This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 52 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pectoral girdle, upper limb, pelvic girdle, and lower limb make up which division of the skeleton? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 2. Extension at the elbow would be most useful when ..... A) Executing a high jump. B) Executing a bicep curl. C) Pushing off the blocks in a sprint start. D) Making a chest pass in netball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making a chest pass in netball. 3. Which bone articulates with the sacrum inferiorly? A) Coccyx. B) Ilium. C) Lumbar vertebrae. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx. 4. Some bones are straight and some may have a ..... A) Line. B) Curve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curve. 5. There is ..... movements in the joints of skull? A) Free. B) No. C) Some. D) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 6. What type of joint is found in the vertebral column? A) Fixed. B) Gliding. C) Saddle. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding. 7. Which condition, also known as low back pain, is pain in the lumbar region? A) Lumbago. B) Ostealgia. C) Spondylosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lumbago. 8. Know all of the body movements A) Okay. B) No, you can't make me do well. It is well within my rights as a human being to NEVER learn the body movements and I shall exercise this right freely and to its fullest extent!-George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okay. 9. What type of muscle makes of the walls of our internal organs? A) Smooth muscles. B) Voluntary muscle. C) Striated muscle. D) Cardiac muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscles. 10. The majority (95%) of our blood cells are formed in ..... A) Bone marrow. B) The heart. C) Spongy bone. D) The brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 11. What is bone 4? c A) A Tibia. B) B Patella. C) C Fibula. D) D Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C Fibula. 12. Where is red bone marrow found A) End of long bones. B) Ribs and sternum. C) Skull, vertebrae, and hips. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Name the center of your Skeleton A) Vertebral column. B) Cranium. C) Femur. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column. 14. To take away from the midline of the body is: A) Adduction. B) Flexion. C) Extension. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abduction. 15. What are the bones of the ankle called? A) Metacarpals. B) Tarsals. C) Carpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tarsals. 16. Tissue that keeps bones from rubbing together A) Ligament. B) Joint. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 17. Blood cells are produced in the muscle tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. True or False:The adult skeleton has 208 bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What joins muscles to bones? A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Blood. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 20. Which form of bone marrow transplant uses the patient's own bone marrow? A) Allogeneic transplant. B) Autologous transplant. C) Cord blood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autologous transplant. 21. What is step 5 of the bone repair? A) Immediately after the fracture, the bone is immobilized. B) The bone is completely healed within a week. C) The osteoclasts form a callus made of compact bone. D) About three weeks later, osteoblasts forms a callus made of spongy bone that surrounds the fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About three weeks later, osteoblasts forms a callus made of spongy bone that surrounds the fracture. 22. Which of the following bones is INCORRECTLY matched with its type? A) Cranial bones flat. B) Carpals short. C) Ulna long. D) Ribs irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs irregular. 23. A ..... is a simple machine with a fulcrum and a rigid bar. A) Pivot. B) Lever. C) Wedge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lever. 24. Hard, outer area of long bones is made of this thick, dense web of fibers A) Bone marrow. B) Compact bone tissue. C) Periosteum. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone tissue. 25. How do your Involuntary muscles move? A) Your brain tells them when to. B) You control them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your brain tells them when to. 26. *A joint that cannotbe moved (nomovement). A) Fixed (Fibrous Joint). B) Slightly moveable(Cartilaginous Joints). C) Movable (Synovial Joints). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed (Fibrous Joint). 27. The skull is subdivided into two parts:the ..... and the ..... portion. A) Cranial / face. B) Cranium/ face. C) Cranial/ facial. D) Cranium / facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium / facial. 28. What bone do you have the greatest number of in your body? A) Cranial bones. B) Femur. C) Phalanges. D) Shoulders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 29. Lymphatic system is A) Opened. B) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened. 30. What is the purpose of ligaments? A) To help digest the food you eat. B) To attach bones to other bones. C) To help you think clearer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To attach bones to other bones. 