This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 49 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In long bones, bone tissue begins to replace hyaline cartilage in the center of the diaphysis or the ..... A) Medullary ossification center. B) Transverse ossification center. C) Secondary ossification center. D) Primary ossification center. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary ossification center. 2. Your shoulder joint is an example of a ball and socket A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. Are the following 5 parts of the axial or appendicular skeleton?Skull, hyoid, vertebral column, thoracic cage, middle ear bones A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 4. Specialized bone cells that that build new bone are ..... A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Ossiferous cells. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 5. With prolonged lack of use, muscles will ....., which is progressive wasting away of muscle tissue. A) Seize. B) Atrophy. C) Contracture. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrophy. 6. Skull sutures are an example of what kind of joint? A) Amphiarthrotic. B) Diarthrotic. C) Synarthrotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synarthrotic. 7. This classification of rib has a direct connection between the rib and the sternum via cartilage A) False ribs. B) Baby Back Ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) True Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True Ribs. 8. ..... = excessive bone loss A) Arthritis. B) Sprain. C) Osteoporosis. D) Tendinitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 9. Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation all occur at a ball and socket joint? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Which stores fat? A) Beams. B) Yellow marrow. C) Osteons. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow marrow. 11. Which is the Circulatory System? A) . B) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 12. Which of the following is considered as the center of the skeletal system? A) Vertebral column. B) Sternum. C) Skull. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column. 13. Which is your shoulderblade? A) Patella. B) Sternum. C) Scapula. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 14. ..... muscles make up organs such as your stomach, your diaphragm and your esophagus. A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 15. 45% of cells are A) RBC. B) Platelets. C) WBC. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RBC. 16. Cardiac muscle makes up the A) Blood vessels. B) Lungs. C) Hollow organs. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart. 17. An elderly patient with osteoporosis may often break a bone, in this case we can categorize the fractures as A) Lethargic. B) Pathologic. C) Open. D) Elderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathologic. 18. A chromebook is an example of a ..... joint. A) Fixed. B) Hinge. C) Ball-and-socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 19. Your skeleton has many functions. Which one of these is NOT a function of the bones? A) Provision of shape and support. B) Production of blood cells. C) Production of bile. D) Storage of minerals until your body needs them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Production of bile. 20. What is osteoporosis? A) Osteoporosis is a condition caused by excessive bone growth. B) Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by joint inflammation. C) Osteoporosis is a condition caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. D) Osteoporosis is a medical condition characterized by a decrease in bone density and strength, leading to an increased risk of fractures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis is a medical condition characterized by a decrease in bone density and strength, leading to an increased risk of fractures. 21. True/False:You have more bones as an adult than you do as a baby. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. "Adult" bone cells; perform day-to-day functions A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteogenic cells. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes. 23. Arms (at the shoulder) and legs (at the hip) have this type of joint A) Pivotal joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 24. How do the ossicles assist in audition? A) By protecting the tympanic membrane (eardrum). B) By generating sound waves. C) By converting sound waves into action potentials. D) By propagating action potentials. E) By amplifying sound waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) By amplifying sound waves. 25. The ..... helps to hold up the head and the whole body. A) Calcium. B) 22. C) Ligaments. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spine. 26. A group of similar cells performing a specific function A) Tissue. B) Organ. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissue. 27. Kicking a football is accomplished by:. A) Flexion. B) Extension. C) Adduction. D) Pronation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extension. 28. It consist of the skull, the rib cage, and the vertebral column. A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton. 29. A jelly-like substance inside of bones where new cells are created A) Tendons. B) Muscles. C) Bone marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 30. A special type of short bone is the kneecap or patella it is classified as a A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Seasomoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seasomoid. 