This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 33 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of yellow bone marrow? A) Make blood cells. B) Store fat. C) No function. D) Store calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Store fat. 2. The long bone of your arm is ..... A) Radius. B) Humerus. C) Tibia. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 3. The bones that enclose the brain are collectively known as the ..... A) Pelvic girdle. B) Pectoral girdle. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium. 4. What does the musculoskeletal system do? A) Keeps hands and feet on body. B) Helps people from getting sick. C) Helps you have balence and strength in your body and has muscle to connect it all. D) Is a type of disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps you have balence and strength in your body and has muscle to connect it all. 5. Where is the malleus bone located in our body A) Middle ear. B) Outer ear. C) Pinna. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle ear. 6. What is the name of the bone that corresponds with G on the skeleton in the front of the classroom? A) Radius. B) Scapula. C) Patella. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 7. The bone in upper arm A) Stapes. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Shin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 8. This type of marrow makes blood cells A) Yellow. B) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 9. Removal of bone tissue to diagnose conditions such as cancer A) Bone density test. B) Bone scan. C) Bone aspiration. D) Bone biopsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone biopsy. 10. The tough, fibrous outer layer of bone is called the ..... A) Periosteum. B) Red marrow. C) Endosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 11. Movable joints are places where bones can move easily. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. When there is blood in a joint it is known as A) Ankylosing spondylitis. B) Osteonecrosis. C) Articular hemorrhage. D) Hemarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hemarthrosis. 13. Bones of the hand A) Metacarpals. B) Metatarsals. C) Carpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpals. 14. Allows no movement at all A) Immovable joint. B) Slightly movable joint. C) Pivot joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immovable joint. 15. What makes up the center of the skeleton? A) Femur. B) Backbone (vertebral column). C) Skull. D) Pelvic girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone (vertebral column). 16. Blood vessels and/or nerves are found in a round or oval hole called a ..... A) Fossa. B) Facet. C) Foramen. D) Fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foramen. 17. What condition is also known as a pinched nerve? A) Periostitis. B) Radiculopathy. C) Spinal stenosis. D) None are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiculopathy. 18. It is a smooth elastic bone like tissue found in the ear, nose, and joints. A) Joints. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 19. What type of bone cell secretes acids and enzymes to dissolve bone? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast. 20. The smallest bones are located where? A) Ear. B) Nose. C) Toes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 21. Which joint allows for the widest range of movement? A) Radioulnar. B) Knee. C) Shoulder. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulder. 22. The muscle we have control of is called involuntary muscle A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Greek meaning of "bone" is A) Dead man. B) Bona fide man. C) Hard Structure. D) Dried up body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dried up body. 24. The Skeletal System has four main responsibilities which of these is NOT one of those responsibilities? ..... A) Mineral storage. B) Support, structure. C) Protection. D) Information exchange. E) Production of blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Information exchange. 25. What is the medical term for your shoulder blades? A) Scapula. B) Carpals. C) Tarsals. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 26. The ear is an example of fibrous cartilage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. The skull is an example of a A) Flat bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Long bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat bone. 28. Food rich in calcium, vitamin D, and phosphorus helps prevent skeletal disorders. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 29. How many pairs of false ribs are there? A) 7. B) 2. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 30. THE AUTOMATIC RESPONSE OF THE BODY TO A PARTICULAR STIMULUS A) SENSE ORGANS. B) NERVES. C) REFLEX ACTION. D) SPINAL CORD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) REFLEX ACTION. 31. In amphiarthrotic joints, lubricating fluid is contained in a bursa sac. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. This bone is commonly known as the knee cap A) Tibia. B) Patella. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 33. The osteoblasts are responsible for the uptake of ..... from the blood. A) Minerals. B) Proteins. C) Vitamins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minerals. 34. The backbone protects the ..... inside it. A) Lungs. B) Tissue. C) Nerves. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 35. The skeletal system can be divided into two parts. What part is made up of the skull, sternum, vertebral column, and rib cage? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 36. The joint in our elbow is the ..... A) Fixed joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball-and-socket joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 37. The wrist bones are also known as: A) Carpals. B) Radius. C) Tarsals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 38. The highlighted portion is the A) Back. B) Coccyx. C) Spine. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coccyx. 39. Which of the following bones is part of the axial skeleton? A) Femur. B) Ulna. C) Skull. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 40. Abigail, Anika, and Noah are discussing the functions of the skeletal system. Which statement is not a function of the skeletal system? A) Helps with movement. B) Stores minerals. C) Circulates blood in the body. D) Protects organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circulates blood in the body. 41. ..... are also known as collarbones A) Clavicles. B) Shoulders. C) Carpals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicles. 42. Bones are living organ made of several different A) Bones. B) Tissue. C) Sarrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissue. 43. Air spaces in the bones of the skull that act as resonating chambers for the voice A) Sinuses. B) Patella. C) Fontanels. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinuses. 44. What do doctors use to look at our bones? A) Camera. B) X ray. C) Cat scan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X ray. 45. Which of the following best shows gliding joints? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 46. Movement around an axis is: A) Plantar Flexion. B) Rotation. C) Inversion. D) Circumduction. E) Supination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 47. Osteoblasts are ....., whereas osteocytes are ..... A) Mature bone cells; bone-forming cells. B) Mature bone cells; bone destroying cells. C) Bone forming cells; mature bone cells. D) Bone forming cells; bone-destroying cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone forming cells; mature bone cells. 48. What does the term 'ectomy' mean? A) Like, resembling. B) Surgical removal, excision. C) Inflammation. D) Tumor, mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surgical removal, excision. 49. Abnormal fibrous tissue replaces healthy bone tissue A) Fibrous dysplasia. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Osteogenesis imperfecta. D) Ricketts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous dysplasia. 50. What is the name of the bone found in the upper arm? A) Ulna. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 51. Swelling and inflammation of the bursa sac; commonly called water on the knee A) Fracture. B) Arthritis. C) Bursitis. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bursitis. 52. The bones of the arms and legs make up the A) Hyaline cartilage. B) Axial skeleton. C) Articular cartilage. D) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular skeleton. 53. Inflammation of the tendon. A) Arthroscopy. B) Kyphosis. C) Pelvic. D) Tendinitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendinitis. 54. This part of the bone produces red blood cells. A) Compact Bone. B) Periosteum. C) Spongy Bone. D) Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone Marrow. 55. Bone that is more dense than 'spongy bone'. Composed of microscopic osteons. A) Cancellous Bone. B) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone. 56. Protects and supports body organs and provides a framework the muscles use to support movement. Made up of bones and joints. A) Marrow. B) Joint. C) Skeletal system. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 57. The human Skeletal system is divided into ..... parts. A) Two. B) Four. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 58. Framework of structures that support A) Skeleton. B) Synovial joint. C) Ossification. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton. 59. Chest bone-middle of chest A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Sternum. E) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 60. Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the human body that lies horizontally. A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Coccyx. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle. ← 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