This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 31 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The mature cells of osseous tissue (osteocytes) are enclosed in small open chambers in the extracellular matrix called ..... A) Lacuna. B) Central canal (haversian canal). C) Osteons. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacuna. 2. Red marrow is the marrow that creates blood. True or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Arthroplasty is the surgical replacement of a damaged ..... A) Bone. B) Cartilage. C) Joint. D) Subluxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 4. What is the flexible rubbery tissue that helps cushion bones where they meet called? A) Tendons. B) Knee pads. C) Cartilage. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 5. The skeletal system does all of the following EXCEPT A) Produces red blood cells. B) Excretes waste. C) Protects internal organs. D) Involved with movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excretes waste. 6. The joint in thumb is ..... A) Saddle. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saddle. 7. The largest bone and also the strongest bone in the human body is the spinal column or backbone. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 8. The shoulder has which type of joint? A) Pivot. B) Saddle. C) Ball and socket. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 9. Bands of tissue that connect the ends of a muscle to your bone: A) Ligaments. B) Joints. C) Tendons. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 10. Your ..... is an example of a saddle joint. A) Elbow. B) Neck. C) Wrist. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrist. 11. The flat, moveable bone in front of the knee; kneecap. A) Joint. B) Patella. C) Ligament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 12. Ava, Aria, and Harper are learning about the human body. They discovered that yellow marrow functions to ..... A) Produce calcium. B) Produce new bone cells. C) Store calcium. D) Store fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Store fat. 13. Which system Provides shape A) Outgrowths. B) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 14. The tarsals and carpals are examples of this A) Sesamoid Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Flat Bone. E) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Short Bone. 15. Humerus is joined at the elbow to a pair of bones that forms the lower arm A) Ture. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ture. 16. In Eccentric contraction muscles do not ..... they ..... by ..... A) Relax, contract, shortening. B) Relax, contract, lengthening. C) Contract, relax, shortening. D) Contract, relax, lengthening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relax, contract, lengthening. 17. These two minerals are stored in the bones A) Phosphorous and folic acid. B) Calcium and folic acid. C) Calcium and phosphorous. D) Sugar and fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphorous. 18. What type of joints do not allow for movement? A) Hinge joints. B) Immovable joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) Movable joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immovable joints. 19. Must be present in the blood at all times for the nervous system to transmit messages, for muscles to contract, and for blood to clot: A) Calcium. B) Phosphorus. C) Adipose tissue. D) Iodine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 20. Voluntary muscles are muscles we can control. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. The phalanges are names for what? A) Upper arm. B) Fingers/toes. C) Hands. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fingers/toes. 22. The wrist joint is an axample of a ..... joint. A) Saddle. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condyloid. 23. The suffix-algia means what? A) Pain. B) Tumor. C) Under. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pain. 24. The human skeleton consists of: A) Skull. B) Rib cage. C) Backbone. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 25. Is inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid in the body. A) Sprain. B) Gouty arthritis (gout). C) Osteoarthritis. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gouty arthritis (gout). 26. Which is not part of the axial skeleton A) Hip bone. B) Skull. C) Ribs. D) Vertebral column. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip bone. 27. The main difference in the female skeleton and male skeleton is found in the ..... A) Pelvis. B) Leg bones. C) Skull. D) Shoulder blades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 28. The following which are not the bones that make up the skeleton of the pelvic girdle are..... A) Sit bones. B) Intestinal bones. C) Pubic bone. D) Shoulder blade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder blade. 29. Which of the following occurs when a powerful muscle contraction rips the tendon from and pulls a piece of bone off? A) Stress fracture. B) Pathological fracture. C) Arthritis. D) Avulsion fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avulsion fracture. 30. This is when bones become brittle and porous as we age. A) Osteoporosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Overuse injuries. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 31. A brittle bone disorder you genetically inherit A) Osteosarcoma. B) Rickets. C) Osteogenesis imperfecta. D) Scoliosis. E) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 32. Any bony projection that sticks out on side of the bone A) Process. B) Facet. C) Fissure. D) Meatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process. 33. What are the bones in your ankles called? A) Metacarpals. B) Tarsals. C) Metatarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tarsals. 34. Most joints in the body, the ends of the bones are covered with a layer of cartilage that provides a smooth surface. A) Freely Moveable. B) Immovable. C) Slightly Movable. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freely Moveable. 35. What is the most common type of Arhtritis A) The Flu. B) Psoriatic Arthritis. C) Stomach Bug. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis. 36. There are ..... joints in the ankle and wrist. A) Saddle. B) Gliding. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 37. What does the prefix 'Hem(a/o)' mean? A) Air. B) Water. C) Fire. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood. 38. An example of a hinge joint is the A) Shoulder joint. B) Intervertebral joint. C) Elbow joint. D) Hip joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow joint. 39. Which of the following is not a movable joint A) Skull. B) Hinge. C) Ball and Socket. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 40. There are 2 kinds of joint in the skeletal system: A) Compact and spongy. B) Moveable and immoveable. C) Red and yellow. D) Osteoporosis and arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moveable and immoveable. 41. Which system provides shape and support, enables you to move, protects your internal organs, and stores minerals? A) Digestive. B) Skeletal. C) Nervous. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 42. Look at this picture carefully. Name the bone on number 3! A) Pelvis. B) Radius. C) Vertebra. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 43. What is the name of the bone that connects the shoulder and the arm? A) Clavicle. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 44. What structure connects bone to bone? A) Periosteum. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 45. C1 What part of your skeleton can bend without breaking? A) Cartilage. B) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 46. ..... skeleton includes the skull, spine, ribs and sternum. A) Axial. B) Plane. C) Frontal. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 47. What is the main source of calcium for the body? A) Sunlight exposure. B) Supplements. C) Dairy products. D) Meat and poultry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dairy products. 48. Arms, legs, hips, toes, finger A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 49. A connective tissue that produces red and white blood cells. A) Tendons. B) Joints. C) Ligaments. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 50. An example of a pivot joint can be found in the forearm. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Soft, inside part of the bone A) Marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 52. Bending movement that decrease the angle between body parts is known as A) Flexion. B) Extension. C) Abduction. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flexion. 53. All systems working together make an ..... A) Organ. B) Organism. C) System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism. 54. Isla, Mason, and Jackson are learning about the human body in their biology class. Their teacher asks, 'What is the purpose of the skeletal system in our bodies?' A) Transport oxygen to tissues and waste products from tissues. B) Protect against the outside environment, regulate temperature. C) Support and protect our body while allowing movement and producing red blood cells. D) Provide protection at a cellular level from pathogens and foreign substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support and protect our body while allowing movement and producing red blood cells. 55. How many bones does the human body have? A) 203. B) 206. C) 200. D) 195. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 56. A hinge joint ..... A) Has a free range of motion. B) Only open and closes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only open and closes. 57. The smallest bones of the appendicular skeleton. A) Femurs. B) Sesamoid bones. C) Short bones. D) Pisiform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pisiform. 58. . The outer covering of bone is known as ..... A) Epiphysis. B) Osteocyte. C) Periosteum. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 59. The part of the bone that contains red marrow & makes red blood cells is called ..... A) Periosteum. B) Compact bone. C) Marrow. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 60. What part of the long bone is found on the ends and contains the red marrow? A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. 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