This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 50 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This disease is caused by calcium deficiency in elderly women and makes the bones less its density.The name of the disease is ..... A) Osteoporosis. B) Tuberculosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Bronchitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 2. Which of the following is an example of a flat bone? A) Sternum. B) Tarsals. C) Vertebrae. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 3. Which of the following movements is an example of a pivot joint? A) Bones in your skull. B) Turning your head. C) Moving your shoulder. D) Bending your knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turning your head. 4. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Several breaks result in many small pieces between two large segments A) Impacted. B) Greenstick. C) Comminuted. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted. 5. What is the medical term for crooked? A) Stern/o. B) I escape. C) Sacred. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) School. 6. Which of the following is NOT a bone area associated with the axial skeleton? A) Pelvic girdles. B) Cranium. C) Vertebral column. D) Thoracic cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvic girdles. 7. How many vertebrae does the lumbar have? A) 3. B) 7. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 8. The patella is what type of bone A) Flat. B) Round. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sesamoid. 9. Bones also help your body maintain homeostasis by storing A) Homeostasis. B) Minerals. C) Blood cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minerals. 10. Fracturing a bone is never good, which one is more serious for the health of the patient? A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 11. The inner layer of the skin A) Pores. B) Melanin. C) Skin. D) Dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dermis. 12. True or False:Bones and muscles work together to help you move. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 13. What muscle attaches to the bone and produces movement? A) Skeletal muscle. B) Smooth muscle. C) Visceral muscle. D) Cardiac muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle. 14. The thin layer that sends signals to the brain is called ..... A) Compact bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Blood vessels and nerves. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels and nerves. 15. Tissues that can carry messages. A) Auditory. B) Complex. C) Epithelial. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 16. It can be made from boards, sticks, cartons or magazines. It may be fastened to the injured part with strips of cloth or belts. A) Compression. B) First Aid Treatment. C) Splint. D) Medical Treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Splint. 17. What is the hollow area at the center of long bones called? A) Compact bone. B) Cancellous bone. C) Periosteum. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medullary cavity. 18. Bones are living things. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What is the word for the definition Abnormal narrowing? A) -stenosis. B) -Plastic. C) -under/o. D) Synnovi/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -stenosis. 20. The part of the skeleton along the axis of the body is the ..... A) Appendicular. B) Appendage. C) Armpit. D) Appendix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 21. Which bone protects the heart and lungs? A) Skull. B) Jawbone. C) Femur. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 22. Which of the following is not a classification of bone? A) Long bone. B) Imbalanced Bone. C) Short bone. D) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imbalanced Bone. 23. What bones does the axial skeleton consist of? A) Skull, vertebral column, and pelvic bones. B) Skull, spinal column, rib cage, and chest. C) Skull, vertebral column, and arm bones. D) Skull, vertebral column, and leg bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull, spinal column, rib cage, and chest. 24. Bones are not vascular (do not contain blood vessels) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Bone Destroying cells are called? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. 26. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Rheumatoid arthritis? A) RA. B) Fx. C) OA. D) DJD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RA. 27. Tissue that covers your bones and reduces friction of bones A) Bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Cartilage. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 28. The extracellular matrix between bone cells is made up of what organic molecules? A) Glycogen. B) Cellulose. C) Collagen. D) Triglycerides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collagen. 29. Carpals and tarsals A) Short bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short bones. 30. A vertebrae is an example of a(n) ..... bone. A) Irregular. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular. 31. Which of the following structural joints is indicated by the arrow in the image? A) Hinge. B) Condyloid. C) Saddle. D) Plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saddle. 32. What type of joints allow for circular motion? A) Hinge joints. B) Movable joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) Cartilage joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joints. 33. Bones can help produce what kind of cells? A) Plant cells. B) Bacteria cells. C) Animal cells. D) Blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood cells. 34. The ..... is very dense and rigid. A) Joint. B) Compact bone. C) Spongy bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 35. The function(s) of the skeletal system is/are A) A storage area for calcium and lipids. B) It is involved in blood formation. C) It provides structural support for the entire body. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 36. ..... ossification is where cartilage in the shaft becomes bone A) Secondary. B) Primary. C) Endochondral. D) Intramembronous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary. 37. Which part of the skeleton system has 80 bones A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Feet. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 38. The upper portion of the jaw is A) Maxilla. B) Mandible. C) Face. D) Cheekbones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxilla. 39. The ends of long bones are known as ..... A) Medullary cavity. B) Periosteum. C) Cartilage. D) Epiphyses. E) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyses. 40. Which mineral makes up our bones? A) Calcium. B) Vitamin D. C) Magnesium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 41. A thin layer of tissue that provides a smooth, low friction surface at the end of a long bone: A) Yellow bone marrow. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Periosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyaline cartilage. 42. The ..... is used to diagnose broken bones (mostly hard tissue). A) Basic Xray. B) PET Scan. C) MRI Scan. D) CT Scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic Xray. 43. Which of the following tissue types makes blood? A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marrow. 44. Which type of bone has an irregular collagen organization? A) Spongy. B) Lamellar. C) Woven. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woven. 45. What connect muscles to bones? A) Tendons. B) Bone. C) Cartilage. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 46. What serves as the anchoring point for the tongue? A) Mandible. B) Hyoid. C) Clavicle. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyoid. 47. The physicist name was Wilhelm Roentgen? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. What is the top bone in your leg called? A) Tibia. B) Patella. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 49. Treats conditons that result in weak and fragile bones like osteoporosis A) Boniva. B) Flexeril. C) Citracal. D) Prednisone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boniva. 50. What is produced in bone marrow? A) Muscle fibres. B) Blood cells. C) Calcium. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood cells. 51. The femur would be an example of this type A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 52. What is the name of the horseshoe-shaped bone that holds open the neck? This is also where the muscles of the tongue and the floor of the mouth attach. A) Sphenoid. B) Hyoid. C) Vomit. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyoid. 53. How many bones are in your arm? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 54. Which best describes the function of your RIBCAGE? A) Support of the body. B) Protection of soft organs. C) Storage of minerals and fats. D) Blood cell formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection of soft organs. 55. How many ribs are found in the typical human? A) 5. B) 8. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 56. What is the name of the longest bone in your body? A) Scapula. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 57. Ligaments hold bone to bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. The forearm has two bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. Skeletal muscles are: A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. 60. What is the most important mineralsstored inside bones? A) Chlorine. B) Calcium. C) Potassium. D) Sodium. 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