This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Composed of 12 pairs of bones and the sternum or breastbone, protects the heart and lungs A) Skull. B) Spine. C) Rib Cage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib Cage. 2. Hard bone is called ..... bone A) Stiff. B) Compact. C) Dense. D) Acrylic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 3. Your bones will stop growing by the time you are how old? A) 13. B) 30. C) 25. D) 93. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25. 4. Your bones are made of? A) Oxygen. B) Candy. C) Calcium. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 5. What is the word for the definition Curved? A) -one. B) School. C) Under/o. D) -ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) School. 6. Where on your body would you find the Patella bone? A) Elbow. B) Ankle. C) Shoulder. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee. 7. Osteocytes occupy small chamber called A) Osteoblast. B) Osteon. C) Lacuna. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lacuna. 8. Identify the structure. A) Patella. B) Scapula. C) Pelvis tagsSAP2. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis tagsSAP2. 9. In a(n) ..... fracture, the bone has splintered or been crushed. A) Collects. B) Green stick. C) Comminuted. D) Pathologic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted. 10. Which is an example of a hinge joint? A) Neck. B) Wrist. C) Knee. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee. 11. These create support and some produce blood cells and others store minerals? A) Joints. B) Bones. C) Muscles. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones. 12. Your dorsal cavity houses your A) Lungs. B) Brain. C) Stomach. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 13. Which of the following refers to the muscle cell? A) Fascicle. B) Myofilament. C) Myofibril. D) Muscle fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle fiber. 14. An immovable joint found between skull bones is called a: A) Cartilaginous joint. B) Suture. C) Condyle. D) Synovial joint. E) Saddle joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suture. 15. Red blood cells are created in the ..... A) Brain. B) Bone marrow. C) Heart. D) Bloodstream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 16. There are more than 200 bones in your body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. The end of the long bone A) Diaphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Medullary cavity. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 18. The appendicular skeleton ..... the skeleton of the upper and lower limbs. A) Makes up. B) Consists. C) Forms. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C. 19. What is your jaw called? A) Mandible. B) Ilium. C) Metacarpals. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 20. What is the name of the genetic disorder that affects collagen production and makes bones brittle? A) Rickets. B) Osteogenesis imperfecta. C) Osteoporosis. D) Marfan membership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 21. What is a skeleton? A) Tissues that contract to create movement. B) Tissues that relax to create movement. C) A framework that supports and protects an animal. D) Small tubes that help vertebrae support the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A framework that supports and protects an animal. 22. What is the condition called where the cartilage in between bones breaks down? A) Bursitis. B) Sprains. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 23. ALSO KNOWN AS SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER A) EPIDERMIS. B) DERMIS. C) HYPODERMIS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HYPODERMIS. 24. ..... is the anterior side, whereas ..... is the posterior side. A) Anterior; dorsal. B) Dorsal; ventral. C) Ventral; posterior. D) Ventral; dorsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ventral; dorsal. 25. The disorder is usually suffered by the elderly, especially women and caused by calciumdeficiency. The disorder is called ..... A) Polio. B) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 26. The skeletal system protects the external organs of our body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. What type of bone is the frontal bone (found in the forehead) A) Short bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bones. 28. Which system does the heart take place in? A) Digestive system. B) Nervous system. C) Skeletal system. D) Circulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circulatory system. 29. Which joint is situated in our neck? A) Pivot Joint. B) Gliding Joint. C) Ball-and-socket Joint. D) Hinge Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot Joint. 30. The skeletal system gives the body ..... A) Food. B) Support. C) Air. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support. 31. How many pairs of false ribs do you have? A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 32. Which division of the skeleton forms the main core of the body and protects internal organs? A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton. 33. The bone that is known as the accessory bone or kneecap is called: A) Fibula. B) Femur. C) Patella. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 34. Prefix meaning "to, toward, near" A) Ab-. B) A-. C) Ad-. D) Bi-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad-. 35. Vitamin ..... is needed for bones to metabolize calcium. A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 36. Which food contains Calcium that helps our bones? A) Milk. B) Celery. C) Takis. D) Mountain Dew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milk. 37. The bones ..... our organs. A) Protect. B) Damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect. 38. Which of the following functions of the bone helps us sit up, stand, and raise our arms over our heads to ask questions? A) Support. B) Movement. C) Protection. D) Storage and production. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support. 39. Food is pushed down the esophagus by muscles that line the alimentary canal. What type of muscle are these? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 40. What is located at number 10? A) Sacred. B) Clavicle. C) Vertebrae. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scapula. 41. Connective tissue that sacs lined with synovial membranes that act as cushions in places where friction develops are called A) Ligaments. B) Menisci. C) Tendons. D) Purses. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purses. 42. In bones, ..... will be released by the thyroid to remove calcium from the blood, while ..... will be released by the parathyroid to break down bone tissue. A) Calcitonin; thyroxine. B) Thyroxine; growth hormone. C) Thyroxine; parathyroid hormone. D) Calcitonin; parathyroid hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcitonin; parathyroid hormone. 43. The flattened fibrous sac associated with synovial joints is called a what? A) Purse. B) Bursa. C) Tendon Sheath. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bursa. 44. Example of a long bone A) Humerus. B) Trapezoid. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 45. How many bones does the human body have on average? A) 300. B) 206. C) 100. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 46. How many ribs are in the human body? A) 12. B) 10. C) 24. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24. 47. Yellow bone marrow, composition A) Primarily made up of fatcells and some stem cells. B) Produces red blood cells, whiteblood cells, and platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primarily made up of fatcells and some stem cells. 48. What is the main function of Cartilage? A) To prevent bones from rubbing together. B) To protect the joints. C) To bring about movement. D) To store bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prevent bones from rubbing together. 49. The bones in the cranium are made up of immovable joints called A) The Great Hole. B) Hyoid. C) Fontanelles. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sutures. 50. The term for spinal cord, bone marrow is A) -lysis. B) Myel/o. C) Lord/o. D) Cost/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myel/o. 51. Bone marrow that stores fats A) Cartilage. B) Periosteum. C) Red bone marrow. D) Yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow bone marrow. 52. Specialized bone cells that carry out the work of building new bone tissue: A) Ossification. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 53. These type of bones have roughly equal widths and lengths; cube shaped. A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short. 54. These joints all have a fibrous capsule lined with synovial membrane surrounding a joint cavity A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 55. Which types of muscles are involuntary? A) Smooth & skeletal. B) Cardiac & skeletal. C) Ligament & smooth. D) Cardiac & smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardiac & smooth. 56. Muscular dystrophy A) Degenerative joint disease. B) Begins shortly after birth or before the age of five years. C) Wasting or deterioration of bone density. D) Affects lower end of the femur. E) Softening bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begins shortly after birth or before the age of five years. 57. What kind of joint is the thumb? A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saddle. 58. Muscle that protects your large and small intestines A) Abdominals. B) Triceps. C) Gastrocnemius. D) Deltoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abdominals. 59. The scientific name for "rib" is A) Fibula. B) Metacarpal. C) Rib. D) Floating rib. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib. 60. The skull is located in your A) Head. B) Legs. C) Arms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Head. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8Skeletal System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books