This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 36 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is red marrow located? A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Medullary cavity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 2. Which of the following muscle movements occur when the arm bends at the elbow? A) The biceps contract and the triceps relax. B) The biceps relax and the triceps relax. C) The triceps contract and the biceps contract. D) The triceps contract and the biceps relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The biceps contract and the triceps relax. 3. The axial skeleton includes the appendages or forelimbs and hindlimbs in terrestrial vertebrates (arms and hands; legs and feet in humans), as well as two supporting girdles. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. What is the most common way to treat scoliosis? A) Do nothing about it. B) Exercise. C) Brace. D) Surgery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brace. 5. Which lists the steps of bone repair in order? A) Hematoma forms; callus formation; bone material is laid down; bone material is remodeled. B) Callus forms; hematoma forms; bone material laid down; bone material remodelled. C) Bone material laid down; bone material remodeled; callus forms; hematoma forms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma forms; callus formation; bone material is laid down; bone material is remodeled. 6. Sharpay's fiber is a collagen fiber that can be found in which area? A) Osteogenic layer. B) Intercellular substance. C) Endosteum. D) Fibrous layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteogenic layer. 7. What does the prefix 'Stria-' mean? A) Curve. B) Smooth. C) Stripe. D) Wrinkle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stripe. 8. Which type of involuntary muscle, found in hollow organs, is responsible for moving substances around the body? A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 9. What is a fracture? A) Growing of the bones. B) A break in a bone. C) A funny bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A break in a bone. 10. Smooth muscle is ..... A) Voluntary and striated in appearance. B) Voluntary and non-striated in appearance. C) Involuntary and striated in appearance. D) Involuntary and non-striated in appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involuntary and non-striated in appearance. 11. A fracture that occurs across the entire bone is called ..... A) Comminuted. B) Hairline. C) Transverse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transverse. 12. Bones contain bone marrow. Red and white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. What type of function describes the explanation above? A) Gives the body its shape. B) Allows the body to move. C) Protects and supports organs. D) Produces blood cells in bone marrow. E) Stores and releases minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produces blood cells in bone marrow. 13. The smallest bone in our body is located in ..... A) Nose. B) Ear. C) Hands. D) Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ear. 14. Round or oval opening through a bone A) Fissure. B) Fossa. C) Groove. D) Foramen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foramen. 15. The Skeletal System performs functions such as ..... A) It gives Shape to our body. B) It protects internal organs. C) Helps in Movement. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. What is the purpose of veins? A) To carry blood back to the heart. B) Forms a network to connect the smallest arterioles and smallest venules. C) Carry blood away from the heart. D) To fight off disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry blood back to the heart. 17. Muscles that are connected to the bones and help move our arms and our legs. These muscles are called ..... muscles. A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 18. Why are some particular bones like the skull important? A) They help us walk. B) They protect vital organs. C) They help us stand. D) They protect muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They protect vital organs. 19. What is the smaller bone in the bottom portion of your leg called? A) Tibia. B) Femur. C) Fibula. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibula. 20. Cells that build bone tissue A) Osteoprogenitor cell. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 21. Where are saddle joints found? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 22. The skeletal system forms a solid framework for the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. This 65% of your bone is responsible for the hardness & strength of bones: A) Osteoid. B) Spongy. C) Mineral salts. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mineral salts. 24. True or False:We are taller in the morning than in the evening A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 25. The entire inside of a long bone is compact bone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 26. This bone marrow has a high fat content A) Red. B) Green. C) White. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow. 27. Overuse of a bone may result in a stress fracture A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. Which of the following is a muscle with movement that is not under the person's control? A) Voluntary Muscle. B) Skeletal Muscle. C) Cartilage. D) Involuntary Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involuntary Muscle. 29. Structure 3 is a/an A) Osteon. B) Central (haversian canals). C) Volkman's channels. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central (haversian canals). 