This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 51 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Functions of the skeletal system A) Red blood cell potection. B) To send motor signals to the brain. C) Movement, protection, mineral storage, red blood cell protection. D) Movement, framework, protection, mineral storage, red blood cell protection. E) Protection of red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement, framework, protection, mineral storage, red blood cell protection. 2. What is a dad horse called? A) Stallion. B) Gelding. C) Colt. D) Steer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stallion. 3. It is a condition marked by bone resorption. A) Arthritis. B) Bone fracture. C) Osteoporosis. D) Curvature of spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 4. This skeletal joint allows for movement in a forward and backward direction A) Hinge Joint. B) Pivot Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint. 5. The inside of the ears are made of ..... A) Bone Marrow. B) Compact Bone Tissue. C) Cartilage. D) Spongy Bone Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 6. Which label is the tibia? A) B. B) D. C) J. D) C. E) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J. 7. The ..... girdle is the stronger and sturdier of the two girdles. A) Shoulder. B) Pectoral. C) Pelvic. D) Hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvic. 8. How many types of Bone Marrow did we discuss in class? A) 8. B) 1. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 9. The bones at the end of our fingers and toes are known as ..... A) Tarsals. B) The phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The phalanges. 10. Hey Liam, Abigail, and Maya, can you guess which one is one of the five distinct features of our amazing skeletal system? A) Our skeletal system provides moisture to our body, true or false?. B) Calcium is super important for bone health, right? Calcium is an important. C) Our bones make up about 30% of our body weight, isn't that cool?. D) Did you know our body has 206 bones?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you know our body has 206 bones?. 11. What is the name of the head of a long bone? A) Diaphysis. B) Endosteum. C) Distal epiphysis. D) Proximal epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proximal epiphysis. 12. What attaches muscles to bones? A) Cartilage. B) Cardiac. C) Tendons. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 13. A 2-D image shows sites where radioactive material has been absorbed, detecting the repair of cells or tissue A) Mri. B) Xray. C) Bone scan. D) Bone density test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone scan. 14. The skeleton that forms the main trunk of the body, including the skull, vertebrae, and ribs. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 15. The main organs of the skeletal system A) Joints and tendons. B) Blood and joints. C) Bones and heart. D) Bones and joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones and joints. 16. Bone ends connected by cartilage. A) Cartilaginous joints. B) Ball and socket. C) Synovial. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous joints. 17. The medullary cavity of an 8-year old boy's femur would likely be filled with A) Yellow bone marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone tissue. D) Red bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red bone marrow. 18. What are the two main minerals the body stores? A) Calcium and Phosphorus. B) Phosphorus and Helium. C) Calcium and Carbon. D) Iron and Argon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium and Phosphorus. 19. You can control your Involuntary muscles. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 20. Ellipsoidal joints are found in ..... A) The wrists and ankles. B) The neck and shoulders. C) The jaw and nasal cavity. D) The hip and tail bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wrists and ankles. 21. How many bones are in the axial skeleton? A) 100. B) 206. C) 80. D) 126. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80. 22. The ..... are cells that initiate the reabsorption of bone. A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoscopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 23. By how many small bones our back bone is made? A) 31. B) 33. C) 34. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 24. In anatomical position the ulna is on the ..... side of the arm? A) Distal. B) Lateral. C) Medial. D) Proximal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medial. 25. Name the joint that makes up the elbow, knees and fingers A) Hinge joint. B) Gliding joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint. 26. Know as the shinbone A) Phalanges. B) Frontal bone. C) Carpals. D) Tibia. E) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 27. The humerus meets the fore arm bones at the ..... A) Elbow joint. B) Ankle joint. C) Shoulder joint. D) Knee joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elbow joint. 28. A part of the reparative phase that replaces fibrocartilaginous callus with bony callus. This phase lasts 3-4 months. A) Callus. B) Hematoma. C) Periosteum. D) Bony callous formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bony callous formation. 29. The synovial fluid ..... the joints A) Cushions and lubricates. B) Supports and protects. C) Controls temperature. D) Prevents arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cushions and lubricates. 