This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 67 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Short bones are found A) Carpals and Tarsals. B) Arms. C) Knees. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals and Tarsals. 2. Whats protecting the brain A) Everything. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Ossicle. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 3. The 33 bones that make up the backbone are called ..... A) Metatarsals. B) Carpals. C) Bones. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 4. A 16 year old football quarterback was getting ready to throw the ball to his team mate. Before he could throw the ball, he was hit straight onto his arm that was up and ready to throw the ball. He screamed in pain as his humeral head was displaced from the socket. X-rays revealed that he has (a) ..... A) Fracture. B) Scoliosis. C) Dislocation. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dislocation. 5. The clavicle is typically known as the ..... ? A) Funny Bone. B) Ham Bone. C) Leg Bone. D) Collarbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collarbone. 6. What Skeleton is this A) Appendicular. B) Tropical. C) Body Planes. D) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axial. 7. What best describes collagen? A) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal. B) Canal housing blood vessels. C) Growth plate in long bones. D) Connective tissue in bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connective tissue in bones. 8. The parietal bones, which are cranial bones, are ..... A) Flat Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Short Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat Bones. 9. Nerves that carries message from different parts of the body to the brain or spinal cord is ..... A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Mixed. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 10. Why do bones expand? A) Because we need more room for our organs, muscles, and etc, as we grow. B) Because were not healthy. C) Because we need more room for blood. D) Because our bones are sensitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because we need more room for our organs, muscles, and etc, as we grow. 11. A6. The ribs are part of the skeletal system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. How many bones make up a human backbone? A) 25. B) 27. C) 28. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26. 13. Which of the following is a type of cell that releases calcium into the blood by cutting away bone? A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteocytes. D) Keratinocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 14. I made up of three bones and allows sound wave to pass from the eardrum to the inner ear, who am i? A) Ear canal. B) Inner ear. C) Eardrum. D) Middle ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle ear. 15. The ongoing replacement of old bone tissue by new bone tissue is called ..... A) Intramembranous ossification. B) Appositional growth. C) Bone remodeling. D) Hyperchondroplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone remodeling. 16. What is the name of the connective tissue that cushions our joints? A) Epithelial. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 17. Fat stored in the internal cavities of bones: A) Red marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Adipose tissue. D) Osseous tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adipose tissue. 18. Where do you have ball joints? A) Elbow. B) Shoulders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulders. 19. What is the name of the tough connective tissue that attaches muscles to bones? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 20. Medial lower arm bone, pinkie side A) Tibia. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 21. A fracture in which the bone has been splintered; common in elderly A) Comminuted. B) Greenstick. C) Oblique. D) Compressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comminuted. 22. The ends of the a long bone that is composed mostly of spongy bone is called the A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary cavity. D) Endosteum. E) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis. 23. Synarthroses ..... A) Are found in areas requiring protection. B) Allow for strength and flexibility. C) Allow body parts to move extensively. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are found in areas requiring protection. 24. Connective tissue that is very hard and flexible is ..... A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Ligaments. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 25. What joint is found in the wrist and ankle? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gliding. 26. What is an open fracture? A) One in which the two sides of the break do not touch each other. B) A break of a bone joint. C) A break with two or more fractures of the same bone. D) One in which the sharp edges of the bone cut through the skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One in which the sharp edges of the bone cut through the skin. 27. A child fell and has a fractured his radius. The fracture is incomplete. What would this type of fracture be called? A) Communited. B) Greenstick. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenstick. 28. Subcostal means what? A) Pertaining to the bones. B) Pertaining to below the ribs. C) Pertaining to between the ribs. D) Pertaining to above the ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pertaining to below the ribs. 29. Which vital function is accomplished by the skeletal system? A) Exchange with the environment. B) Fluid Transport within the body. C) Structure, support, physical protection, and movement. D) Control and regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure, support, physical protection, and movement. 30. This wraps the whole muscle A) Perimysium. B) Idontseeum. C) Epimysium. D) Endomysium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epimysium. 31. What does scoli/o mean? A) Curved. B) Bent. C) Crooked. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 32. Most used bone in the body A) Femur. B) Cranium. C) Tibia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 33. What kind of joints are fibrous joints? A) Immovable Joints. B) Partially Movable Joints. C) Freely Movable Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immovable Joints. 34. Allows the opening and closing of your mouth A) Sternum. B) Mandible. C) Fibula. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandible. 35. How many vertebra are in your thoracic region? A) 12. B) 9. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 36. Bones of the chest are ..... A) Round. B) Flat. C) Long. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round. 37. A patient presents uneven posture caused by an abnormal side-to-side curvature of the spine. The most likely diagnosis will be A) Lordosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scoliosis. 38. The fibula is stronger than the tibia A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. The number of bones in an adult human is A) 206. B) 300. C) 306. D) 205. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 40. Elijah, David, and Oliver are playing a trivia game about the human body. They come across a question:Which bone structure is responsible for making new blood cells? A) Compact. B) Red Marrow. C) Spongy. D) Yellow Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Marrow. 41. Why is the upper arm bone called the humerus bone? A) Because your funny bone is there. B) It is not called the humerus, it is the patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because your funny bone is there. 42. During bone fracture repair, what type of bone forms first as callus? A) Marrow. B) Hyaline. C) Compact. D) Red. E) Spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Spongy. 43. ..... joints are located in the vertebrae/back. A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Saddle. D) Plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plane. 44. Forms center of the body A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton. 45. What type of joint connects the parietal bones to the temporal bone? A) Suture. B) Fontanel. C) Synovial. D) Diarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suture. 46. Which pair would be connected by a ligament? A) Biceps & triceps. B) Biceps & humerus. C) Thigh & hip. D) Cartilage & scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thigh & hip. 47. A physician who specialize in the dx and tx of arthritis and disorders such as OA and fibromyalgia A) Rheumatologist. B) Orthopedist. C) Osteopath. D) Podiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rheumatologist. 48. Your skull is also known as your A) Cranium. B) Crayneum. C) Skull. D) Cray-Nium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 49. The second step in bone healing is the formation of a(n) A) Hematoma. B) Bony Callus. C) Fibrocartilage Callus. D) Epiphyseal Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibrocartilage Callus. 50. How many functions does the skeleton have? A) 4. B) 2. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 51. All of the following are included the appendicular skeleton EXCEPT A) Ulna. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Maxilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maxilla. 52. ..... is the enlarged end of a long bone A) Osteoid. B) Epiphysis. C) Red marrow. D) Skeletal system. E) Endochondral ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis. 53. What is the function of the vertebrae? A) Protects the spinal cord and isa channel for nerves. B) Protects the spinal cord. C) Protects the spinal cord and is a channel forblood vessels. D) Only used for structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protects the spinal cord and isa channel for nerves. 54. Which bone type provides leverage and move when the muscles contract A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 55. What is the word for the definition development? A) -Plastic. B) Burs/o. C) School. D) Of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -Plastic. 56. Also help your body maintain homeostasis by storing minerals and making blood cells A) Brain. B) Bones. C) Body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones. 57. What can you do to keep bones strong? A) Lots of water. B) Helmets and other sports equipment. C) Green Vegetables. D) Exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exercise. 58. The covering of the bone is called the: A) Endosteum. B) Epiphysis. C) Diaphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 59. What's it called where two bones meet? A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Joint. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 60. Which of the following are cells that are mature bone cells? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Melanocytes. 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