31. What are the 3 types of bones of the hand? A) Tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges. B) Tarsals, metacarpals, phalanges. C) Carpals, tarsals, phalanges. D) Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges. 32. What is the condition that makes your bones weak and brittle? A) Osteoporosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Bursitis. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 33. The body system that provides structure and support to keep the lungs (respiratory system) from getting squished is the ..... system A) Skeletal system. B) Diaphragm system. C) Carbon dioxide system. D) Digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 34. ..... are thin filaments. A) Actin. B) Troponin. C) Tropomyosin. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actin. 35. HOw do you skeletal system and muscular system work together? A) They don't. B) Your skeletal system is a frame for your body and your muscular system moves your skeletal system. C) Your skeletal system moves your skeletal system and your muscular system is a frame for your body. D) Your bones make a skeletal which scares your muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your skeletal system is a frame for your body and your muscular system moves your skeletal system. 36. Which type of bone has a primary function to protect the internal organs (such as brain and heart)? A) Short Bone. B) Flat Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Long Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat Bone. 37. Ribs protects your: A) Liver. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. The ..... girdle is not as sturdy but provides more mobility than the other. A) Pectoral. B) Pelvic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pectoral. 39. The purpose of ridges, bumps, extensions, and notches on bone is for A) Muscle attachment. B) Places for blood vessels and nerves to travel. C) Increased strength. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 40. What function of the skeletal system is most useful to someone who is really clumsy? A) Supply. B) Shape and Support. C) Protection. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection. 41. Hyaline cartilage covering the ends of the bones is called A) Articular cartilage. B) Epiphysis. C) Diaphysis. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 42. Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells A) Lamellae. B) Marrow. C) Canaliculi. D) Adipose tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 43. What is the function of sweat glands? A) Regulate body temperature. B) Act as on oil barrier. C) UV protection from the sun. D) Protect against bacteria/viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulate body temperature. 44. This is an opening in the center of an osteon which carries blood vessels and nerves A) Canals. B) Haversian Canal. C) Volkmann's Canal. D) Lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haversian Canal. 45. Of the following bones, which would most likely contain red marrow? A) Sternum. B) Fibula. C) Patella. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 46. WHICH COLOR BONE MARROW DO RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, & PLATELETS COME FROM? A) White bone marrow. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Orange bone marrow. D) Red bone marrow. E) No bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red bone marrow. 47. Knees, toes, elbows and fingers have ..... joint A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 48. The frog has nostrils, ear drum, and eyes. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. Where would you find your fibula? A) Vertebral column. B) Ribs. C) Legs. D) Arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legs. 50. Which are the major bones of the body that help it move? A) Pelvis. B) Femur. C) Hip. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. Cells that make new bone tissue and help repair damage: A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Erythrocytes. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 52. Meat, poultry, and seafood are examples of ..... A) Vitamins. B) Carbohydrates. C) Proteins. D) Fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proteins. 53. Muscles are mode of ..... A) Water. B) Skin. C) Minerals. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cells. 54. The interior of the bone can store- A) Iron. B) Blood. C) Vitamin c. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minerals. 55. A break in a bone that protrudes through skin is called a: A) Communited fracture. B) Simple fracture. C) Compact fracture. D) Greenstick fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact fracture. 56. What is definition of the effort? A) The fixed point or pivot. B) The point where the force is applied. C) The point where the weight/resistance is coming from. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The point where the force is applied. 57. The number of bones present in a new born baby is A) 306. B) 300. C) 206. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 58. How many bones does an infant have at the start of their life? A) 206 bones. B) 250 bones. C) 300 bones. D) 150 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300 bones. 59. What is the name of the bone making up the upper part of the leg? A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Radius. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 60. What joint has a ball end of one bone fitting into a cuplike cavity on another bone? A) Ball-and-socket. B) Hinge. C) Sliding. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-socket. ← 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