This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 70 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 1 of the 4 main jobs of the muscular system is A) To give us posture. B) Protect from disease. C) Deliver oxygen to the body. D) Sensory response (taste, smell, touch, etc). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give us posture. 2. The layer directly below the compact bone is called the A) Spongy bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Milk bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 3. The purpose of osteoclasts is to A) Break down bone. B) Build up bone. C) Produce red blood cells. D) Stem cells for bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break down bone. 4. What type of bone makes up most of the diaphysis? A) Rigid bone. B) Compact bone tissue. C) Soft bone. D) Spongy bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone tissue. 5. The patella is an example of a(n) ..... bone. A) Flat. B) Sesamoid. C) Long. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid. 6. Which joint allows maximum movement? A) Pivot joint. B) Ball and Socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket joint. 7. FINALE EXAM:What are Appendicular skeletons? A) Includes the bones of the internal organs. B) Includes the bones of the head and neck. C) Includes the bones of the shoulders, arms, hands, hips, legs, and feet which help for movement. D) Includes the bones of the spine and ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Includes the bones of the shoulders, arms, hands, hips, legs, and feet which help for movement. 8. Hemopoiesis occurs in the ..... bone marrow. A) Yellow. B) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 9. I am the outer, smaller bone located between the knee and the ankle. A) Fibula. B) Cranium. C) Tibia. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibula. 10. In the presence of sunlight, human produces A) Vitamin C. B) Vitamin D. C) Vitamin B. D) Vitamin A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitamin D. 11. What is the correct term for:-ac A) Disease. B) Specialist. C) Pertaining to. D) Formatin of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pertaining to. 12. What does your cranium protect? A) Your stomach. B) Your lungs. C) Your brain. D) Your heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your brain. 13. The rotating joint of the neck is considered what kind of synovial joint? A) Plane. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. E) Condylar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot. 14. Also called as "shoulder blades" which are flat and triangular bones where "collar bones" or clavicles are attached to A) Sternum. B) Ribs. C) Cranium. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scapula. 15. Movement of the head from side to side is an example of ..... movement. A) Angular. B) Special. C) Rotational. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotational. 16. This joints allows movement in one direction only A) Pivot Joints. B) Immovable Joints. C) Hinge Joints. D) Ball and socket joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge Joints. 17. This type of skeletal tissue attaches muscle to bone to provide movement at joints. A) Synovial membrane. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendon. 18. The boney part of shaft of long bone? A) Soft. B) In between hard & soft. C) Sometimes hard. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hard. 19. How many pairs of ribs does a human have? A) 12. B) 16. C) 10. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 20. Most reflex action take place because of Messages sent by ..... A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Hand. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 21. Our body has ..... sense organs A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 22. The root word for "stiff joint" is: A) Son/daughter. B) Spondyl/o. C) Ankyl/o. D) Arthr/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankyl/o. 23. What are the parts of the Respiratory System? A) Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes. B) Eyes, Ears, Mouth. C) Nasal Cavities, Pharynx, Trachea, Bronchi, and Lungs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nasal Cavities, Pharynx, Trachea, Bronchi, and Lungs. 24. What is lacunae? A) Mature bone cell. B) Bone tissue. C) Dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones. D) Tiny canals that link osteocytes. E) Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes. 25. These are involuntary muscle found in internal organs like the stomach and intestines. A) Smooth muscle. B) Tendon. C) Marrow. D) Cardiac muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscle. 26. Bones in the fingers and toes are called A) Tarsals. B) Carpals. C) Phalanges. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 27. Diaphysis is ..... A) The outer part of the bone. B) The end of the bone. C) The inner part of the bone. D) The shaft of the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The shaft of the bone. 28. The hinge joint can be found in ..... A) The ankle. B) The neck. C) The knee. D) The wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The knee. 29. Choose short bones ..... A) Cranium, pelvis and radios. B) Humerus, femur and fibula. C) Patella and carpals. D) Leg, nose and head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella and carpals. 