This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 44 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Supination is best described by which of the following movements? A) Bending of the knee joint. B) Movement of the palm anteriorly. C) Bringing the plantar foot inferiorly. D) Conical movement of the shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement of the palm anteriorly. 2. If you have a "slipped disc, " you have a: A) Shoulder injury. B) Back injury. C) Head injury. D) Knee injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Back injury. 3. Which term means surgical repair of the skull? A) Craniectomy. B) Cranioplasty. C) Craniotomy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranioplasty. 4. Bone continuously replaces itself throughout adult life. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Osteoclasts will work faster when ..... is detected in the blood stream A) Vitamin D. B) Calcium. C) Creatine. D) Phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 6. Describe irregular bones. A) Irregular bones are bones that are completely flat and thin. B) Irregular bones are bones that have complex shapes and do not fit into the category of long, short, or flat bones. C) Irregular bones are bones that are perfectly symmetrical in shape. D) Irregular bones are bones that are longer than they are wide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular bones are bones that have complex shapes and do not fit into the category of long, short, or flat bones. 7. Which type of joint is directly related to flexion and contraction? A) Hinge joint. B) Ball-and-socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 8. Located on the back side of the ribcage and helps provide part of the shoulder joint A) Skull. B) Clavicle. C) Humerus. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scapula. 9. An example of a pivot joint can be found where the skull connects to the vertebrae. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system? A) Support. B) Detecting infomation. C) Digestion. D) Circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support. 11. Your toes and fingers A) Metacarpals. B) Ulna. C) Carpals. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 12. What is the term used for decreased bone density and bones become more brittle? A) Ossification. B) Fracture. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 13. When a joint becomes dislodged A) Dislocation. B) Arthritis. C) Sprain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dislocation. 14. What are two examples of joints? A) Noose, lock. B) Key, door. C) Ball and socket, hinge. D) Hinge, crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket, hinge. 15. What is a sprain? A) A sprain is when a ligament is over-stretched or torn. Ligaments connect bones together in your joints. B) A sprain is when a muscle or tendon attached to a bone is over-stretched or torn. C) A strain is when a muscle or tendon attached to a bone is under used. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sprain is when a ligament is over-stretched or torn. Ligaments connect bones together in your joints. 16. An example of a short bone is ..... A) The carpal. B) The pelvis. C) The sternum. D) The scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The carpal. 17. ..... connect muscle to bone A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 18. The joints in your knees and elbows are most similar to: A) A wheel. B) A screw. C) A door hinge. D) A clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A door hinge. 19. A herniated disk is a rupture in this type of cartilage A) Hyaline. B) Fibrous. C) Elastic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibrous. 20. Why do adults have fewer bones than young children do? A) Adults are bigger so they don't need as manybones. B) People lose bones as they grow, just as theylose baby teeth. C) Most people have mutated bone cells. D) Bones fuse or grow together as people grow up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones fuse or grow together as people grow up. 21. What are the 4 nitrogen bases? A) Adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine. B) Adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine. C) Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glycerol. D) Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine. 22. How many phalanges do you have? A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 23. Where is cartilage, a connective tissue, located? A) Outside of the bone. B) In between bone and joints. C) Around the muscle fibers. D) In between muscle and bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In between bone and joints. 24. Which bone is responsible for protecting the brain? A) Skull. B) Humerus. C) Spine. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 25. The arm and legs are part of the A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 26. All of the following are bones of the axial skeleton EXCEPT A) Spinal column. B) Skull. C) Ribs. D) Coxal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coxal bone. 27. The largest of paranasal sinuses are found in which of these facial bones? A) Cheeks. B) Zygomatic. C) Nasal concha. D) Vomit. E) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheeks. 28. What is the hard white covering of the bone? A) Periosteum. B) Fracture. C) Cast. