This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. These are fleshy bundles of thin elastic fibre A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Muscles. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles. 2. Which is a VOLUNTARY muscle? A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 3. The ..... allows for the growth of long bones during childhood. A) Epiphyseal Plate. B) Epiphysis. C) Diaphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphyseal Plate. 4. Cartilage is harder than bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Attach muscles to bones A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 6. If pressure in the thoracic cavity increases, what has happened to the volume of the thoracic cavity? A) Increased. B) Decreased. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreased. 7. Bones are alive. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. The Patella is this kind of bone. A) Short. B) Sesamoid. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid. 9. The ..... bone protects your brain. A) Back. B) Shin. C) Tail. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 10. Are people living things? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 11. The skeletal system provides protection to A) The abdomen. B) The quadriceps. C) The ears and nose. D) The vital organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The vital organs. 12. What do you call the human skeleton because it is inside the body? A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton. 13. I am the area where two bones come together; where two or more things come together ..... What am I? A) Joint. B) X-ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 14. The bones that form the sides of the head in the ear region are the? A) Frontal bones. B) Temporal bones. C) Parietal bones. D) Occipital bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal bones. 15. What are osteoblasts? A) Bone cells. B) Cells that make new bone. C) Cells that break down old brittle bone. D) Cells that hold minerals in bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cells that make new bone. 16. What is a disease that causes your bones to become thin and break easily? A) Osteoporosis. B) Joint. C) Fracture. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 17. How many total bones does a human have? A) 202. B) 204. C) 200. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 18. The human skeleton is a framework of bones. Is it true or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. What is the difference between the tendon and the ligament? A) They are not different. B) I don't know. C) The tendons dons connects to the tissue that connects to the bone but the ligament connects to two bones or cartilage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tendons dons connects to the tissue that connects to the bone but the ligament connects to two bones or cartilage. 20. An example of closed reduction is: A) Traction. B) Pins, screws, rods. C) Cast or split. D) Surgery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cast or split. 21. Our bones are so strong and hard because they are made of collagen and calcium. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes loss of bone in babies. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. What joint would you find in your hips and shoulders? A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Fixed. D) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and socket. 24. Bones are made up of bone tissue, blood vessels, and ..... A) Nerves. B) Vertebrae. C) Skin. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 25. Red bone marrow is responsible for A) Growth ad repair. B) Bone remodelling. C) Hematopoiesis. D) Production of fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hematopoiesis. 26. Mature bone cells are called ..... A) Osteoblasts. B) Oreocytes. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes. 27. The lacunae of osseous tissue contain: A) Osteocytes. B) Fibroblasts. C) Chondroblasts. D) Chondrocytes. E) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes. 28. What is the term for the bones in the wrist? A) Medullary Canal. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals. 29. The scientific name for your finger and toe bones is called this. A) Fingies. B) Patella. C) Phalanges. D) Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 30. Chewing involves the use of which movable skull bone? A) Maxilla. B) Mandible. C) Zygomatic. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandible. 31. The scientific name for "top of the skull" is ..... A) Ulna. B) Radius. C) Cranium. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 32. What is the function of skeleton to the human body? A) To regulate the exchange of gases inside the body. B) Protects the inner organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs. C) To reproduce new offspring. D) To pump blood to the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protects the inner organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs. 33. Which of the following is considered to be an irregular bone? A) Ulna. B) Vertebrae. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 34. What is the function of cartilage in the skeletal system? A) To provide flexibility and smooth surfaces for movement. B) To support the muscles. C) To protect internal organs. D) To produce blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide flexibility and smooth surfaces for movement. 35. Where is skeletal muscle found A) Hollow organs. B) Heart. C) Attached to bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attached to bones. 36. Diarthrotic joints are: A) Immovable. B) Slightly movable. C) Freely movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freely movable. 37. When you are finished growing you will have around how many bones in your skeleton? A) 106. B) 306. C) 206. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 38. The biggest bone in the leg is called the ..... A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Fibula. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 39. When a bodybuilder does a leg curl what muscle is the agonist A) Deltoid. B) Quadriceps. C) Gluteus maximus. D) Hamstring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamstring. 40. Fibrous joints, like skull sutures, are classified as this type of joint A) Synarthrotic. B) Amphiarthrotic. C) Diarthrotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synarthrotic. 41. The Skeletal System has 5 functions. Which of these DOESN'T apply. A) Protection. B) Exercise. C) Blood Cell Production. D) Storage of mineral and fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exercise. 42. Which is an example of a ball and socket joint? A) Elbow. B) Skull. C) Knee. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulder. 43. What is the cushion between two bones? A) Muscles. B) Cartilage. C) Heart. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 44. What structure protects bone ends in the joints? A) Articular cartilage. B) Compact bone tissue. C) Spongy bone tissue. D) Periosteum. E) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 45. What kind of marrow produces blood cells? A) Yellow. B) White. C) Rainbow. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 46. The humerus, the bone in the upper arm of a human, is directly connected to other bones in the arm by A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Extensors. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 47. The suffix blast means A) To build, genesis. B) To break down. C) Through. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To build, genesis. 48. Which of the following are functions of the bones? A) Support and Protection. B) Attachment to the muscles. C) Stores inorganic salts. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 49. True or False:Children have fewer bones than adults. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. Which type of joint is related to rotational motion A) Hinge joint. B) Ball-and-socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball-and-socket joint. 51. Where are the clavicle bones found? A) Pelvis girdle. B) Pectoral girdle. C) Back of arms. D) The legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pectoral girdle. 52. Band-like structure that connects bone to muscle A) Muscles. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. E) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 53. Bone building cells are called? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 54. Arthritis caused by an autoimmune disorder. A) Gout. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Bursitis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rheumatoid arthritis. 55. Which type of marrow stores fat? A) White. B) Red. C) Yellow. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow. 56. The only role of the skeletal system is movement. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 57. ..... is the thigh bone A) Fibula. B) Patella. C) Femur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 58. Ball and socket joints are found in A) Shoulder. B) Fingers. C) Elbow. D) Neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder. 59. What is the function of the appendicular skeleton? A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Support. D) Flexibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 60. The middle, flat section of the sternum. A) Glenoid cavity. B) Clavicle. 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