30. Match the following bones to the correct body location (in order):carpals, metacarpals, phalanges. A) Fingers, wrist, palm. B) Wrist, palm, fingers. C) Wrist, fingers, palm. D) Palm, fingers, wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist, palm, fingers. 31. The ends of the long bone A) Articular Cartilage. B) Medullary Cavity. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 32. The tough, flexible strand of connective tissue that holds bones together A) Tendon. B) Marrow. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 33. What is the white protective tissue that covers the end of your bones called? A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 34. The biceps brachii is ..... to the triceps brachii. A) Distal. B) Superior. C) Anterior. D) Posterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anterior. 35. Which is the longest bone of our body and where it is located? A) Radius, forearm. B) Femur, thighbone. C) Ulna, forearm. D) Femur, Hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur, thighbone. 36. The middle of the magnet is the ..... point. A) Coldest. B) Hottest. C) Weakest. D) Strongest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weakest. 37. When do new bone cells form new bone tissue? A) During growth. B) Force of body's weight. C) Heal broken bones. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. All the bones in the body including the teeth is part of the skeletal system. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 39. Bones imbedded within tendons such as wrists, kneecaps, and hands are what kind of bones? A) Sesamoid. B) Long. C) Short. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid. 40. The areas where cranial bones join together to form immovable joints are called ..... A) Osteoblast. B) Sutures. C) Ball and socket. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutures. 41. Around 70% of bones are made of minerals such as magnesium A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. The skeletal system has important functions. What is one of its jobs? A) Gets nutrients out of the food you eat. B) Carries messages through your spinal cord to your brain. C) Protects your organs and gives your body shape. D) Helps our body take in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects your organs and gives your body shape. 43. What mineral is stored in the skeleton A) Vitamin P. B) Vitamin B. C) Phosphorus. D) Creatine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorus. 44. Name the condition in which the bones become weak and break easily. A) Osteoarthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 45. The adult skeletal system is made up of ..... bones. A) 305. B) 206. C) 315. D) 215. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 46. The prefix "cardio" means A) Heart. B) Cards. C) Lungs. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart. 47. All of the following facial bones are paired except for one. Which of the following is an unpaired facial bone? A) Palatine. B) Lacrimal. C) Zygomatic. D) Vomit. E) Cheeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vomit. 48. This is more often found in infant bones than adult A) Yellow marrow. B) Phosphate. C) Iron Oxide. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Marrow. 49. How many pairs of true ribs are there? A) 12. B) 7. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 50. Surgical procedure involving the use of steel rods, plates, or screws to realign a sever bone fracture to normal position (ORIF) A) Open reverse and important fix. B) Opposite rotation and implantation fracture. C) Opposite replacement and implantation fixation. D) Open reduction and internal fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open reduction and internal fixation. 51. What are voluntary muscles? A) Muscles you cannot control. B) Muscles that work on their own. C) Muscles that you can control. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles that you can control. 52. Both compact and spongy bone contain ..... that allow for communication between osteocytes A) Canals. B) Lamellae. C) Lacunae. D) Osteons. E) Beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canals. 53. The soft substance inside bones in which blood cells are made. A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 54. The patella is a small, circular bone in our knee. This bone is also known as your ..... A) Funny bone. B) Collar bone. C) Kneecap. D) Dancing bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kneecap. 55. Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by inflammation in a A) Assembly. B) Non-movable. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assembly. 56. Match the example to the job:Your hand has five fingers because of your bones. 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: A) Gives you shape and support. 57. Red and white blood cells are stored in your bone marrow. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. What is found in the center of a haversian (or central) canal? A) Yellow bone marrow. B) Blood vessels and nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood vessels and nerves. 59. What does cartilage do? A) Protects internal organs. B) Allows bones to come apart easily. C) Allows bones to rub together. D) Acts as a shock absorber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acts as a shock absorber. 60. Skeletal muscles ..... bones to produce movement A) Cells. B) Fat. C) Pull on. D) Pull off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pull on. ← 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