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 29. Tendonitis means what? A) Pain of the tendons. B) Inflammation of the bones. C) Inflammation of the joints. D) Inflammation of the tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflammation of the tendons. 30. Which body system contains 206 bones, holds the body together and protects internal organs? A) Skeletal system. B) Digestive system. C) Respiratory system. D) Circulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 31. In a strain, a muscle or tendon is involved. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 32. Which of the following would be classified as in the appendicular skeleton? A) Ribs. B) Fibula (in the leg). C) Skull. D) Sternum (in the chest). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibula (in the leg). 33. Multiple muscle fibers together are called? A) Fascicles. B) Muscle Fibers. C) Sarcomere. D) Myofibrils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascicles. 34. An example of an irregular bone is the A) Carpals. B) Vertebra. C) Femur. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebra. 35. The I in RICE ..... A) Inside. B) Iguana. C) Ice. D) Igloo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice. 36. Osteoblasts are young bone cells A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 37. Grace, James, and Elijah are playing a game of 'Guess the Joint'. They came across a tricky question:'All of the following are examples of ball-and-socket joints except ..... '. Can you help them answer it? A) Hip. B) Shoulder. C) Knee. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee. 38. Which statement BEST describes the purpose of the circulatory system? A) To supply oxygen and nutrients to the body via blood vessels. B) To remove digestive waste. C) To control all the movement in the body. D) To remove urine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To supply oxygen and nutrients to the body via blood vessels. 39. Bones are living tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. The patella is ..... to the hip? A) Superior. B) Proximal. C) Distal. D) Posterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distal. 41. Which of the following is ONLY found associated with a child's bone? A) Epiphyseal plate. B) Articular cartilage. C) Periosteum. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphyseal plate. 42. Giraffes have..... vertebrae. A) 7. B) 24. C) 14. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 43. Broken bone in which there is no open wound in the skin. A) Greenstick Fracture. B) Closed or Simple Fracture. C) Spiral Fracture. D) Compression Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed or Simple Fracture. 44. Skull, vertebral column, ribs, and pelvis A) Skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. C) Bones. D) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 45. Compact bone is mostly found in the appendicular skeleton. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 46. What mineral is stored in bones? A) Calcium. B) Zinc. C) Vitamin C. D) Vitamin B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 47. Type of bone that is typically longer than it is wide. A) Irregular Bone. B) Long Bone. C) Short Bone. D) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long Bone. 48. What is the most complex level of organization? A) Organ system. B) Organism. C) Cell. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism. 49. WHICH BONE PROTECTS THE HEART? A) TIBIA. B) SCAPULA. C) STERNUM. D) CLAVICLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) STERNUM. 50. Soft, weak, bendable bones in children due to a lack of vitamin D describe a disease called ..... A) Cancer. B) Osteoporosis. C) Lordosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rickets. 51. Another term for compact bone is A) Cortical. B) Cancellous. C) Trabecular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cortical. 52. Castrated male bovine A) Heifer. B) Steer. C) Calf. D) Bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steer. 53. Where is the main difference found in the female skeleton vs the male skeleton? A) Pelvis. B) Skull. C) Shoulder blades. D) Leg bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 54. Muscles that attached to the bone are called ..... A) Tendons. B) Cardiac muscles. C) Smooth muscles. D) Skeletal muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal muscles. 55. The hollow center of the osteon that contains blood vessels is called? A) Lacunae. B) Canaliculi. C) Central canal. D) Lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central canal. 56. Why bones at joints move smoothly? A) Due to lubricant. B) Due to blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due to lubricant. 57. What is the name of the muscle tissue that we can founf in the wall of the organs, for example the stomach? A) Cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 58. Yellow bone marrow changes over time A) Increases with age, replacing some areas of redmarrow in the long bones. B) In children, red marrow is found in greater quantities and in more areas within the bone. As a person ages, some red marrow gets converted to yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases with age, replacing some areas of redmarrow in the long bones. 59. Soft tissue found in bones A) Marrow. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 60. The trapezius has its insertion at the A) Clavicle and scapula. B) Illium and ischium. C) Tibia and fibular. D) Radius and ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle and scapula. ← 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