This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 62 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are your ribs connected to? A) Clavicle. B) Radius. C) Sternum. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 2. Which activity does not use muscles?1 digesting an apple 2 remembering a name 3 jumping rope 4 breathing air A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 3. ..... is a byproduct of glucose being broken down when you exercise for prolonged periods of time without adequate rest. A) Respiratory acidosis. B) Metabolic acidosis. C) Lactic acid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lactic acid. 4. The bones highlighted are your A) Metacarpals. B) Phalanges. C) Carpals. D) Wrist bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals. 5. In boxing a hard punch to the cranium is an example of which function of the skeleton? A) Movement of arm. B) Storage of red blood cells. C) Cranium protecting the brain. D) Support. E) Posture to stand up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium protecting the brain. 6. The knuckle joint of our thumb is an example of which joint? A) Ball and socket. B) Saddle. C) Hinge. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saddle. 7. What does the vertebral column protect? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Belly. D) Bundle of nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 8. Complex formation with variances in shape and structure A) Irregular. B) Long. C) Sesamoid. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular. 9. THE FUNCTIONS OF SKELETAL SYSTEM ARE- A) GIVES SHAPE TO THE BODY. B) PROTECTS VARIOUS VITAL ORGANS. C) HELPS IN MOVEMENT. D) ALL THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL THE ABOVE. 10. How does sweat keep us cool? A) Sweat is cool so it cools us down. B) As sweat evaporates, it removes heat from the skin. C) It carries heat from one part of the body to another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As sweat evaporates, it removes heat from the skin. 11. The articulation that most closely resembles a hinge in the body involves which bones? A) Humerus-ulna. B) Shoulder-radius. C) Humerus-clavicle. D) Pin-pipe. E) Thigh-shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus-ulna. 12. What is the knee bone called? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Patella. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 13. This soft material is found inside bones and is where red blood cells are made. A) Enamel. B) Marrow. C) Brain. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 14. The Purkinje Fibres cause what to happen? A) Ventricles to contract. B) Atria to contract. C) Allows blood to move between atria and ventricles. D) Separates the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ventricles to contract. 15. CARPALS (WRIST) AND TARSALS (ANKLE) A) Irregular. B) Short. C) Flatt. D) Sesamoid. E) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short. 16. Skeletal system is not essential for the organism to be alive A) May be. B) False. C) No idea. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Forearm motion that moves the palm of the hand from the palm backward to the palm forward position. A) Osteopenia. B) Arthrocentesis. C) Supination. D) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supination. 18. Most falls from a ladder result in: A) Knee and spine damage. B) Ear or hand damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knee and spine damage. 19. Two bones, side-by-side that make up the bridge of the nose; A) Sphenoid bones. B) Zygomatic bones. C) Lacrimal bones. D) Nasal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nasal bones. 20. What are 2 types of Osteonecrosis? A) Traumatic and atraumatic / non-traumatic Osteonecrosis. B) Severe and mild osteonecrosis. C) Inflammatory and infected osteonecrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traumatic and atraumatic / non-traumatic Osteonecrosis. 21. What is a bone that is generally cube-shaped and contains mostly spongy bone classified as? A) Long bone. B) Sesamoid bone. C) Flat bone. D) Short bone. E) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short bone. 22. An abnormal S-shaped or C-shaped curve of the spine is called ..... A) Scoliosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Lordosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis. 23. Development of axial A) Typically have more movement and are notfused, allowing for a greater range of motion. B) Fuses over time, skull bones are not all fused at birth but fuse together by around 3 months old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fuses over time, skull bones are not all fused at birth but fuse together by around 3 months old. 24. True False:A strain is usually a more serious injury than a sprain. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. Fibrous joints are the least flexible joint. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 26. Yellow marrow is the marrow that creates blood. True or false. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. Of how many bones is the skull made of? A) 56. B) 22. C) 206. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22. 28. Scoliosis refers to curvature of the spine A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What are the 2 types of movements of the Muscular System? A) Voluntary and Involuntary. B) Heated and cold. C) Option A. D) Vibrating and Intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary and Involuntary. 30. Gluteus maximus muscle action A) Hip adduction. B) Trunk flexion. C) Hip flexion. D) Hip extention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hip extention. 