30. A disease that causes bone to become thin and weak. A) Osteoporosis. B) Calcium. C) Strain. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 31. The pivot joint allows the movement of the ..... A) Head. B) Leg. C) Hand. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Head. 32. There are 230 lions and 140 tigers in a forest. These are the only wild animals in the forest. Find the total number of wild animals in the forest. A) 256 animals. B) 360 animals. C) 370 animals. D) 376 animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 370 animals. 33. Which of the following is NOT true about the periosteum? A) It protects your bones. B) It does not have any nerves. C) It provides nutrients. D) It produces new bone cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It does not have any nerves. 34. Patients must avoid any trauma to muscle tissue, such as surgeries or injections A) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Rhabdomyolysis. D) Progressive fibrodysplasia ossificans (PFO). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Progressive fibrodysplasia ossificans (PFO). 35. Bones give ..... to our body A) Support. B) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shape. 36. The middle part of the vertebral column is known as the lumbar region. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. The muscles which can be controlled by us ..... A) Smooth muscles. B) Skeletal muscles. C) Voluntary muscles. D) Both 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 2 and 3. 38. Stores fat and is found inside the longest part of long bones: A) Red Bone Marrow. B) Epiphysis. C) Yellow Bone Marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow Bone Marrow. 39. The middle section of the long bones. A) Epiphysis. B) Femur. C) Diaphysis. D) Medullary canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis. 40. The location on our body that is directly down the middle of your body splitting your body into left and right is called A) Midline. B) Cranial. C) Inferior. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midline. 41. Which of the following best describes a function of the skeletal system? A) Gives shape and support to the body. B) Sends messages from the stomach to the brain. C) Brings in and breaks down all nutrients for the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gives shape and support to the body. 42. What are the finger/toe bones called? A) Tarsals. B) Metacarpals. C) Humerus. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 43. What is another name for the growth plate? A) Periosteum. B) Medullary cavity. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Shaft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyseal plate. 44. The part of the bone that is hard and dense and contains minerals that give bones strength. A) Marrow. B) Outer membrane. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 45. Tough elastic substance between two bone is A) Cartilage. B) Both. C) None of these. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 46. PART OF THE LONG BONE THAT CONTAINS THE YELLOW MARROW A) EPIPHYSIS. B) DIAPHYSIS. C) METAPHYSIS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DIAPHYSIS. 47. Specialized cells make up ..... A) Tissues. B) Organ systems. C) Organs. D) More cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissues. 48. Should you be able to see your market pig's hook bones while walking? A) Yes. B) No but they should be felt with slight palpitation of the animal. C) Yes and they should not be felt when the animal is touched. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No but they should be felt with slight palpitation of the animal. 49. T/F:Ossification is the process of developing new bone tissue A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. A connection between two or morebones that enable us to move easily is ..... A) Joint. B) Muscles. C) Skull. D) Spines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 51. Long bones have a medullary cavity which has a membranous lining called the ..... A) Compact bone. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosteum. 52. All the bones in the human body are called the ..... A) Cartilage. B) Bones. C) Skeleton. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton. 53. Joints are also called ..... A) Annotations. B) Articulations. C) Affectations. D) Affiliations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articulations. 54. The direction toward the back of our body is called: A) Anterior. B) Cranial. C) Posterior. D) Caudal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Posterior. 55. How was your practice? A) Good. B) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 56. True/False:Tendons are strong cords that connect muscle to bone A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. A thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the epiphysis where bones meet; provides cushioning. A) Osteocytes. B) Spongy bone. C) Periosteum. D) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Articular cartilage. 58. How many holes are there in our skull? A) 7. B) 8. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 59. The type of ossification that features cartilage growth plates. A) Intramembranous. B) Endochondral. C) Deterministic. D) Appositional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endochondral. 60. Living organisms that have their skeleton from the outside A) Endoskeleton. B) Exoskeleton. C) Hydrostatic. D) None of above. 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