This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 48 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Spongy bone is more commonly called ..... ? A) Compact. B) Osteoporosis. C) Cortical. D) Trabecular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trabecular. 2. The ..... is an organ system that includes the bones and the connective tissues that hold the bones together. A) Immune system. B) Muscular system. C) Integumentary system. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal system. 3. What type of joint is found in your neck and wrists? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 4. Which shows the correct levels of organization? A) Organ, tissue, cell. B) Cell, tissue, organ, system. C) Cell, cell, all the cells. D) Tissue, organ, cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell, tissue, organ, system. 5. The skeletal system works with the ..... system to allow for movement. A) Endocrine. B) Respiratory. C) Muscular. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 6. Your ankle bone is known as the A) Tarsals. B) Calcaneus. C) Phalanges. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcaneus. 7. Areas where the cranial bones have joined together A) Fontanel. B) Suture. C) Sinus. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suture. 8. The root word for "crooked, bent or stiff" is: A) Son/daughter. B) Spondyl/o. C) Ankyl/o. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankyl/o. 9. The following parts can be called an immovable joint is ..... A) Joint in the hand. B) Joint in the wrist. C) Joint in the shoulder. D) Joint in the upper part of the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint in the upper part of the skull. 10. Small, knoblike process where connective tissues attach A) Suture. B) Process. C) Tubercle. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tubercle. 11. The "sternum" is a very important bone that protects the? A) Lungs. B) Liver. C) Brain. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart. 12. What part of the Integumentary System helps to keep our bodies from overheating? A) Hair. B) Nails. C) Sweat Glands. D) Pores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweat Glands. 13. What is the bone that protects the heart and lungs? A) Sternum. B) Hipbone. C) Rib cage. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib cage. 14. Your ulna is ..... to your radius. A) Anterior. B) Posterior. C) Medial. D) Lateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medial. 15. Which part of your skeleton includes the skull, rib cage and vertebrae? A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 16. Bending parts at a joint so that the angle between them decreases and the parts come closer together. A) Eversion. B) Hyperextension. C) Flexion. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 17. The sternum is the ..... A) Breastbone. B) Collarbone. C) Skull. D) Shoulder blade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breastbone. 18. How many bones are the adult human body? A) 226. B) 236. C) 206. D) 216. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 19. Hematopoiesis is the production of new A) Blood cells. B) Osteocytes. C) Chondrocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood cells. 20. What is inside bones? A) Nothing, they are hollow. B) A jellylike tissue called marrow, which fills the cavities of the bones. C) A hard substance that makes the bones heavy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A jellylike tissue called marrow, which fills the cavities of the bones. 21. The bowl shaped collection of bones that protect your internal organs such as your digestive system is called the ..... A) Ribcage. B) Abdomen. C) Pelvis. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 22. Builds the matrix ("osteoid") of the bone A) Osteocytes. B) Osteogenic cells. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 23. This joint allow side to side, rotating, straightening and bending movements. They are located in the shoulders and hips. A) Ball-and-socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joints. D) Gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-socket joint. 24. These bones are located in your hand A) Carpals. B) Cranium. C) Tarsals. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 25. What should you do if you break a bone? A) Put it in a cast. B) Nothing. C) Fix it yourself. D) Wrap it up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put it in a cast. 26. True ribs have-pairs? A) 8. B) 7. C) 11. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 27. The thoracic cage does NOT protect these organs. A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Small Intestine. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small Intestine. 28. A tough, elastic tissue present on the surface of bones, at the joints is called ..... A) Femur. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 29. Where is the diaphysis area of the bone? A) The middle of the bone. B) The center opening of the bone. C) Surrounds the outside of the bone. D) The regions at the end of the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The middle of the bone. 30. Light bone that makes up part of the nasal and orbital cavities and is anterior to the sphenoid bone A) Lacrimal bone. B) Zygomatic bone. C) Ethmoid bone. D) Cheeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethmoid bone. 31. Is caused by a lack of vitamin D in children making bones soft and weak A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteosarcoma. C) Rickets. D) Osteogenesis imperfecta. E) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rickets. 