This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 55 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is it true that the skeleton divides into two regions? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. There are ..... bones in the human body. A) Around 300. B) 206. C) 1000. D) Over 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 3. The scientific name for the skull is the ..... A) Zygomatic process. B) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 4. What is the largest and strongest bone of your face? A) Mandible. B) Femur. C) Radius. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 5. The thumb joint is an example of this type of joint A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Saddle. D) Ball and scoket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saddle. 6. How many bones are in an adult skeleton? A) 200. B) 206. C) 1000. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 7. The two unattached pairs of ribs A) Collar bones. B) Ribs. C) Floating ribs. D) Breastbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating ribs. 8. There are two types of Bone Marrow A) True. B) . C) False. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The rings that surround the Central/Haversian Canal are A) Osteon. B) Canals. C) Lacunae. D) Lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamella. 10. Which vitamin is needed for osteoblast and osteoclast activity? A) A. B) K. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 11. The skeletal system works with this system to allow body movement. A) Circulatory. B) Nervous. C) Digestive. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular. 12. How many bones do we have A) 1, 000. B) 208. C) 206. D) 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 13. The bony openings of the skull include the ..... A) Mental foramen, which is located just below the orbit. B) Carotid canal, which is located in the anterior cranial fossa. C) Superior orbital fissure, which is located at the superior margin of the anterior orbit. D) Hypoglossal canal, which is located in the posterior cranial fossa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superior orbital fissure, which is located at the superior margin of the anterior orbit. 14. Which of the following statements about cranial bones is NOT correct? A) Frontal bone makes the forehead. B) Parietal bones are larger than the occipital bone. C) Bones of the cranium are joined by fibrous joints. D) Occipital bone is near the ear canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital bone is near the ear canal. 15. An external skeletal system that is made up of chitin and calcium carbonate A) Exoskeleton. B) Appendage. C) Appendix. D) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exoskeleton. 16. This is a disease that causes bone to become thin and weak A) Osteoporosis. B) Muscular dystrophy. C) Tendonitis. D) Myocarditis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 17. ..... cover the part of the bones in the joint to stop them wearing out as they rub over each other. A) Cartilage. B) Synovial fluid. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 18. Broken bones can heal. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. What is produced inside the bone marrow A) Red and White blood cells. B) Blood. C) Jelly-like substance. D) Framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red and White blood cells. 20. What type of bone has a thin, flat shape and usually protects organs? A) Short. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 21. Development of bone A) Osteitis. B) Osteoma. C) Osteoporosis. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 22. The sensory and ..... are the two types of nerves that make up the peripheral nervous system. A) Motor. B) Muscles. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 23. What is the name of the joint that allows rotating or rolling motion? A) Hinge. B) Gliding. C) Fixed. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 24. Select one answer for the 4 type of Joints A) Gliding, Ball and Socket, Pivot, Hinge. B) Gliding, Ball and Socket, Pivot, Hinge. C) Gliding, Ball and Socket, Pivot, Hinge. D) Sliding, Ball and Socket, Pivot, Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gliding, Ball and Socket, Pivot, Hinge. 25. The lungs and heart are protected by the rib cage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. What works with the bones of your skeleton to make your body move? A) Tissues. B) Organs. C) Blood. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles. 27. The following are some ways of keeping our bones healthy and strong except. A) Eat the proper kinds of foods. B) Have too much exposure to sunlight. C) Have enough exercise and rest. D) Maintain proper posture. E) Keep safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have too much exposure to sunlight. 28. Up to how much percent of your bones is made of minerals, including calcium. A) 10%. B) 50%. C) 70%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70%. 29. What is the condition that causes a lateral (sideways) curvature of the spine? A) Scoliosis. B) Lordosis. C) Kyphosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis. 30. Attach bones to bones A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 31. I am the five bones of the metacarpus, located between the wrist and the fingers. A) Clavicle. B) Radius. C) Ribs. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metacarpals. 