This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 59 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is hematopoiesis? A) A unit that measures the amount of hemoglobin in your blood. B) Production of blood cells. C) An oxygen-carrying compound found in red blood cells. D) Blood clotting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Production of blood cells. 2. The bones around axis comes under? A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Peripheral skeleton. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 3. Cells that synthesize the organic components of the bone matrix are called: A) Chondrocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblasts. 4. An example of a short bone within the human skeleton is: A) Carpals. B) Vertebra. C) Humerous. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 5. The hollow center of a long bone, the ....., is filled with ..... A) Medullary cavity; red bone marrow. B) Diaphysis; red bone marrow. C) Medullary cavity; yellow bone marrow. D) Diaphysis; yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary cavity; yellow bone marrow. 6. Cartilage on the ends of the bone is the A) Hyaline cartilage. B) Articular cartilage. C) Soft cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage. 7. Learning, memory, intelligence and logic are due to ..... which part of the brain? A) Nerves. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 8. What type of joint is at the top of the neck? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Gliding. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot. 9. As long as the ..... is nourished and healthy, new nail plate cells will be created. A) Matrix. B) Lunula. C) Nail plate. D) Lateral nail fold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matrix. 10. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "The bones of the skeletal system store and release fat as well as important minerals such as calcium and phosphorus." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fat and Mineral Storage. 11. What type of bone tissue is less organized and does not have osteons? A) Spongy. B) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy. 12. How many pairs of ribs are there in the rib cage? A) 12. B) 6. C) 18. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 13. Which characteristic of the spine makes walking more comfortable? A) Length. B) Weight. C) Shape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shape. 14. Degenerative arthritis is also known as: A) Osteomyelitis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Tendinitis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis. 15. Which choice describes the heart? A) A series of organs working together. B) An individual cell. C) A group of one cell type working together. D) A structure made of tissues that work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A structure made of tissues that work together. 16. C2, acts as pivot point for C1 A) Axis. B) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axis. 17. The common name for the zygomatic bone is A) Jaw bone. B) Forehead. C) Skull bone. D) Cheek sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheek sister. 18. What type of bone are the ribs? A) Irregular. B) Long. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 19. Bone tissue that has many open spaces is called ..... bone A) Coompact. B) Spongy. C) Rigid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 20. ..... is mainly a storage area for fat cells and contains cells that form leukocytes, or white blood cells A) Orange marrow. B) Red marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow marrow. 21. How many bone does an infant have? A) 325. B) 350. C) 206. D) 208. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 350. 22. The bone marrow is where ..... is produced. A) Tissue. B) Blood cells. C) Vitamins. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood cells. 23. Where can hinge joints be found? A) Skull. B) Wrists, ankles. C) Knees, elbows. D) Shoulders, hips. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knees, elbows. 24. A ..... is a stretching or tearing of ligaments often caused by rapid changes in direction or collision. A) Strain. B) Contusion. C) Sprain. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sprain. 25. Where in the body are the metacarpals found? A) Leg. B) Feet. C) Arm. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hand. 26. Match the example to the job:Your ribcage protects your lungs. A) Gives you shape and support. B) Protects your inner organs. C) Forms blood cells. D) Stores minerals. E) Helps you move (with muscles). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protects your inner organs. 27. Which is thicker? Radius or Ulna? A) Ulna. B) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 28. Which type of bone is the vertebrae, carpal and tarsal? A) Flat Bone. B) Irregular Bone. C) Short Bone. D) Long Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular Bone. 29. This is the kneecap. A) Malleolus. B) Olecranon. C) Scapula. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 30. Blood cells are produced in ..... A) Bone marrow. B) Skull. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 31. Long muscle fibres that run the length of the muscle belly, attaching to tendons at ends. A) Fusiform, designed for power. B) Fusiform, designed for mobility. C) Pennate, designed for mobility. D) Multi-pennate, designed for power and strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fusiform, designed for mobility. 32. A unit of bone containing a haversian canal and matrix rings: A) Canaliculus. B) Lamella. C) Osteon. D) Lacuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteon. 33. A spine deformity which makes the spine curve excessively at the lower backbone is called ..... A) Kyphosis. B) Tuberculosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Lordosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lordosis. 34. What are the toe bones called? A) Phalanges. B) Fibula. C) Tarsals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 35. When kicking a football the knee A) Adducts. B) Flexes. C) Extends. D) Abducts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extends. 36. The pelvic and pectoral girdles are part of the ..... skeleton. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 37. Which of the following is a sign or symptom of a sprain A) Swelling and warmth. B) Blistering of the skin. C) Pins and needles in the foot. D) Painless feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swelling and warmth. 38. PRONATION indicates moving hand from anterior to posterior. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. Stabilizes the ankle A) Tibia. B) Ribs. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fibula. 40. The production of blood cells from cells from dividing stem a progenitor cells A) Yellow marrow. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Red marrow. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematopoiesis. 41. The nerves ..... information and ..... it to the brain. A) Catch-sent. B) Control make. C) Receive-transmit. D) Transmit-receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receive-transmit. 42. What type of muscle is/are voluntary? A) Smooth and cardiac. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal and smooth. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 43. The largest muscle in the body is the A) Gluteus medius. B) Gluteus maximus. C) Gluteus maximus. D) Trumpeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gluteus maximus. 44. Channels lying at right angles to the central canal, connecting blood and nerve supply of the periosteum to that of Haversian canals A) Lacunae. B) Volkmann's Canal. C) Osteon. D) Channels. E) Concentric Lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volkmann's Canal. 45. Do bones release water into the bloodstream? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 46. This type of connective tissue connects bone to bone A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 47. What type of cell makes new bone cells? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 48. What type of bone marrow can be found in the medullary cavity? A) White. B) Green. C) Red. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow. 49. What is the name of the system that includes the skeletal system? A) Muscular System. B) Respiratory System. C) Digestive System. D) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscular System. 50. The following bones are considered part of with the ..... clavicle, humerus, radius A) Axial skeleton. B) Shoulder girdle. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Upper arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular skeleton. 51. Which is a mature bone cell? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoprogenitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 52. Which is the hard bone on the outside of the layer? A) Spongy bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Compact bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact bone. 53. What two bones make up the jaw? A) Skull and Jaw bone. B) Tibia and Fibula. C) Radius and Ulna. D) Mandible and Maxilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandible and Maxilla. 54. Where is the only place you can find a saddle joint? A) Where your thigh meets your hip. B) Where the clavicle meets the scapula. C) Where your thumb meets your wrist. D) In your ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where your thumb meets your wrist. 55. Infection of bone tissue. The condition is most commonly caused by the infectious organism Staphylococcus aureus, which reaches the bone via the bloodstream or by extension from a local injury; inflammation follows with destruction of the cancellous (porous) bone and marrow, loss of blood supply, and bone death. A) Osteogenesis imperfecta. B) Osteomyelitis. C) Rickets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteomyelitis. 56. This is a type of joint present in our hip A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 57. Within an osteon, the concentric circles of bone are called A) Sharpey's fibers. B) Lamellae. C) Periosteum. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamellae. 58. Organs of the Skeletal System A) Bones. B) Osseous Tissue. C) Spongy Bone. D) Compact Bone. E) Articular Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 59. The ends of a long bone, which are filled with spongy bone. A) Epiphysis. B) Metaphysis (epiphyseal plate). C) Diaphysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 60. What do we call the softer bone tissue on the inside of the compact bone? A) Spongy Bone. B) Snuggle Bone. C) Soft Bone. D) Squishy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy Bone. ← 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