32. The rib cage protects the A) Heart & lungs. B) Liver & heart. C) Heart & kidney. D) Heart, lungs, kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart & lungs. 33. Bones are considered alive. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 34. I am known as the collarbone. I allow your arms to hang freely. A) Clavicle. B) Cranium. C) Ribs. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 35. Which type of bone cell(s) is/are involved in the BREAKDOWN of bone during bone remodeling or when the body is in need of calcium to be extracted from the bone? A) Osteoclast. B) Osteon. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 36. If you cut a bar magnet in half, it forms 4 poles A) 6 poles. B) 8 poles. C) 2 poles. D) 4 poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 poles. 37. Covers the external surface of the epiphysis-Made of hyaline cartilage-Decreases friction at joint surfaces A) Endosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Periosteum. E) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Articular cartilage. 38. What are the two main parts of the human body called according to anatomists? A) Upper and Lower. B) Interior and Exterior. C) Axial and Appendicular. D) Left and Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial and Appendicular. 39. What bones is the largest bone in your body? A) Sternum. B) Tibia. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 40. Tough, flexable connective tissue A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. C) Flab. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 41. The part of the skeleton that includes the upper and lower limbs and the pelvic girdle. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Axis. D) Appendix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 42. Most of the bones have a holow and the center containing ..... ? A) Muscles. B) Blood. C) Marrow. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marrow. 43. The foot, composed of the ....., metatarsals, and phalanges A) Tarsals. B) Carpals. C) Metacarpals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsals. 44. Why are the bones of the lower limbs stronger and thicker? A) Because they have to carry the weight of the upper body. B) Because they contain more muscle. C) Because they are closer to the ground. D) Because they contain more blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they have to carry the weight of the upper body. 45. I am the seven bones of the ankle joint. A) Tarsals. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsals. 46. Bones of the skull and hip are ..... A) Flat. B) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 47. Which key words represent the function of skeletal system? A) Protection, Posture, Circulation, Leverage. B) Protection, Posture, Filter excess fluid, Supply Oxygen. C) Protection, Posture, Circulation, Immunity. D) Protection, Posture, Storage of Minerals, Production of blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protection, Posture, Storage of Minerals, Production of blood cells. 48. What are the two bones in lower arm called A) Chicken and rice. B) Ulna and radius. C) Bone and leg. D) Humerus and radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna and radius. 49. Definition:Top of head A) Vertebrae. B) Skull. C) Femur. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 50. It is the total number of bones in an infant. A) 600. B) 208. C) 350. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 350. 51. Vitamin D affects bone development and repair by ..... A) Influencing the rate at which calcium is deposited in bone. B) Exchanging phosphorus for calcium in bone tissue. C) Allow absorption of calcium in the small intestine. D) Maintaining the degree of ionization of calcium salts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allow absorption of calcium in the small intestine. 52. The biggest bone in the body is the A) Cranium. B) Humerus. C) Rib cage. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 53. The type of joint which can move to one direction is called the ..... A) Pivot joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Saddle joints. D) Ball and socket joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joints. 54. The lower portion of the face/jaw is called the? A) Maxilla. B) Mandible. C) Cranium. D) Vomit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandible. 55. Whats your biggest bone? A) Jaw. B) Femur. C) Pelvis. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 56. Rib cage protects which parts of the body? A) Brain and Eyes. B) Lungs and Heart. C) Hands and Legs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs and Heart. 57. The epiphyseal plate never closes or fuses A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. In humans, red bone marrow provides A) Structural support for the body. B) An attachment site for muscle tissue. C) A site to trap bacteria. D) A source of new blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A source of new blood cells. 59. What is the purpose of bone remodeling? A) To release minerals into the blood. B) To remove damaged bone. C) To produce new bone. D) To maintain bone structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To produce new bone. 60. What is the definition of compact bone? A) Dense osseous tissue that can withstand compressive forces. B) A tubular shaft that runs between the proximal and distal ends of a long bone. C) A layer of spongy bone sandwiched between two layers of compact bone found in flat bones. D) A process in which bone forms by replacing hyaline cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dense osseous tissue that can withstand compressive forces. ← 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