This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 64 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which bones are formed via intramembranous ossification? A) Ribs. B) Skull bones. C) Vertebrae. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull bones. 2. ..... holds the skeleton together. A) Tendons. B) Joints. C) Muscles. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints. 3. Two types of bone found in the skeletal system include ..... and ..... A) Periosteum and pericardium. B) Periosteum and spongy. C) Spongy and marrow. D) Spongy and compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy and compact. 4. Vertebrae and facial bones are considered to be which classification of bone? A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 5. What is the name of a mature bone cell? A) Osteocyte. B) Choanocyte. C) Bone. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 6. What is the main role of calcium in the body according to the text? A) For muscle contraction. B) To transport gases. C) To clot blood. D) To provide energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For muscle contraction. 7. What is the lateral bone in the lower leg called? A) Tibula. B) Fibula. C) Phibia. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibula. 8. Hematopoeisis (blood formation) occurs in the A) Haversian system. B) Yellow marrow. C) Osteon. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red marrow. 9. A mature bone cell is called a ..... A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte. 10. What is the functions of the bones. A) It helps you digest food in your body. B) A Support structure for your body. C) It lets your breathe. D) It lets blood flow through your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Support structure for your body. 11. Tarsals are the bones that make up A) Fingers. B) Toes. C) Wrist. D) Ankles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ankles. 12. What are the characteristics of a long bone: A) Broad surface. B) Odd, uncommon shape. C) Long & thin. D) Cube-like shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long & thin. 13. What is the treatment for 'osteoarthritis'? A) Anti-inflammatory medications. B) Physical therapy. C) Surgical joint replacement. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Which bone is known as the skull and protects your brain? A) Sternum. B) Ribs. C) Tibia. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium. 15. Which type of bone tissue contains bone marrow? A) Flat bone tissue. B) Irregular bone tissue. C) Compact bone tissue. D) Spongy bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone tissue. 16. Bones are living A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. Which bones help you sit upright? A) Standicular Bones. B) Axial Bones. C) Movmicular Bones. D) Appendicular Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial Bones. 18. The amphiarthroses are joints that are freely movable A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. Ligaments connect ..... to ..... A) Bone:Bone. B) Bone:Joint. C) Muscle:Bone. D) Muscle:Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone:Bone. 20. True or False the bones that protects is called the axial A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Another name for a muscle cell. A) Fascicle. B) Sarcomere. C) Fiber. D) Sacrolemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiber. 22. Flexible, connective tissue that holds bones together. A) Spongy bone. B) Ligament. C) Cartilage. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 23. A simple or complete fracture is also called A) Comminuted. B) Open. C) Oblique. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closed. 24. How many bones are in the adult body A) 240. B) 362. C) 122. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 25. How do bones move at pivot joints? A) On a single axis. B) On many axes. C) On two axes. D) They rotate around a ring. E) They glide on each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They rotate around a ring. 26. What type of bone is your patella? A) Sesamoid. B) Short. C) Long. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid. 27. The mandible is the ..... A) Kneecap. B) Jawbone. C) Arm bone. D) Leg bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawbone. 28. The Scapular is what type of bone ..... A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Flat. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 29. Your shoulder is an example of a ..... joint. A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 30. All the followings are names of bones that protect the spinal cord except A) Vertebrae. B) Spine. C) Skull. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 31. Which of the following are both examples of long bones? A) Femur and Ilium. B) Tibia and Sternum. C) Ulna and Radius. D) Clavicle and Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulna and Radius. 32. Abnormal softening of the cartilage. A) Chondromalacia. B) Sprain. C) Bursitis. D) Chondroma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chondromalacia. 33. Limited mobility joints are called ..... A) Synchondroses. B) Syntharsoses. C) You signed up. D) Amphiarthroses. E) Diarthroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amphiarthroses. 34. Total number of bones in human skull A) 4. B) 22. C) 18. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22. 35. A tough band that joins muscles with bones is called ..... A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Cartilage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendon. 36. Bone breaks and goes through the skin A) Compound. B) Incomplete. C) Complete. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 37. The cardiac muscle in the body is the: A) Hamstring. B) Tricep. C) Bicep. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart. 38. How many bones are in the adult skeleton A) 200. B) 300. C) 203. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 39. Which system helps protect you from pathogens that may try to enter the body? A) Muscular. B) Nervous. C) Outgrowths. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outgrowths. 40. Which of these tissues connects muscles to bones? A) Ligaments. B) Tendons. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 41. What type of joints allow for back and forth movement? A) Gliding joints. B) Hinge joints. C) Circular joints. D) Immovable joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joints. 42. The oldest prosthetic was found in A) Egypt. B) Japan. C) Australia. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Egypt. 43. Singular noun ending A) -lysis. B) -one. C) -hiss. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -one. 44. Stronger ligaments are a long term effect of exercise on the skeletal system, how would this impact the performer A) Less chance of compounds fractures. B) Less chance of a dislocation. C) More oxygen can be delivered to working muscles. D) Allows more force to be produced by the player. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less chance of a dislocation. 45. The tissue that lines the outer part of a bone is called the A) Medullary Cavity. B) Compact Bone. C) Periosteum. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 46. Light Bands consist of ..... A) The H zone. B) 2 sarcomeres and thick filaments. C) Parts of 2 adjacent sarcomeres and thin fiaments. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parts of 2 adjacent sarcomeres and thin fiaments. 47. Which joint allows movement at the wrist and ankle, and also between any two vertebrae of the spine? A) Hinge joints. B) Gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliding joints. 48. Which of these is a type of long bone? A) Femur. B) Skull. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 49. Situation in which muscle loses its ability to contract, due to being used strenuously for a long period of time A) Muscle cramp. B) Oxygen debt. C) Muscle fatigue. D) Muscle pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle fatigue. 50. The adult human body is made of how many bones? A) 206 bones. B) Over 300. C) Exactly 300. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206 bones. 51. Where is your yellow bone marrow located? A) Within the Epiphyses of long bones. B) Within the Periosteum of all bones. C) Within the medullary cavity of long bones. D) Just beneath the articular cartilage of long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within the medullary cavity of long bones. 52. How many vertebrae are in the neck? A) 2. B) 4. C) 7. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 53. The larger weight-bearing bone of the lower leg (Commonly called the shin bone) A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Tarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tibia. 54. Match the following with the best location clavicle A) Skull. B) Pectoral girdle. C) Middle of the back. D) Forearm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pectoral girdle. 55. Biceps brachii muscle action A) Scapula elevation. B) Elbow extention. C) Shoulder flexion. D) Elbow flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elbow flexion. 56. Also known as a break in the bone A) Dystrophy. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 57. The Skeletal System also produces A) Organs. B) Rigidity. C) Red and White Cells. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red and White Cells. 58. The elbow and knee are (a) joints A) A hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Saddle. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hinge. 59. The ..... joints are the most freely movable joints in the body. A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 60. Abigail, Delilah, and Maria are learning about the human body. They are curious about the ribcage. What is the function of the ribcage? A) To help with digestion. B) To regulate body temperature. C) To support the spine. D) To protect organs in the chest like your heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To protect organs in the chest like your heart and lungs. ← 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