This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which characteristic do single-celled organisms and multicellular organisms have in common? A) Both have cells with specialized functions for each life process. B) Both perform all life processes within one cell. C) Both have a function to get rid of waste materials. D) Both are able to make food from sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both have a function to get rid of waste materials. 2. Thig bone and longest bone in body A) Fibula. B) Sternum. C) Sacred. D) Tibia. E) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Femur. 3. ..... break down bone matrix A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoprogenitor cells. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 4. The term for blood cell formation A) Hematopoiesis. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteogenesis. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematopoiesis. 5. Freely movable articulations, such as those of the knee or elbow are called: A) Amphiarthrotic. B) Sphenotic. C) Synarthrotic. D) Diarthrotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diarthrotic. 6. What are the tiny passageways that extend off the haversian canal to transport blood? A) Osteons. B) Canals. C) Lacunae. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canals. 7. What minerals are stores in bones? A) Saphire and Emerald. B) Ruby and Citrine. C) Diamond and Aquamarine. D) Calcium and phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and phosphorus. 8. Which of the following is an example of where you would find smooth muscle in the body? A) The arm muscles. B) The heart. C) The tongue. D) The stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The stomach. 9. Which is an example of a flat bone? A) Vertebrae. B) Humerus. C) Carpal. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 10. The presence of an epiphyseal plate indicates that: A) Bone has complete ossification. B) Bone length has stopped. C) Bone length is increasing. D) Bone length is decreasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone length is increasing. 11. Are highly movable joints. A) Collagenous joints. B) Cartilaginous joints. C) Synovial joints. D) Fibrous joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial joints. 12. This is the most serious fracture; bone pierce through the skin: A) Compound. B) Compression. C) Stress. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 13. Match the example to the job:You can walk to class, type on your iPad and raise your hands because of your bones. A) Gives you shape and support. B) Protects your inner organs. C) Forms blood cells. D) Stores minerals. E) Helps you move (with muscles). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Helps you move (with muscles). 14. All of the following are major functions of skeletal system EXCEPT A) Body movement. B) Posture and balance. C) Support and protection. D) Storage of calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Posture and balance. 15. Which of the following is NOT part of the axial skeleton? A) Spine. B) Ribs. C) Arm. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arm. 16. The skin ..... and ..... the human body from external conditions and forces. A) Covers and Protects. B) Ball and Socket. C) Nerve and Receptors. D) Human and Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covers and Protects. 17. What is the medical term for the production of blood? A) Arthritis. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Scoliosis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematopoiesis. 18. Where are your Tibia and Fibula located? A) Upper leg. B) Lower arm. C) Upper arm. D) Lower leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower leg. 19. There are ..... gridles present in a human skeleton A) Four. B) Three. C) One. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 20. Situated between two ribs A) Intercostal. B) Intervertebral. C) Intersternal. D) Intertarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intercostal. 21. Elbow and knee is a ..... joint A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 22. What is the name for a partial fracture (doesn't go all the way through the bone)? A) Spiral. B) Greenstick. C) Communited. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenstick. 23. I am the upper arm bone. I support arm functions, such as lifting. A) Humerus. B) Mandible. C) Cranium. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 24. Your ..... protects your heart and lungs. A) Knee. B) Skull. C) Shoulder. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib cage. 25. What are the bones in the toes called? A) Carpals. B) Phalanges. C) Metatarsals. D) Tarsals. E) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 26. Skull, rib cage and vertebral column are part of the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Axis. C) Perpendicular. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 27. What is the back bone called? A) Muscles. B) Ribs. C) Skull. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spine. 28. How many bones in the adult skeleton? A) 206. B) 80. C) 208. D) 204. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 29. Which of the following exercises would best strengthen the pectoral muscles A) Chest press. B) Lunges. C) Crunches. D) Bicep curls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chest press. 30. A joint that one bone is the rider and the other is the horse that allows for some flexibility more so than a hinge A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Plane. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saddle. 31. These bones make up most of the arms and legs A) Short. B) Long. C) Round. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 32. A tiny sac that contains fluid and acts as a gliding surface of various body tissues is referred to as a ..... A) Synovial artifact. B) Bursa. C) Cartilage sac. D) Spleen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bursa. 33. The ..... is a membrane that surrounds the bone. A) Joint. B) Skeletal System. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. E) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Periosteum. 34. What percent of animals on Earth have a skeleton made of bones? A) 2%. B) 10%. C) 50%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2%. 35. The pelvis is the ..... bone. A) Hip. B) Foot. C) Hand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip. 36. Look at this picture carefully. Name the muscle on number 1! A) Deltoids. B) Abdominals. C) Biceps. D) Quadriceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deltoids. 37. Long flat bone that forms the center front of the chest A) Sternum. B) Humerus. C) Back bone. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 38. Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this? A) The function of these bones is the same in all animals. B) They live in similar environments. C) They have a common ancestor. D) All organisms resemble humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have a common ancestor. 39. A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones. A) Smooth. B) Involuntary. C) Skeletal. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 40. If your body were a tall building, your skeleton would be: A) Beams and joints that hold it up. B) Plumbing and electrical systems. C) Foundation that anchors it to ground. D) Apartments and offices inside it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beams and joints that hold it up. 41. What is the opposing muscle group for the biceps? A) Trapezius. B) Triceps. C) Quadriceps. D) Abdominals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triceps. 42. The epiphyseal line A) Is made up of elastic cartilage. B) Is in the osteogenic layer. C) Separates the red and yellow marrow. D) Is where the growth plate used to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is where the growth plate used to be. 43. The following image shows what type of bone? A) Spongy bone. B) Osteons. C) Compact bone. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 44. What is the scientific name for the kneecap? A) Clavicle. B) Sternum. C) Fibula. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 45. What two systems work together to protect and support movement that the human body makes? A) Nervous and skeletal system. B) Digestive and nervous system. C) Skeletal and muscular system. D) Muscular and digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal and muscular system. 46. Involutary, striated muscle: A) Antagonist. B) Cardiac. C) Striated muscle. D) Smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 47. Our digestive system consists of ..... type of muscles A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 48. When mineral levels in the blood are too low, bones absorb some of the minerals and store them as mineral salts. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Measures bone density using low dose X-ray; detects osteoporosis A) Dual-energy absorptiometry (DXA). B) Myelogram. C) MRI. D) Bone scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dual-energy absorptiometry (DXA). 50. This type of joint is in our hip and shoulder and can move in any direction? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 51. What are muscles like? A) Rocks. B) Rubber bands. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rubber bands. 52. This is the outer layer of the bone. A) X-Ray. B) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 53. Soft bones are ..... A) Hard bone. B) Joints. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 54. This set of bones is located in your foot/ankle A) Carpals. B) Ribs. C) Vertebrae. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarsals. 55. What type of tissue is bone tissue? A) Osseous. B) Articular. C) Smooth. D) Adipose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osseous. 56. What are the bones in the main portion of the hand called? A) Metatarsals. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Phalanges. E) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metacarpals. 57. An elbow is a ..... joint. A) Immovable. B) Ball and socket. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 58. What protects joints from impact and grinding bones? A) Bursa. B) Synovial Membrane. C) Synovial Fluid. D) Articular Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Articular Cartilage. 59. The diaphysis is what part of a long bone? A) Ends. B) Shaft. C) Outer layer. D) Located in the medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaft. 60. Causes lengthwise growth of a long bone A) Red Bone Marrow. B) Medullary Cavity. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Periosteum. E) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyseal plate. ← 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