31. What are the 2 main divisions of the skeletal system? A) Shoulder & thigh. B) Axial & appendicular. C) Sesamoid & patella. D) Buckle & pipe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial & appendicular. 32. Which fracture is common in older people due to osteoporosis? A) Greenstick. B) Compound. C) Compression. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression. 33. Where is spongy bone located? A) Diaphysis. B) Medullary cavity. C) Epiphysis. D) Haversian canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 34. The hollow tube in long bones. A) Osteo cavity. B) Abdominal cavity. C) Medullary cavity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary cavity. 35. Match the example to the job:85% of your phosphorus is stored in your bones. A) Gives you shape and support. B) Protects your inner organs. C) Forms blood cells. D) Stores minerals. E) Helps you move (with muscles). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stores minerals. 36. The functional unit of compact bone is the A) Lacunae. B) Osteon. C) Osteum. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteon. 37. Which skeleton is more likely to get a fracture? A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 38. In which part ball and socket joint is found? A) Shoulder. B) Knee. C) Wrist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder. 39. What three bones make up the wrist? A) Carpals, Ulna, Radius. B) Tarsals, Tibia, Fibula. C) Patella, Radius, Ulna. D) Radius, Humerus, Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals, Ulna, Radius. 40. Back and forth movement (ex. knee or elbow) A) Immovable joints. B) Pivot joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) Hinge joints. E) Gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge joints. 41. Bones that form the framework of your body A) Skeleton. B) Clavicles. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton. 42. Whole wheat bread and pasta are examples of ..... A) Carbohydrates. B) Proteins. C) Water. D) Vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbohydrates. 43. Identify the bone highlighted in red A) Tibia. B) Phibia. C) Fibula. D) Tibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibula. 44. Support the teeth and gums enabling us to bite and chew our food. A) Jawbones. B) Backbone. C) Hinge joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawbones. 45. What structures attach muscles to bones? A) Tendons. B) Muscles. C) Ligaments. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 46. Which statement about smooth muscles is TRUE? A) Smooth muscles are involuntary, like your stomach or esophagus. B) Smooth muscles are the muscles that make up your heart. C) Smooth muscles are voluntary, you can control that they do. D) Smooth muscles are the muscles that work with your bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscles are involuntary, like your stomach or esophagus. 47. There are ..... types of muscles in our body A) 4. B) 2. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 48. What bone is located on the forearm and on the thumb side? A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Carpal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 49. What does the cartilage between bones do? A) Provides padding and protection. B) Prevents bones from overheating. C) Prevents bones from becoming too rigid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provides padding and protection. 50. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of muscles? A) Elasticity. B) Extensibility. C) Contractility. D) Solubility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solubility. 51. Osteoclast develop from: A) Osteocytes. B) Cartilage. C) Osteoblast. D) White blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White blood cells. 52. Choose the correct answer:Wrist Bone A) Phalanges. B) Carpals. C) Frontal bone. D) Frontal bome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpals. 53. This is a curvature in the bone. A) Scoliosis. B) Overuse injuries. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis. 54. Wedge bone, temporal bone and sphincter are bones that make up the skeleton..... A) Back. B) Skull. C) Hands. D) Bahu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 55. Talking about ossification, where is the secondary site of bone growth? A) Haversian Canal. B) Medullary cavity of the diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 56. Where does cartilage found in our body? A) They are found in our nose and ears. B) They are found in our ankle and toes. C) They are found in our elbows and knees. D) They are found in the neck region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are found in our nose and ears. 57. What is the main symptom of 'gout'? A) Joint stiffness. B) Joint redness. C) Severe joint pain. D) Joint swelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Severe joint pain. 58. What is the job of the ligaments? A) Ligaments are like rubber bands that hold our bones together. B) Ligaments hold our muscles to our bones so we can move. C) Ligaments are only in your legs so we can walk and run. D) Ligaments are the soft cushions where our bones meet. It helps them from rubbing against each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments are like rubber bands that hold our bones together. 59. Bone marrow is a soft connective tissue that produces ..... A) Bones. B) Blood cells. C) Calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood cells. 60. Storage within the body means what? A) When bones store minerals until the body needs them. B) When the body is digesting food. C) When the body produces blood. D) When the body is shaped. 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