This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 41 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sophia, Abigail, and Oliver are having a debate. Sophia thinks the Axial section has the most bones, Abigail believes it's the appendicular section, and Oliver argues it's the foot. Who is correct? A) Sophia (Axial). B) Abigail (appendicular). C) Oliver (foot). D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abigail (appendicular). 2. Look at this picture carefully. Name the joint on number 1! A) Pivot joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ligament. D) Ball-and-socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot joint. 3. Which of these is identified as being a giant multi-nucleated cell? A) Osteology. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast. 4. What do we call the place where two bones meet and move together? A) Skeleton. B) Muscle. C) Rib. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 5. The majority of our bones are found in our ..... A) Torso. B) Hands & Feet. C) Skull. D) Arms & Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hands & Feet. 6. Also called trabecular/cancellous bone full of open sections/pores contains the red bone marrow A) LONG BONES. B) SHORT BONES. C) COMPACT BONE. D) SPONGY BONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SPONGY BONE. 7. Another name for a "growth plate" A) Upper plate. B) Tectonic plate. C) Periosteum plate. D) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal plate. 8. Thick, smooth layer of tissue that covers the ends of bones A) Cartilage. B) Yellow marrow. C) Tendon. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 9. ..... are complex structures that undergo growth and development A) Skeleton. B) Joints. C) Bones. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones. 10. What is the main support in the upper body? A) Skull. B) Phalanges. C) Collar bone. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Backbone. 11. Name the main muscle in the chest A) Trapezius. B) Hamstring. C) The broadest back. D) Pectoralis major. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pectoralis major. 12. Ribs that are attached to the sternum with costal cartilage (1-7) A) True. B) False. C) Floating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The following are examples of joint disease except: A) Lupus. B) Osteoporosis. C) Gout. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 14. What do osteoblasts do A) Replace calcified bone matrix. B) Line medullary cavity . C) Re-absorb bone. D) Produce new bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce new bone. 15. The joint at the ankle and wrist A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint. 16. The flat skull bones are ..... in numbers? A) 21. B) 22. C) 19. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22. 17. ..... bones of ribcage are joined to the vertebral column only A) 4 pair. B) 2 pair. C) 1 pair. D) 3 pair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 pair. 18. The hard, dense layer of bone A) Bone marrow. B) Compact. C) Spongy. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 19. A baby's body has about at birth. These eventually fuse (grow together) to form the 206 bones that adults have A) 200 bones. B) 300 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300 bones. 20. What are the functions of the human skeleton? A) Protection. B) Make blood cells. C) Movement. D) Store and release fat and minerals. E) All of the previous. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the previous. 21. Forms the central axis of the body & protects critical organs A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 22. True or False:Eating Fish is one way to keep your bones STRONG. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. When blood calcium is too HIGH ..... A) Calcitonin is released to deposit extra blood calcium into bones. B) Calcitonin is released to stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone. C) Parathyroid hormone is released to deposit extra blood calcium into bones. D) You are likely to develop Ricketts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcitonin is released to deposit extra blood calcium into bones. 24. What is the definition of the skeleton? A) The place where bones are connected to each other. B) A framework of bones that supports the body of an animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A framework of bones that supports the body of an animal. 25. A single unit of bone is called: A) Lacunae. B) Lamellae. C) Canaliculi. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteon. 26. What are examples of osteoblasts? A) During fetal development cells in fetal cartilage develop into osteoblast. B) Neurons are examples of osteoblasts. C) Red blood cells are examples of osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts are examples of osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During fetal development cells in fetal cartilage develop into osteoblast. 27. Your spinal cord is ptotected by A) Skull. B) Brain. C) Vertebrae. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 28. Look at this picture carefully. Name the bone on number 1! A) Pelvis. B) Sternum. C) Femur. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebra. 29. Bones found in the skull A) Irregular. B) Long. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 30. What type of bone tissue makes up the interior of your bones? A) Irregular bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) The pelvic bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 31. What is the name of the muscle that makes up your heart? A) Smooth. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 32. I am short and tough bands of flexible tissue that connect two bones or pieces of cartilage and hold together joints ..... What am I? A) Ligaments. B) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 33. Calcium, fat, and other nutrients are ..... in the ..... marrow of long bones. A) Stored/yellow. B) Synthesized/yellow. C) Synthesized/red. D) Stored/red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stored/yellow. 34. Consists of yellow bone marrow (fat cells) A) Medullary canal. B) Diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medullary canal. 35. The common action known as "facepalming, " or slapping your forehead with your hand, involves striking which cranial bone? A) Occipital bone. B) Temporal bone. C) Frontal bone. D) Parietal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal bone. 36. What is bone destruction called? A) Resorption. B) Ossification. C) Deossification. D) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resorption. 37. Which type of muscles move on its own? A) Involuntary Muscles. B) Voluntary Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary Muscles. 38. Bone type that does not fit any other classification and has complex shape A) Flat bone. B) Sesamoid bone. C) Long bone. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular bone. 39. The seven bones that form the ankle. A) Metatarsals. B) Tarsals. C) Carpals. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tarsals. 40. There are ..... muscles in our body A) 300. B) 206. C) 600. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 600. 41. What type of bone tissue has trabeculae? A) Osteonic bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Compact bone. D) Solid bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 42. Ball and socket joint A) Allows one bone to slide over another. B) Can be found in the shoulder and hip. Broad range of motion. C) Allows for rotation around the length of a bone, and only allows for rotation. Found in the neck. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can be found in the shoulder and hip. Broad range of motion. 43. What are the 2 sections of the skeletal system? A) Axial and thoracic. B) Appendicular and vertebral. C) Axial and appendicular. D) Thoracic and appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial and appendicular. 44. ..... is the wear and tear our bones and joints experience over time A) Rickets. B) Osteoporosis. C) Spina bifida. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis. 45. When mashed-up food particles reach the stomach, they mix up with ..... ? A) Bile. B) Guava juice. C) Mucus. D) Gastric juices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gastric juices. 46. This rubbery substance is found in your nose, ears, and between joints A) Marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 47. Dario was playing basketball and sprained his leg. What actually happened to him? A) A bone was forced out of place. B) A tendon was ripped and torn. C) A bone was broken. D) A ligament was stretched and twisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ligament was stretched and twisted. 48. Skull, vertebral column, sternum and ribs are part of the ..... A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton. 49. The joint in which bones move back and forward. A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 50. The RICE method is for a ..... A) Bruise, sprain, or pulled muscle. B) Choking person. C) CPR. D) Concussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bruise, sprain, or pulled muscle. 51. Types of bones, appendicular A) Mostly flat bones designed forprotection. B) Combination of long bones (for leverage andmovement) and short bones (for finer controland wider range of motion). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Combination of long bones (for leverage andmovement) and short bones (for finer controland wider range of motion). 52. The Skeletal System Consists Of ..... And ..... A) Shell And Dragged. B) Bones And Cartilages. C) Human And Skeleton. D) Backbone And Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones And Cartilages. 53. The part in the bons is in the heans A) Is the tivia. B) Is the fimebula. C) S the carpals. D) Is the humerus. E) Is the femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the humerus. 54. There is a large percentage of fat in ..... marrow. A) Green. B) Yellow. C) Red. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow. 55. There are how many bones in the human body A) 150. B) 200. C) 206. D) 98. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 56. What is the name of the joint that allows back-and-forth movement? A) Fixed. B) Ball-and-socket. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 57. If you looked through a microscope and saw a group of muscle cells, what would be the most likely description of the cells? A) Organ system. B) Organ. C) Tissue. D) Prokaryotic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissue. 58. What is the membrane that surrounds the bone? A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 59. The longest bone in the human body is called ..... A) The femur. B) The skull. C) The sternum. D) The radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The femur. 60. The medical term for the collarbones. A) Humerus. B) Shoulders. C) Femur. D) Clavicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicles. ← 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