30. What does a tendon do? A) It is a bone. B) Attaches bones together. C) Attaches muscles to bone. D) It is a joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attaches muscles to bone. 31. What is the name of the bone that forms the forehead? A) Mandible. B) Frontal bone. C) Occipital bone. D) Parietal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal bone. 32. Your skeleton is there for support, protection, and movement. But you could not move your bones without the help of your ..... system. A) Digestive. B) Muscular. C) Circulatory. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular. 33. The tibia is an example of a A) Long bone. B) Short bone. C) Irregular bone. D) Flat bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bone. 34. Cartilage made mainly of elastin. A) Elastic cartilage. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Fibrous cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elastic cartilage. 35. Why is cartilage important? A) It stores calcium. B) It provides cushion between joints. C) It adds structure to parts of the body, such as the ears and nose. D) Both B (green) and C (yellow). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B (green) and C (yellow). 36. In the Handy Craft activity, what did the yarn/string represent? A) The skin. B) The nerves. C) Ligaments and tendons. D) A way to illustrate movement of the hand parts and digits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A way to illustrate movement of the hand parts and digits. 37. The smooth muscle its formed by A) Any. B) Flexibility muscles. C) Voluntary muscles. D) Involuntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involuntary muscles. 38. What part of the bone manufactures blood cells? A) Spongy bone. B) Joints. C) Compact bone. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 39. What is the proper name for the collarbone? A) Cranium. B) Mandible. C) Clavicle. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clavicle. 40. Which bone is a part of the appendicular skeleton? A) Ribs. B) Skull. C) Sternum. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 41. Which one of these is incorrect? A) The skeleton provides oxygen for the working muscles. B) The skeleton provides protection for vital organs. C) The skeleton provides structural shape and points for attachment. D) The skeleton provides support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The skeleton provides oxygen for the working muscles. 42. The primary site of new blood cell production in birds and mammals? A) Nucleus. B) Blood. C) Bone Marrow. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone Marrow. 43. What type of joint allows for a wide range of movements in all directions? A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Saddle joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joint. 44. Actin and Myosin together make? A) Muscle Fibers. B) Sarcomere. C) Fascicles. D) Myofibrils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcomere. 45. What class lever are the scissors? A) 1st. B) And. C) An offer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st. 46. What is a common injury in wrists and ankles because they are gliding joints? A) Osteoarthritis. B) Bursitis. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Sprains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprains. 47. Which type of bone tissue is very dense and strong? A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. C) Red Bone Marrow. D) Yellow Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone. 48. Which body systems work together when you touch a hot pan and pull your hand away? A) Circulatory and digestive systems. B) Respiratory and skeletal/muscular systems. C) Digestive and respiratory systems. D) Skeletal/muscular and nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal/muscular and nervous systems. 49. What is spongy bone? A) The soft tissue in the bone that stores energy as fat. B) The layer of bone that makes the bones lightweight. C) The soft tissue in the bone that makes blood cells. D) The hard dense layer of bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The layer of bone that makes the bones lightweight. 50. Incomplete longitudinal break A) Greenstick. B) Oblique. C) Comminuted. D) Fissured. E) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fissured. 51. What is a common cause of fractures? A) Large forceful impact. B) Swimming. C) Low impacts. D) Walking on sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large forceful impact. 52. Which bone is known as shin bone? A) Fibula. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 53. A bone that is more wide than it is long and is generally cube shaped is considered a(n): A) Flat bone. B) Long bone. C) Short bone. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short bone. 54. Young female chicken, does not lay eggs A) Cockerel. B) Chick. C) Pullets. D) Hen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pullets. 55. Production of red blood cells A) Protection. B) Mineral Storage. C) Hemopoiesis. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemopoiesis. 56. The longset bone in the human A) Patella. B) Fibula. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 57. An ..... is where two or more bones meet A) Bones. B) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 58. What type of joint is the neck? A) Ball and socket. B) Gliding. C) Pivot. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 59. What is the name of the bone in the thigh? A) Fibula. B) Femur. C) Humerus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 60. Which of the following is TRUE on skeletal system function? A) Contain red bone marrow to storetriglycerides. B) Involved in protection of internal organs. C) Mainly store vitamin D. D) Work alone in making movement of thebody. 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