This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Myasthenia Gravis A) The lack of voluntary control of muscle movement. B) Decrease in size of normal developed muscle tissue. C) Defective growth of the muscles and skeletal system. D) Muscle disorder caused by the lack of acetylcholine. E) Extremely sleepy, weak and lack energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle disorder caused by the lack of acetylcholine. 2. The vertebrae protect our ..... A) Brain. B) Chest. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 3. The skeleton protects soft body parts. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Dense bone tissue that appears smooth and homogeneous: A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Hyaline cartilage. D) Adipose tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 5. What is the name of the outer layer of bone that is hard and strong? A) Marrow. B) Cancellous Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compact Bone. 6. Adults have more bones than babies because adults are older. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Which is an example of an irregular bone A) Femur. B) Tarsals. C) Sternum. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 8. Joints that cannot move are called immovable joints like ..... A) Elbow. B) Skull joints. C) Knee. D) Finger joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull joints. 9. A good thing you can do for your skeletal system is to ..... A) Exercise. B) Play video games. C) Drink soda daily. D) Sleep 15 hours a day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exercise. 10. Lowers blood calcium levels by causing the building of more bone tissue. A) Parathyroid hormone. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Red bone marrow. D) Calcitonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcitonin. 11. Finger joints are an example of what kind of joint? A) Amphiarthrotic. B) Diarthrotic. C) Synarthrotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarthrotic. 12. The ball and socket joint help your ..... move. A) Elbow. B) Knee. C) Shoulder. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoulder. 13. Which of these joint types affords multiaxial movement? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) Gliding. E) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 14. Compact bone appearance A) Dense, solid, and smoothwith a white surface.Microscopically showstightly packed tissue withHaversian systems. B) Porous, lattice-likestructure with visiblespaces. Appears lessdense with trabeculaeunder a microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dense, solid, and smoothwith a white surface.Microscopically showstightly packed tissue withHaversian systems. 15. A. place where bones meet and are attached to each other and to muscles A) Tendons. B) Bone marrow. C) Ligaments. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 16. What is the function of the spine in the skeletal system? A) Producing red blood cells. B) Digesting food. C) Support, flexibility, and protection for the spinal cord. D) Regulating body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support, flexibility, and protection for the spinal cord. 17. Which term describes a support structure on the outside of an animal? A) Exothermic. B) Exoskeleton. C) Endothermic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exoskeleton. 18. Tendons are connective tissue connecting ..... to ..... A) Bone bone. B) Muscle bone. C) Cartilage bone. D) Heart to hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle bone. 19. What is one basic function of the feline skeletal system? A) Provides protection to organs. B) Built for speed and detection of prey. C) Production of blood cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. During Hematoma Formation, What happens at the site of the break? A) Blood Clot or a Hematoma. B) Fibroblasts Produce Collagen Fibres. C) Osteoblasts Form Spongy Bone. D) Air gets to it and everything is fine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood Clot or a Hematoma. 21. What is the largest bone in the human body? A) Neck. B) Finger. C) Arm. D) Thigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thigh. 22. Pain in the lower back is called what? A) Headache. B) Tendonitis. C) Scoliosis. D) Lumbago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lumbago. 23. Which type of joint connects our skull bones? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous. 24. True or False. Our skeletal systems all vary in size. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Hey students, can you guess what this is? A) Heart. B) Lung. C) Kidney. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stomach. 26. Identify the highlighted structure. A) Maxillary. B) Mandible. C) Sphenoid. D) Nasal Bones. E) Zygomatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxillary. 27. What bone cells create more bone tissue? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 28. Where is hinge joint found in our body? A) Spine. B) Wrists. C) Knees. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knees. 29. What are involuntary muscles? A) Muscles you cannot control. B) Muscles you can control. C) Choosing to move your legs during a track race. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles you cannot control. 30. What can arthritis do to you? A) Inflammation. B) Joint Pain. C) All of them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of them. 31. Bones of the arms, legs, and the pelvis comprise ..... A) The anterior skeleton. B) The axial skeleton. C) The appendicular skeleton. D) The posterior skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The appendicular skeleton. 