This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 57 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the difference between true ribs and false ribs A) Size. B) Attachment to sternum. C) Weight. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attachment to sternum. 2. What type of joint is found at the elbow? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Saddle. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 3. What category do the rib bones fall in? A) Floating. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 4. Patella bone is located on ..... A) Knee. B) Wrist. C) Ankle. D) Palm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knee. 5. Joints have 3 functions: A) Hold bones together, bear weight, allow motion. B) Hold bones together, make them stronger, bear weight. C) Hold bones together, bear weight, provide flexibility. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hold bones together, bear weight, allow motion. 6. Roundworms have a(n) skeleton that they use for movement. A) Endoskeleton. B) Exoskeleton. C) Hydrostatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrostatic. 7. This bone connects the femur to the ankle. A) Fibula. B) Femur. C) Patella. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 8. Bones can be classified by the way they develop. Bones that develop from sheets of fibrous connective tissue are called ..... A) Wormian bones. B) Alveolar bones. C) Endochondral bones. D) Dermal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dermal bones. 9. Which of the below is NOT a function of the skeletal system? A) Support. B) Blood cell production. C) Vitamin D synthesis. D) Mineral homeostasis. E) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D synthesis. 10. The scientific name of the collar bone is the ..... A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 11. Which one does not describe what the skeletal system does? A) Helps us stand tall. B) Gives form and structure to our body. C) Makes us strong. D) Protects our organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes us strong. 12. What is the purpose of your joints? A) Joints help you move. B) They are a source of pain when you get older. C) They make you smarter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints help you move. 13. ..... gives our body shape and structure A) Skeleton. B) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton. 14. These are small cubed shaped bones; bones of the wrists, ankles, and toes. A) Flat Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Sesamoid Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short Bones. 15. A synonym for expand is? A) Grow. B) Empty. C) Live. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grow. 16. What type of bone is the sternum? A) Long. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 17. Forms part of the elbow joint in the upper limb. A) Radius. B) Cartilage. C) Ulna. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulna. 18. Which of the following tissues is made up of cells that conduct impulses? A) Muscle. B) Nervous. C) Connective. D) Epithelial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 19. Blood vessels and osteoblasts invade the cartilage tissue and develop the primary ossification center. A) Step 4 of Endochondral Ossification. B) Step 3 of Endochondral Ossification. C) Step 5 of Endochondral Ossification. D) Step 2 of Endochondral Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Step 3 of Endochondral Ossification. 20. Attaches the muscle to the bone A) Epimysium. B) Ligament. C) Aponeurosis. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendon. 21. If the bones provide structure, and the muscles provide movement, what do the joints provide? A) Color. B) Flexibility. C) Strength. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexibility. 22. What is the combining form for bone marrow? A) Thorac/o. B) Myel/o. C) Vertebr/o. D) Cost/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myel/o. 23. What disease of the joints that affect mostly elderly people? A) Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 24. The joint which allows movement in all the directions is called ..... A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Gliding joint. D) Pivotal joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 25. What do we call the smaller bones that make up the spinal column? A) Vertebrae. B) Spine. C) Backbone. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 26. What are the five bones forming the palm of the hand called? A) Femur. B) Metacarpals. C) Clavicles. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metacarpals. 27. Porous, containing less calcium, more gluten are the characteristics of ..... bones. A) Compact. B) Short. C) Long. D) Spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy. 28. The tough layer of connective tissue that covers the surface of bones A) Calcium. B) Anterior. C) Haversium. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 29. Firm, flexible, and smooth connective tissue found at the ends of bones A) Tendon. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) Muscle. E) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 30. What is the function of the acetabulums? A) To form the shoulder girdle. B) To protect the spinal cord. C) To attach the leg bones. D) To produce blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To attach the leg bones. 31. Which is the most lateral in the anatomical position? A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Sternum. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 32. Spongy bone is found in the epiphyses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. The scientific name for "wrist bone" is A) Carpal. B) Patella. C) Phalanx. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpal. 34. What does the human hand have that a paw does not that allows it to pick up objects easily? A) Hinge joint. B) Opposable thumb. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Articulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposable thumb. 35. Behind is a hard bone A) Spongy bone. B) Periosteum. C) Bone marrow. D) Compct bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compct bone. 36. The type of muscle that allows movement. A) Cardiac muscle. B) Skeletal muscle. C) Smooth muscle. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal muscle. 37. Which type of muscle is responsible for voluntary movements? A) Smooth muscle. B) Connective tissue. C) Cardiac muscle. D) Skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal muscle. 38. What type of muscle is in the stomach? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 39. A newborn baby has ..... bones A) 500. B) 300. C) 200. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 40. Which part of the skeleton protects the lungs? A) Skull. B) Rib Cage. C) Ulna. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rib Cage. 41. Which type of blood cell carries oxygen to various parts of the body? A) White blood cells. B) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red blood cells. 42. What connects the bones in the skeletal system? A) Cartilage and joints. B) Muscle and wax. C) Cartilage and muscle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage and muscle. 43. Which of the following repairs and rebuilds bone? A) Osteoblast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteology. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast. 44. Type of bone cell-BONE DESTROYING CELLS? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoblasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 45. What is the function of the axial skeleton? A) Sites for the attachment of other bones and muscles in the body. B) Responsible for making movement of our bodies possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sites for the attachment of other bones and muscles in the body. 46. What is the name of the bone that protects your brain? A) Phalanges. B) Cranium. C) Stomach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 47. The largest bone in the body is ..... A) Humorous. B) Femur. C) Vertebrae. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 48. What is the needle like threads in the circle called? A) Epiphyses. B) Beams. C) Canals. D) Lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 49. This part of the skeleton protects the most important organs in the human body A) Musculoskeletal. B) Exoskeleton. C) Appendicular Skeleton. D) Axial Skeleton. E) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axial Skeleton. 50. Another term for the Rh factor ..... A) Rhesus monkey. B) D antigen. C) D antibody. D) Red blood cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D antigen. 51. The bone that forms the forehead is the? A) Hyoid. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 52. Hips and shoulders are this type of joint A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot or Sliding. D) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 53. True or False:After a while, bones break down after they have been used during a lifetime! A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. These are freely moveable joints in which the bones are held together at the joints by ligaments A) Cartilaginous joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Fixed joints. D) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synovial joints. 55. How many bones are in the feline skeletal system? A) 250 bones. B) 78 bones. C) 180 bones. D) 55 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 250 bones. 56. The upper arm bone is your ..... A) Tibia. B) Radius. C) Ulna. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 57. Which system does the skeletal system work the most closely with? A) Cardiovascular. B) Respiratory. C) Muscular. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscular. 58. The ..... is the soft inner layer of bone. A) Spongy bone. B) Cartilage. C) Marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 59. Broken bones are a type of: A) Injury. B) Weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Injury. 60. Also called degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis, is chronicinflammation of bones and joints due to degenerative changes in the cartilage related to overuse. A) Dislocation. B) Gouty arthritis (gout). C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis. ← 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