This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 54 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... are muscles that move limbs towards the midline of the body. A) Flexors. B) Abductors. C) Adductors. D) Extensors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adductors. 2. Which of the following structures passes through the foramen rotundum? A) Internal jugular vein. B) Facial nerve. C) Maxillary nerve. D) Middle meningeal artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maxillary nerve. 3. The smallest bone in your body is found in your ..... A) Hands. B) Legs. C) Arms. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ears. 4. This disease causes a lose of bone tissue mainly in elderly people. A) Osteoporosis. B) Arthritis. C) Scoliosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 5. Protects the spinal cord A) Bony Pelvis. B) Vertebral Column. C) Skull. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral Column. 6. A patient lying on their back (supine) would be lying on which side of their body? A) Anterior. B) Posterior. C) Distal. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Posterior. 7. This is an emergency treatment given to an injured person before before medical help becomes available. A) First Aid. B) Drinking Antibiotics. C) Operation of the injured part. D) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or CPR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Aid. 8. How many types/groups of bones are there? A) 4. B) 2. C) 8. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 9. This is the only bone in your upper arm A) Humerus. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 10. Commonly known as a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some organs are attacked, joints become swollen, painful and immobile. A) Osteoporosis. B) Gouty Arthritis. C) Rheumatoid Arthritis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 11. The vertebrae are part of the: A) Shoulder girdle. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Axial skeleton. D) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial skeleton. 12. The main organs are bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Bone of the heel. A) Calcaneus. B) Clavicle. C) Phalanges. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcaneus. 14. Where are immovable joints found? A) Back. B) Mandible. C) Hands. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 15. Bones of the thoracic cavity that are attached to vertebrae only (not attached to sternum or another rib by costal cartilage); lowest two false ribs A) False ribs. B) Floating ribs. C) True ribs. D) Loose ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating ribs. 16. The ulna-radius are the lower arm bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The depressions in osteons where osteocytes are found. A) Lacunae. B) Lamellae. C) Central Canal. D) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacunae. 18. The cartilage is a tissue that connects the bones together. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 19. The movable joints in the neck and the knee are ..... A) Same. B) Different. C) Similar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different. 20. Which of the following correctly describes how the skeletal and muscular systems work together A) Muscles mix food in the stomach. B) Blood carries digested nutrients to all parts of the body. C) Lungs remove carbon dioxide from the body. D) Muscle contractions move the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle contractions move the bone. 21. Red bone marrow's function is A) Store energy in the form of fat. B) Cushion between bones. C) Make osteocytes. D) Make blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make blood cells. 22. What are the boney structures which make up Cancellous bone called? A) Osteon. B) Beams. C) Osteoid Condyle. D) Osteomatrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 23. What is a muscle? A) An organ that can relax and contract, providing the force to move your body. B) An organ that is actually a bone. C) An organ that is long and does not cover the entire body. D) An organ that provides no support or protection to the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organ that can relax and contract, providing the force to move your body. 24. When a muscle contracts, it ..... a bone A) Pushes. B) Pulls. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulls. 25. Choose the correct answer:Chest bone-middle of chest A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Sternum. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 26. An immovable joint A) Foramen. B) Fontanel. C) Sutures. D) Cranial seals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sutures. 27. Match the following with the best location zygomatic A) Skull. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Lower leg. D) Upper leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 28. Makes up the dense outer layer of bone. A) Bone marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Periosteum. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 29. To bind, tie together A) -hiss. B) -one. C) -lysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -hiss. 30. The main ORGAN responsible for breathing is: A) The Liver. B) The Lungs. C) The Brain. D) The Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lungs. 31. A bone doctor is called an ..... doctor. A) Orthopaedic. B) Physician. C) Biologist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orthopaedic. 32. During this stage of development, the bones may become less dense and break easily. A) Infancy. B) Adulthood. C) Adolescence. D) Childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulthood. 33. Temporal bones are joined with the parietal bones at the ..... sutures: A) Squamous. B) Lambdoid. C) Coronal. D) Sagittal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squamous. 34. Which is a bone cell? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 35. What part of your spinal column do your ribs attach to? A) Thoracic. B) Coccyx. C) Sacred. D) Lumbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoracic. 36. Covers the external surface of the epiphyses and decreases friction at joint surfaces A) Articular Cartilage. B) Medullary Cavity. C) Periosteum. D) Epiphyseal plate. E) Red Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular Cartilage. 37. Which bone cell is responsible for forming new bone? A) Osteogenic cell. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblast. 38. Which classification of joint would relate to the knee, hip and shoulder joints? A) Synovial. B) Cartilaginous. C) Hinge. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial. 39. Which type of joint allows the most movement? A) Fibrous joint. B) Cartilaginous joint. C) Synovial joint. D) Hinge joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial joint. 40. The knobby end of a long bone is called a ..... A) Diaphinus. B) Epinium. C) Ephiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ephiphysis. 41. What is A labeling? A) Epiphyseal Line. B) Spongy Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphyseal Line. 42. Medical term that means removal of a rib. A) Osteoma. B) Costectomy. C) Osteotomy. D) Chondrectomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Costectomy. 43. In the skull 14 bones form the ..... A) Skull. B) Jaw. C) Face. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Face. 44. This type of bone growth starts with a mass of undifferentiated connective tissue near blood vessels. A) Epiphyseal. B) Intramembranous. C) Endochondral. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intramembranous. 45. Which is not a function of your bones? A) Protection. B) Locomotion. C) Blood Production. D) Mineral and fat storage. E) Muscle contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Muscle contraction. 46. The hyoid bone is an example of what type of bone? A) Irregular bone. B) Short bone. C) Long bone. D) Sesamoid bone. E) Flat bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sesamoid bone. 47. The appendicular skeleton includes all of the following EXCEPT A) Arms. B) Shoulders. C) Legs. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spine. 48. ..... help in the growth and repair of the body A) Fat. B) Carbohydrate. C) Protein. D) Vitamin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protein. 49. Freely mobile joints. A) Diarthrosis. B) Spondylosis. C) Lumbar. D) Arthrography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diarthrosis. 50. The vetebral column protects which part of the body? A) Skull. B) Brain. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 51. What type of diseases are bone marrow transplants used to treat A) Scoliosis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Cancers/immune deficiency disease. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cancers/immune deficiency disease. 52. Match the joint type to the amount of movement:Synarthrotic A) Minimal or no movement. B) Permit limited movement. C) Wide range of movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimal or no movement. 53. Spongy bone contains: A) Osteons. B) Lamellar bone. C) Osseous llamelar. D) Beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beams. 54. Step 1 of bone repair is A) Hematoma is formed (blood-filled swelling). B) Fibrocartilage callus is formed to immobilize the area. C) Fibrocartilage callus is replaced with a bony callus. D) Bony callus is remodeled to replace the bony callus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma is formed (blood-filled swelling). 55. Forms blood cells and stores fat. A) Bone Marrow. B) Fluid. C) Joints. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone Marrow. 56. Which of the following bones is part of the lower limb? A) Femur. B) Scapula. C) Humerus. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 57. This mineral is essential for building strong bones and teeth A) Aluminum. B) Magnesium. C) Fluoride. D) Calcium. E) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 58. What is the correct term for:cost A) Foot. B) Head. C) Sacred. D) Rib. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib. 59. What term is given to the point where 2 or more bones meet? A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 60. What does the prefix 'Phalang(o)-' mean? A) Break. B) Kneecap. C) Fingers, toes. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break. ← 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