32. Why is it important that tissues are composed of specialized cells? A) All tissues need specialized cells to reproduce. B) All tissues need specialized ways to eliminate waste products. C) Tissues perform specialized functions to create complex genes. D) Tissues perform specialized functions, depending on their location in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissues perform specialized functions, depending on their location in the body. 33. The spine is made up of ring-shaped bones called ..... A) Vertebrae. B) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 34. Where can you find an example of a gliding joint? A) Between the short bones of the ankles. B) In your elbow. C) Where the skull meets the vertebrae. D) At the hips. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the short bones of the ankles. 35. What are muscles that work together in pairs called? A) Partner Muscles. B) Protagonist Pairs. C) Tandem Pairs. D) Antagonist Pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist Pairs. 36. Any other angled break (other than a right angle) that is NOT across the bones axis A) Comminuted. B) Fissured. C) Oblique. D) Transverse. E) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oblique. 37. Bones in the center of the body, such as the vertebrae, skull, and sternum are part of which skeleton? A) Anterior. B) Axial. C) Apical. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 38. What condition would you be diagnosed with if you had an S curved spine? A) Lordosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Scoliosis. D) @dixon hunchbacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scoliosis. 39. The canal in the middle of the osteon A) Central or Haversian Canal. B) Canaliculi. C) Osteocyte. D) Central or Lamella Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central or Haversian Canal. 40. These are the vertebrae the ribs are connected too. A) Cervical. B) Sacral. C) Lumbar. D) Thoracic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoracic. 41. The three major groups of joints include synarthroses, amphiarthroses, and ..... A) Inarthroses. B) Anarthroses. C) Conarthroses. D) Diarthroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diarthroses. 42. The root word tars/o means what? A) Arm. B) Chest. C) Ankle. D) Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankle. 43. There are how many bones in our body A) 509. B) 206. C) 307. D) 107. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 44. Define Skeletal System A) The organs that make up the skeleton. B) The system that is made up of all the bones in your body. C) The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones. D) Spongy material inside bones THAT PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The system that is made up of all the bones in your body. 45. When skeletal muscle works in pairs at a joint, when one muscle contracts, the other ..... A) Get shorter. B) Relaxes. C) Stabilizes. D) Stays the same length. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relaxes. 46. Which one is not a function of skin. A) Gather information about the environment. B) Helps regulate body temperature. C) Eliminate wastes. D) Produce Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce Vitamin C. 47. All bones in the skull are fixed except the lower jaw A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. The bones cells responsible for building bone tissue are called ..... A) Oreocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblasts. 49. ..... and ..... work together to perform movement of the body. A) Tendons and ligaments. B) Organisms and tissue. C) Tissues and organs. D) Bones and muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones and muscles. 50. Which type of bone cell has the name that literally means "bone cell" A) Osteoblast. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteogenic Cell. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocyte. 51. ..... contain synovial fluid and cushion against the rubbing of ligaments and tendons against bone. A) Menisci. B) Synovial membrane. C) Joint capsule. D) Purses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purses. 52. There are 15 phalanges (finger bones in a human hand. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 53. What does a newborn have that most adults do not have? A) Fontanels. B) Sutures. C) Foramina. D) Sinuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fontanels. 54. The upper arm has ..... A) 1 bone. B) 2 bones. C) 3 bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 bone. 55. The wrist and ankle are ..... A) Pivot joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot joints. 56. Vertebrae would be an example of what type? A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 57. Red bone marrow produces the body's ..... A) Blood cells. B) Fat cells. C) Muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood cells. 58. Our Skeletal System is only about bones? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 59. Diet, exercise and medications that slow the loss of mineral loss in bones is the treatment plan for ..... A) Atrophy. B) Osteoporosis. C) Fracture. D) Muscular dystrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 60. What kind of tissue is the surface of your skin? A) Connective. B) Nervous. C) Skeletal. D) Epithelial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithelial. ← 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