This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 35 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who make new bones in the body? A) Heart. B) Osteoblasts. C) Lungs. D) Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 2. It is the type of bone that consists of trabecular bones A) Bone Tissue. B) Soft bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Trabecular type. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone. 3. Bones store various minerals such as A) Peanut butter and jelly. B) Oxygen and carbon dioxide. C) Sodium bicarbonate. D) Calcium and phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium and phosphorus. 4. The solid base of the vertebral column that connects to the ilium. A) Femur. B) Patella. C) Coccyx. D) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sacred. 5. Name the type of joint that has the most movement. A) Cartilaginous. B) Synovial. C) Suture. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial. 6. It has small holes called pores to store marrow: A) Periosteum. B) Bone marrow. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone. 7. Your shoulder bone is scientifically called what? A) Scapula. B) Patella. C) Lower phalanges. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 8. What is the function of the skull? A) To protect our brain. B) To protect our heart and lungs. C) To protect our backbone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect our brain. 9. There are ..... joints in the shoulders and ankles. A) Hinge. B) Condyloid. C) Ball & socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condyloid. 10. The skull is made up of ..... A) 22 bones. B) 33 bones. C) 12 bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22 bones. 11. The strongest bone in the body is A) Shoulder. B) Clavicle. C) Pelvis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 12. Why doesn't the fibula help transfer the weight of the upper body? A) Because it is to small. B) Because it does not meet with the tibia. C) Because it would break. D) Because it does not meet with the femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it does not meet with the femur. 13. Yellow marrow produces A) White blood cells. B) Fat cells. C) Mustard cells. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fat cells. 14. Abnormal increase in the forward curve of the lumbar spine. A) Exostosis. B) Lordosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lordosis. 15. Which one of these nutrients do bones need to grow A) Vitamin D. B) Calcium. C) Phosphorus. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. The knee is a ..... joint. A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 17. The long flat bone is called ..... A) Sternum. B) Sternum. C) Femur. D) Radios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 18. Without bones, our body would have no A) Fluid. B) Skin. C) Hair. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shape. 19. All bones are lined with ..... A) Endosteum. B) Muscle. C) Periosteum. D) Adipose tissue. E) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 20. The eight bones of the wrist. A) Metatarsals. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals. 21. Raising your neck and trying to look straight up behind you is an example of A) Adduction. B) Flexion. C) Hyperextension. D) Extension. E) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperextension. 22. When you break a bone, you need a ..... A) Stint. B) Crutch. C) Cast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cast. 23. Allows rotation and the widest range of motion among all joints A) Gliding. B) Ball and Socket. C) Saddle. D) In the soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket. 24. Where would you find a ball and socket joint? A) Knee. B) Shoulder. C) Wrist. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder. 25. This bone protects the spinal chord. A) Skull. B) Hipbone. C) Backbone. D) Breastbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone. 26. The bones of the skeletal system can be subdivided into two large groups, the ..... skeleton, and the ..... skeleton. A) Pelvic / appendicular. B) Axial/ pectoral. C) Axial/ appendicular. D) Pectoral / pelvic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial/ appendicular. 27. What type of bone tissue is always found deep to the other bone tissue? A) Compact Bone. B) Cancellous Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cancellous Bone. 28. How many adult bones do we have? A) 205. B) 206. C) 250. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 29. This girdle consists of the coxal bones (hips bones) A) Pelvic. B) Pectoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvic. 30. What is the function of a ligament? A) Connect muscles to bones. B) Connect muscles to bones. C) Connect muscles to muscles. D) Connect bones to bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connect bones to bones. 31. How many bones does an infant (a young baby) have? A) 720. B) 208. C) 350. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 32. Any place where two or more bones come together is called a A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Growth plate. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 33. Lubricates ends of bones A) Ligament. B) Synovial Fluid. C) Articular Cartilage. D) Articular Capsule. E) Synovial Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial Fluid. 34. Type of muscle that attaches to bones, are voluntary A) Rough. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 35. Which nutrients makes bones strong A) Minerals. B) Calcium. C) Phosphorus. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. Which skeletal section has the most bones? A) Appendicular. B) Cranium. C) Foot. D) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 37. ..... is a prefix that means within or into A) Intra-. B) -per cent. C) Supra-. D) -Malacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intra-. 38. Make up the human skeleton A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Bones. E) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 39. Mass of bone tissue that forms at a fracture site during healing. A) Cast. B) Callus. C) Exostosis. D) Kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Callus. 40. The joints in the skull are are fixed and are also called? A) Gliding joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Fibrous joints. D) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrous joints. 41. Vertebrae bones would be classified as ..... A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 42. ..... are the tissue that connects bone to bone. A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 43. Their are ..... number of muscles in our body A) 150. B) 200. C) 640. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 640. 44. What is the cause of rickets? A) Calcium. B) Vitamin A. C) Vitamin D deficiency. D) Vitamin C. E) Too much protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D deficiency. 45. The joints that allow the most movement are called A) Synovial. B) Fixed. C) Cartilaginous. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial. 46. Within the bone marrow, new blood cells are produced in a process called: A) Osteogenesis. B) Erythrocytosis. C) Osteoblasts. D) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hematopoiesis. 47. Part of the vertebral column that connects to the ilium of the coxal bone A) Sacred. B) Coccyx. C) Scapula. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sacred. 48. What are Rheumatoid arthritis? A) Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the joints. B) Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of skin condition. C) Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of mental disorder. D) Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by a bacterial infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the joints. 49. The hands, wrist, and feet are all ..... joints. A) Ball and Socket. B) Fibrous. C) Condylar. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condylar. 50. What is the name of the bone that protects the brain? A) Scapula. B) Femur. C) Skull. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 51. Freely movable joint A) Diarthrosis. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Assembly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diarthrosis. 52. An involuntary muscle found in the wall of the heart A) Cardiac muscle. B) Involuntary muscle. C) Agonist. D) Voluntary muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac muscle. 53. What is a rotting tooth called? A) A cavity. B) Mr. Josh. C) No fun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cavity. 54. An autoimmune disease which causes inflammation, thickening of the synovial membrane and fused joints is called ..... A) Osteoarthritis. B) Osteomyelitis. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid arthritis. 55. The bone cells that are responsible for breaking down bone to release calcium are called ..... A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Oreocytes. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 56. Where are the nerves? A) In all the parts of the body. B) In your head. C) In the spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In all the parts of the body. 57. A student exercises during PE class at school. Which two systems work together to allow movement of the body as the student exercises? A) The digestive system and the skeletal systems. B) The digestive system and the immune system. C) The skeletal system and the muscular system. D) The muscular system and the immune system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The skeletal system and the muscular system. 58. Hips and shoulderss are examples of a ..... joint. A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket Joint. 59. Which of the following tissues is found in hollow organs? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Spikes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 60. What is the function of the perforating canals? A) Transport nutrients and innervate. B) Bone growth. C) Secrete matrix and fibers. D) Protect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transport nutrients and innervate. ← 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