaments? A) Fibrous. B) Joint distr. C) Cartilaginous. D) Synovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synovial. ← 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