32. What type of movement occurs when you turn your head from side to side to sat "no" ? A) Pivot. B) Glide. C) Rotation. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotation. 33. Which joints only allow one-way movement? A) Saddle joints. B) Gliding joints. C) Pivot joints. D) Hinge joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge joints. 34. What connects bones to other bones? A) Ligaments. B) Marrow. C) Cartilage. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 35. What are the two functions of the Skin System? A) Support body & heart rate. B) Help pump blood & regulate heart rate. C) Helps with movement & shape. D) Keep dirt, germs out & regulate body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keep dirt, germs out & regulate body temperature. 36. In a developing bone, compact bone is deposited ..... A) On the outside of bone just under the periosteum. B) In the center of the bone within the marrow. C) On the inner surface of compact bone close to the marrow. D) In a random fashion within the compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the outside of bone just under the periosteum. 37. Movement that pulls away the midline of the body is known as A) Extension. B) Adduction. C) Abduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abduction. 38. Bones of the arms and legs, such as the humerus, femur, and tibia are part of which skeleton? A) Axial. B) Anterior. C) Apical. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular. 39. Somewhat rigid but has some elasticity; found in the nose, external ears, ribs and trachea A) Bones. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 40. There are ..... bones in an adult body A) 306. B) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 41. Tendons connect..... A) Bone to Bone. B) Muscle to Muscle. C) Cartilage to Bone. D) Bone to Muscle. E) Cartilage to Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone to Muscle. 42. The skeletal system is the system that gives shape to the body? A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 43. What is the major cause of cavities in the mouth? A) Acidic foods like hot sauce and vinegar. B) Bacteria producing acids after exposure to sugar. C) Lack of exposure to abrasion from toothbrushes. D) Lack of fluoride in the drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria producing acids after exposure to sugar. 44. ..... is responsible for storing fat. A) Cartilage. B) Collagen. C) Red Marrow. D) Yellow Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow Marrow. 45. Breaks in bones we called as ..... A) Broken. B) Fracture. C) Accident. D) Fraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 46. Muscles are..... A) Tissues that protect organs. B) Elastic parts of the body that can expand or contract. C) Tissues that can't expand or contract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elastic parts of the body that can expand or contract. 47. Which type of bone is responsible for stability and weight bearing? A) Flat bone. B) Short bone. C) Irregular bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short bone. 48. I protect the brain. I am made up of bones which are fused firmly together to form a shell-like structure.What am I? A) Spine. B) Sternum. C) Ribcage. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 49. Oil-like fluid at the end of the bones that lubricate them A) Synovial fluid. B) Synovial fluid. C) Synovial fluid. D) Synovial fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synovial fluid. 50. Shin bone, longer and stronger bone of the lower leg bones A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Patella. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 51. Smaller lower leg bone A) Femur. B) Sternum. C) Fibula. D) Tibia. E) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibula. 52. Which connecting tissue connects muscle to bone? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 53. The femur is the upper arm bone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Which is a function of the Skeletal System? A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Support. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. In an anatomical pose, a skeleton's radius is located where? A) Lower arm, closer to the body. B) Upper arm. C) Fingers. D) Lower arm, farther from the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower arm, farther from the body. 56. Only lets you move your bones back and forth in one direction A) Gliding joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Hinge joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge joint. 57. What is the name of the bone in the upper arm? A) Tibia. B) Humerus. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 58. What is the longest and strongest bone in your body? A) Spine. B) Pelvis. C) Cranium. D) Thigh bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thigh bones. 59. What is the function of the Rib cage? A) Provide structure to organs. B) Protect the lungs and heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect the lungs and heart. 60. When a volleyball player has pain in both knees which of the following terms best describes this situation? A) Bilateral. B) Unilateral. C) Contralateral. D) Ipsilateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bilateral. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8Skeletal System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books