This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 38 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where bones meet and allows movement A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 2. This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no A) Gliding. B) Pivot. C) Condyloid. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot. 3. Synovial joints are functionally classified as ..... A) Amphiarthroses. B) Syntharsoses. C) Synchondroses. D) Symphyses. E) Diarthroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Diarthroses. 4. Which bones are most commonly broken in adults? A) Neck. B) Arm. C) Leg. D) Hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arm. 5. The lower jaw can move from side to side and up and down. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. What sort of joint is the hip joint? A) Rotating. B) Ball and Socket. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket. 7. The epiphyseal plate is also called the growth plate. What happens here? A) Bone length is increasing. B) Bone length is decreasing. C) Bone length is narrowing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone length is increasing. 8. Long bones store ..... that can be used for energy A) Lungs. B) Fat. C) Energy. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fat. 9. Where are your 4 ball and socket joints located? A) My wrists and ankles. B) My vertebrae and ribs. C) My shoulders and hips. D) My knees and elbows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My shoulders and hips. 10. Name one common skeletal system disorder. A) Diabetes. B) Asthma. C) Arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 11. What does the C in R.I.C.E stand for? A) Contract. B) Compact. C) Concentration. D) Compression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compression. 12. Which bone can easily be fractured when we fall or direct hit? A) Collarbone. B) Thigh bone. C) Shoulder bone. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collarbone. 13. Which of the following is the name of the base which a bone is formed on? A) Cartilage. B) Osteoplasts. C) An enzyme. D) Glue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 14. Ricket's is a disease that causes defective ..... A) Bone formation. B) Bone growth. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Vitamin D absorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone growth. 15. Seven bones that make up the posterior part of the foot. A) Metacarpals. B) Vertebrae. C) Phalanges. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarsals. 16. The bottom portion of the sternum that may come off during cpr A) Xiphoid. B) Body. C) Handle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xiphoid. 17. Which type of joint connects our vertebrae (backbones)? (page 139) A) You jointed. B) Amphiarthroses. C) Diarthrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthroses. 18. Our skeleton has.....-parts A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 19. This structure attaches muscle to bone A) Tendon. B) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 20. Abnormal condition of porous bones. A) Lumbosacral. B) Osteopetrosis. C) Tendinitis. D) Chronic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteopetrosis. 21. What organs are protected by your ribs? A) Kidney and spinal cords. B) Brain and vertebrae. C) Stomach and intestines. D) Heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart and lungs. 22. The primary ossification site in the formation of a long bone is found A) In the proximal epiphyses. B) In the epiphyses. C) In the diaphysis. D) In the distal epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the diaphysis. 23. Flexible connective tissue found throughout the body, including on the articular ends of bones. A) Blood. B) Skin. C) Cartilage. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 24. A slightly movable joint is a(n): A) Diarthrosis. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Gomphosis. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthrosis. 25. All of the following can be used to determine gender of a skeleton EXCEPT: A) Femur. B) Teeth. C) Skull. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeth. 26. The knee is made up of tendons, several ligaments, and the patella. What type of synovial joint is the knee? A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Plane. D) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 27. How do ligaments & tendons differ? A) They differ based on location; tendons are used in the axial skeleton, ligaments in the appendicular. B) Ligaments attach bone to bone, tendons attach muscle to bone. C) They do not differ. D) Ligaments attach muscle to bone, tendons attach bone to bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments attach bone to bone, tendons attach muscle to bone. 28. Which is a movable joint? A) Cranium. B) Pelvis. C) Elbow. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow. 29. Bones are mostly made of the mineral ..... A) Potassium. B) Iron. C) Oxygen. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 30. As person grows, red bone marrow changes into yellow, but if blood is lost, it can change back. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. Vibe shatters into many pieces A) Fissure fracture. B) Meduallary cavity. C) Compound fracture. D) Comminuted fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comminuted fracture. 32. Which mineral helps with bone growth, development and strength? A) Iron. B) Magnesium. C) Calcium. D) Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 33. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY HAS INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES? A) LEGS. B) INTESTINE. C) NECK. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INTESTINE. 34. Part of the bone that makes blood cells A) Marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) Cartilage. E) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 35. This includes shoulder bones and hip bones that attack the limbs to the axial skeleton. A) Limb bones. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Long bones. D) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 36. The skull, spine, and rib-cage form the A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Main Skeleton. C) Axial Skeleton. D) Central Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial Skeleton. 37. Surgical repair of tendon & muscles A) Tenorrhaphy. B) Tenomyoplasty. C) Tenomyocentesis. D) Tenomyectomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tenomyoplasty. 38. What are the primary components of the matrix of bone? A) Calcium phosphate & collagen. B) Collagen and fibrinogen. C) Hydroxyapatite. D) Calcium phosphate & keratin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium phosphate & collagen. 39. What bone helps you stand up tall, bend and twist? A) Backbone. B) Frontbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backbone. 40. What is the purpose of ligaments in the skeletal system? A) Connect bones to muscles. B) Produce blood cells. C) Store calcium. D) Regulate body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connect bones to muscles. 41. Which cell creates the marrow cavity in the center of the long bone? A) Osteoclast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteogenic cell. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 42. C5 What shapes and supports your arms and legs? A) Muscles. B) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones. 43. Fluid-filled sacs containing synovial fluid are called A) Ligaments. B) Tendons. C) Purses. D) Menisci. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purses. 44. What part of the bone gives it strength A) Medullary cavity. B) Compact bone. C) Spongey bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 45. Suffix that means surgical puncture to remove fluid. A) -Malacia. B) -ation. C) -osis. D) -per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -per cent. 46. In order for tropomyosin to change conformation, calcium has to bind with ..... A) Voltage Gated Ion Channel. B) Ligand Gated Ion Channel. C) Troponin Protein. D) Actin Protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troponin Protein. 47. In the following analogy, what is an organ most similar to? A) Grade level. B) Student. C) Class. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grade level. 48. What type of minerals are stored inside bone? A) Vitamin D. B) Blood cells. C) Calcium and phosphorus. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphorus. 49. Small cavities that are located between lamellae and contain osteocytes are called A) Central canals. B) Lacunae. C) Perforating canals. D) Beams. E) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacunae. 50. The most common form of arthritis A) Fibrous dysplasia. B) Osteogenesis imperfecta. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Ricketts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 51. Compact bone is located in the A) Hard, outer surfaces of bone . B) Middle of the medullary cavity. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Inner, porous surfaces of bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard, outer surfaces of bone . 52. What bone is part of the axial skeleton? A) Sternum. B) Tibia. C) Ulna. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 53. A decrease in bone mineral density below a normal level but not low enough for a doctor to classify it as osteoporosis A) Osteopenia. B) Bone Cancer. C) Osteomalacia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteopenia. 54. What is one example of an irrregular bone. A) Radius. B) Pelvis. C) Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribs. 55. These are the master cells that call in other cells to make or break down bone matter. A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 56. What is the scientific name for the thigh bone? A) Fibula. B) Humerus. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 57. The body's ..... joints allow for a wide range of motion A) Connects. B) Bendable. C) Moveable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moveable. 58. The root word carp/o means what A) Toes. B) Wrist. C) Foot. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist. 59. What is the correct term for the jaw? A) Mandible. B) Cranium. C) Clavicle. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 60. Your muscular system contains over..... muscles. A) 200. B) 1, 000. C) 100. D) 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 600. ← 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