This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If cartilage remains in this "specific" area, then growth is still occurring; it is located at the end of long bone A) Epipyseal plate. B) Endosteum. C) Diaphysis. D) Medulary Cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epipyseal plate. 2. Allow a wide range of motion: A) Movable joints. B) Immovable joints. C) Damn whoever reads it. D) Partly movable joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movable joints. 3. Bone cells are called ..... A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Collagen. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocytes. 4. The toes are important for ..... and ..... A) Swimming, running. B) Jogging, skipping. C) Standing, walking. D) Sitting, standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standing, walking. 5. Shaft of the long bone A) Periosteum. B) Epiphysis. C) Endosteum. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 6. Functions to help you move A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular Skeleton. 7. Which bone cells MAKE bone? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 8. Where muscle attached to bone: A) Tendon. B) Cartilage. C) Origin. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Origin. 9. What is B on the skeleton in the front of the class? A) The sacrum. B) The illium. C) The pubis symphisis. D) The ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The illium. 10. Bones that begin as masses of cartilage later replaced by bone tissue. A) Endochondral bones. B) Entraspecific bones. C) Intramembranous bones. D) Ethmodial bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endochondral bones. 11. What type of joint allows movement only in one direction A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 12. The ..... system protects the body and gives it structure. A) Skeletal. B) Circulatory. C) Muscular. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 13. Clavicles and scapula stabilize the rib cage and connect the shoulder to the arms. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. An uncommon type of cancer that begins when cells in a bone start to grow out of control A) Osteopenia. B) Bone Cancer. C) Osteomalacia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone Cancer. 15. Is a point of contact between two bones that allow movement and flexibility of the body. A) Joint. B) Vertebral column. C) Bone. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 16. Which of the following is a combining form that means arm? A) Myel/o. B) -Malacia. C) Blachi/o. D) Supra-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blachi/o. 17. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Occurs at an angle that is not 90 degrees A) Oblique. B) Transverse. C) Spiral. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oblique. 18. What is NOT a type of muscle tissue? A) Tendon. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 19. Flat bones are best for what? A) Protection. B) Muscle attachment. C) Protection and muscle attachment. D) Storage of minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection and muscle attachment. 20. The larger bone of the lower leg that bears the majority of the weight. A) Humerus. B) Fibula. C) Radius. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 21. The skeletal system is ..... of bones that give shape and form to our body and enables movement. A) Cartilage. B) Function. C) Structure. D) Office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure. 22. What is the function of chlorophyll? A) It is only found in plant cells and it converts sugar to energy. B) It is found in both plant and animal cells and it converts sugar to energy. C) It is found in plant and animal cells and it converts sunlight into sugar for the cell. D) It is found only in plant cells and it coverts sunlight into sugar for the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is found only in plant cells and it coverts sunlight into sugar for the cell. 23. These are your bones that form the framework of your body. A) Digestion. B) Nerve. C) Skeleton. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton. 24. Amphiarthroses are freely moveable joints. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. What classification of bones are metatarsals? A) Flat Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long Bone. 26. What are Invertebrates? A) Animals that have bones on the outside of their bodies. B) Animals that do not have bones. C) Animals that have bones; specifically a back bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals that do not have bones. 27. The average ADULT human has ..... bones. A) 206. B) 254. C) 210. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 28. The carpometacarpal joints of the thumbs are considered what kind of joint? A) Saddle. B) Condylar. C) Ball and socket. D) Plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saddle. 29. Tissue that binds cells and organs of the body together A) Connective. B) Nervous. C) Muscle. D) Epithelial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connective. 30. Another name for a simple fracture is: A) Open. B) Closed. C) Dislocated. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed. 31. The cranium is a common name for the- A) Skull. B) Kneecap. C) Vertebrae. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 32. Which term refers to structures that are found on the same side of the body? A) Ipsilateral. B) Bilateral. C) Horizontal. D) Contralateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ipsilateral. 33. The hinge joint helps your ..... move. A) Hip. B) Knee. C) Shoulder. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knee. 34. The hollow cavity in the middle of a long bone is the: A) Medullary Canal. B) Yellow Marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medullary Canal. 35. The ball-and-socket-joint allows for only one type of movement. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 36. What part of your skeleton is the skull? A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton. 37. What part of a long bone is where major growth occurs? A) Epiphysis. B) Articular cartilage. C) Metaphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphysis. 38. The ends of the bones where there is spaces, highly vascular also called cancellous bone A) Medullary Cavity. B) Spongy Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) Epiphysis. E) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy Bone. 39. Which disease causes a build up of uric acid crystals in the joints (usually the big toe)? A) Gout. B) Rickets. C) Osteoporosis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gout. 40. What is the role of cartilage in bone formation? A) To protect bones from injury. B) To serve as a template or matrix for new bone. C) To remove metabolic wastes from bones. D) To provide blood supply to bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve as a template or matrix for new bone. 41. What term is used to describe the tough, elastic cushioning tissue found at the ends of long bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Synovium. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 42. Where in the body would you find involuntary (smooth) muscle? A) Toes. B) Leg. C) Stomach. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stomach. 43. The skull is made up of ..... bones. A) 26. B) 28. C) 22. D) 38. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 44. ..... is a slightly movable such as the attachment of the ribs to the thoracic vertebrae A) Amphiarthrosis. B) Assembly. C) Diarthrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphiarthrosis. 45. Combining form that means "bone marrow" or "spinal cord" A) -Malacia. B) -ation. C) Myel/o. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myel/o. 46. The most common arthritis that occurs as a result of aging. A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 47. A synovial joint provides A) Limited movement. B) Lots of movement. C) No movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lots of movement. 48. What cell is responsible for building up the bone? A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 49. How many key bones are found in the head? A) 2. B) 7. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 50. Sacrum, coxal bones, coccyx A) Pectoral girdle. B) Pelvic girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvic girdle. 51. The direction toward the head is called: A) Distal. B) Superior. C) Proximal. D) Inferior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superior. 52. Ewing sarcoma can be seen with: A) Sunburst sign. B) Cotton ball sign. C) Onion peel sign. D) Cauliflower sign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onion peel sign. 53. Which joint moves back and forth like a door opening? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 54. Lumbar or lower back A) Caf/o. B) Lumbar/o. C) School. D) Arth/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lumbar/o. 55. Shoulder blade; connects humerus and clavicle A) Scapula. B) Radium. C) Humerus. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 56. True/False:The phalanges are the ankles and wrists A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. What is at the end of a bone, that cushions the bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 58. When your muscles shorten, they are A) Flexing. B) Extended. C) Contracting. D) Shortening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contracting. 59. T/F:Range of motion will decrease if the body is sedentary A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. What are the four types of bones in the human body? A) Long, short, flat and irregular. B) Long, short, semi-long and semi-short. C) Long, short, regular and irregular. D) Long, short, semi regular and irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long, short, flat and irregular. ← 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