This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 34 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bone that protects the brain and shapes the face is called ..... A) The femur. B) The ribs. C) The skull. D) The vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The skull. 2. How many bones does a healthy adult skeleton typically have? A) 150 bones. B) 250 bones. C) 206 bones. D) 300 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206 bones. 3. What is the job of your bone marrow? A) To make blood cells. B) To make the bone stronger. C) To absorb calcium. D) To grow more bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make blood cells. 4. Skeletal muscles always work in ..... A) Isolation. B) Pairs. C) Alone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pairs. 5. In addition to hemoglobin, the other primary chromophore in the skin is: A) RNA. B) Tyrosine. C) DNA. D) Melanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melanin. 6. These are the cells that build up bone matter. A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 7. True or False. Bone repair is when bones do not heal after being broken. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which of the following are only found in cancellous bone? A) Beams. B) Calcium salts. C) Volkmann's canals. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beams. 9. What makes up your skeleton? A) Feathers. B) Bricks. C) Bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 10. The Appendicular region of the body covers 126 bones connected to axial. What major regions does it cover? A) Shoulder Girdle, Vertebrae, Upper Extremities, Lower extremities. B) Shoulder Girdle, upper girdle, Pelvic Girdle, Lower extremities. C) Upper Extremities, Lower extremities, Pelvic girdle, ankle & foot. D) Upper Extremities, Shoulder Girdle, Vertebrae, Hands & fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder Girdle, upper girdle, Pelvic Girdle, Lower extremities. 11. This type of muscle is tissue that makes up the heart; involuntary contractions push blood out of the heart and pumps through the body; long, thin, and branched A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 12. What is the name of the strong, flexible connective tissue that lines the surfaces of joints? A) Muscle Tone. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 13. Where fat is stored A) Yellow bone marrow. B) White bone marrow. C) Blue bone marrow. D) Red bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow bone marrow. 14. This type of joint allows for the widest range of motion A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joint. 15. What is the highlighted portion? A) Sacred. B) Pubis. C) Illium crest. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sacred. 16. Produces red blood cells A) Yellow marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Red marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red marrow. 17. The formation of blood: A) Hematoma. B) Hemarthritis. C) Hematopoiesis. D) Hematosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hematopoiesis. 18. Oxygen + haemoglobin =? A) Oxygenated haemoglobin. B) Oxyhaemoglobin. C) Haemoglobin. D) Oxygenglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxyhaemoglobin. 19. This is a systemic disease affecting connective tissue. A) Osteomyelitis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rheumatoid Arthritis. D) Astrocytoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 20. As you age this substance at the ends of bones loses water and increases friction A) Elastic cartilage. B) Fibrocartilage. C) Hyaline Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline Cartilage. 21. This bone is the lower jaw bone and serves as the anchor bone for the lower set of teeth. A) Clavicle. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandible. 22. How many bones in the human body? A) 100. B) 300. C) 200. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 23. The hollow cylinder like shaft of the bone is the: A) Medullary canal. B) Endosteum. C) Diaphysis. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 24. I am a thin, transparent layer that covers the front of the eye, who am i? A) Cornea. B) Pupil. C) Retina. D) Lense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cornea. 25. The skull protects our: A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 26. Ball and socket joints only allow flexion and extension A) False tagsSAP2. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False tagsSAP2. 27. The location of a union of bone or cartilage A) Joint. B) Hinge. C) Osteoid. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 28. Which of the following is NOT part of the appendicular skeletal system? A) Sternum. B) Patella. C) Clavicle. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 29. Which best describes the purpose of the muscular system? A) The muscular system carries messages from the brain to the bones to move the body. B) The muscular system keeps the bones strong and protects them from being broken. C) The muscular system produces red blood cells. D) The muscular system allows movement of bones and helps maintain posture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The muscular system allows movement of bones and helps maintain posture. 30. True or False:Babies have more bones than adults. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. The cheekbones are also called the malar bones or? A) Zygomatic bones. B) Hyoid bones. C) Ethmoid bones. D) Lacrimal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zygomatic bones. 32. Which term describes a decrease in an angle between two bones? A) Abduction. B) Pronation. C) Flexion. D) Hyperextension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 33. Match the following with the best location. Tibia A) Back. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Upper leg. D) Lower leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower leg. 34. These bones are thin and flattened, often providing protection to vital organs. A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 35. Name the agonist during flexion of the hip joint A) Hip flexor. B) Hamstring. C) Quadriceps. D) Gluteus maximus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip flexor. 36. What is the flexible substance that covers the ends of bones for protection called? A) Tendon. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 37. What type of bone are the ribs, skull, and scapula? A) Long. B) Flat. C) Irregular. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 38. The ..... skeleton includes 80 bones divided into the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage regions. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 39. Which type of joint allows for the greatest range of motion? A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Ball-and-socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball-and-socket joint. 40. Location where two bones meet A) Bones. B) Joints. C) Ligaments. D) Tendons. E) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints. 41. How do we call the bones that are in your toes and fingers? A) Metacarpals. B) Carpals. C) Talus. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 42. The following are parts of the skeletal system, EXCEPT A) Cartilage. B) Muscles. C) Connective tissue. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles. 43. The skull protects the A) Brain. B) Stomach. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 44. Around how many bones in the human body A) 300. B) 200. C) 100. D) 150. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 45. Where can you find an example of a pivot joint? A) Where your radius meets your ulna. B) Where your humerus meets your radius. C) Where your sternum meets your ribs. D) Where your femur meets your pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where your radius meets your ulna. 46. We learned that our bones have ..... jobs. A) 2. B) 1. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 47. Which bones of the body can produce the most movement A) Shoulders. B) Hands. C) Hips. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hands. 48. Which tissue type is avascular and receives nutrients through diffusion? A) Compact bone. B) Spongey bone. C) Hyaline cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage. 49. What is another name for the "Breastbone" ? A) Clavicle. B) Phalanges. C) Thorax. D) Steroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steroids. 50. Which is NOT a type of bone cell? A) Osteoprogenitor. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteon. D) Osteocyte. E) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteon. 51. The hard structure that you feel when you touch or press your head is known as ..... A) Cranium. B) Skeleton. C) Bone. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 52. Longest bone in human body A) Femur. B) Pelvis. C) Spine. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 53. All joints are movable A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Which of the following are good ways to take care of your bones? A) Wear a helmet and drink a lot of milk. B) Wear safety gear only sometimes. C) Exercise without equipment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wear a helmet and drink a lot of milk. 55. How many bones does each hand has from the wrist, palm and fingers? A) 37. B) 47. C) 27. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 27. 56. Which of the following phrases is an abnormal lateral curvature of the vertebral column often seen in the thoracic region? A) Scoliosis. B) Lordosis. C) Swayback. D) Kyphosis. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis. 57. Which of the following occurs in the spongy bone of the epiphysis? A) Bone remodeling. B) Shock absorption. C) Bone growth. D) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hematopoiesis. 58. What runs through the middle of the vertebral column? A) Shoulder. B) Spinal cord. C) Bones. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 59. Bones in the arms and legs are examples of A) Short bones. B) Flat bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long bones. 60. The bone marrow is the another name for the spine A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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