31. We could walk around without a skeleton A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 32. Disease of bones found mostly in women where the bone density or thickness reduces A) Arthritus. B) Osteoporosis. C) Fracture. D) Leukemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 33. Chemical composition of ORGANIC bone is? A) 40% component. B) 35% component. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35% component. 34. What acts as a shock absorber between the bones? A) Ligaments. B) Bone marrow. C) Joints. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 35. ..... muscles you do not control. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 36. The layers of skin in order from what we see are A) Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous. B) Dermis, epidermis, subcutaneous. C) Epidermis, subcutaneous. D) Subcutaneous, dermis, epidermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous. 37. What is another name for your collar bone? A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Patella. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 38. Another name for the knee cap? A) Femur. B) Patella. C) Radius. D) Stirrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 39. Which of the following is NOT a job of the skeleton? A) Gives the body shape. B) Produces blood cells. C) Creates heat. D) Protects internal organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates heat. 40. Groups of tissues form ..... A) Cells. B) Tissues. C) Organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organs. 41. Which activity DOES NOT help your bones? A) Eating a leafy green salad and drinking milk. B) Wearing a helmet and body pads. C) Playing sports and getting enough exercise. D) Eating junk food and staying inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating junk food and staying inside. 42. The term meaning to bind or tie together is A) Spondyl/o. B) -lysis. C) Arthr/o. D) -hiss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -hiss. 43. Which body organ is responsible in pumping blood for our body? A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Stomach. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart. 44. Which of these is a hinge joint? A) Ankle. B) Hip. C) Knee. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee. 45. What are compact bones? A) Compact bones are dense and strong, providing strength and protection. B) Compact bones are hollow and fragile, providing no support or protection. C) Compact bones are transparent and brittle, providing no structural integrity. D) Compact bones are soft and weak, providing flexibility and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bones are dense and strong, providing strength and protection. 46. During childhood, the vertebrae in backbone is compose of 33. How many vertebrae does an average adult have? A) 22. B) 26. C) 23. D) 44. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26. 47. Which body system is pictured? A) Skeletal. B) Circulatory. C) Muscular. D) Respiratory tags112.19.b.12.B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 48. What are false ribs? A) The ribs that are made of cartilage instead of bone. B) The ribs that are located in the middle of the ribcage. C) The last five pairs of ribs in the ribcage that do not directly attach to the sternum. D) The first five pairs of ribs in the ribcage that directly attach to the sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The last five pairs of ribs in the ribcage that do not directly attach to the sternum. 49. Of the weight of bone is due minerals salts (Ca, P, & calcium carbonate). What part of the bone makeup would this be? A) Living. B) Osteocytes. C) Inorganic. D) Organic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inorganic. 50. Chondrocytes are mature cartilage cells found within in the ..... and they are derived from ..... A) Perichondrium, fibroblasts. B) Lacunae, chondroblasts. C) Perichondrium, chondroblasts. D) Lacunae, fibroblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacunae, chondroblasts. 51. What is a firm, elastic, flexible connective tissue found in the body? A) Marrow. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 52. The cheekbones are also called the ..... A) Ethmoid bones. B) Hyoid bones. C) Zygomatic bones. D) Lacrimal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zygomatic bones. 53. My phalanges are my ..... A) Finger and toes. B) Elbow. C) Wrist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finger and toes. 54. It protects some of the organs and gives the body support and shape. A) Digestive system. B) Respiratory system. C) Skeletal system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 55. Define Spongy Bone 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: C) The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones. 56. Based on the image. Which animal is a vertebrate? A) Lobster. B) Frog. C) Butterfly. D) Spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frog. 57. You are taller in the day than you are in night because the cartilage between the ..... gets pressed A) Vertebrae. B) Vertebrate. C) Spinal cord. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 58. What is a flexible connective tissue that is found between bones and is also found in your nose and ears? A) Cartilage. B) Joint. C) Ligament. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 59. What do tendons help bone attach to? A) Muscles. B) The heart. C) The lungs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles. 60. A condition where the body has an abnormal curve & what are the three different risk factors? A) Scoliosis Age, Sex, Family History. B) Gangreneinjuries, burns, dog bites. C) GoutDiet, Weight, Gender. D) None of above. 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