This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 73 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The four main types of bones in the human skeletal system are: A) Long, flat, sesamoid & irregular. B) Long, short, flat & sesamoid. C) Long, short, flat & irregular. D) Long, short, sesamoid & irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long, short, flat & irregular. 2. Which of these is NOT a function of bones? A) To support the body. B) To protect our organs. C) To send messages around the body. D) To help us move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To send messages around the body. 3. Bones are filled up with a spongy tissue known as what? A) Bone Protection. B) Bone circulation. C) Bone marrow. D) Bone covering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 4. Zo is the pitcher for her softball team. Which body systems does she use to throw the ball? A) Skeletal system. B) Muscular system. C) Both the skeletal system and muscular system. D) Neither the skeletal system and muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the skeletal system and muscular system. 5. The thigh bone is known as? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 6. Living, inner layer of skin A) Dermis. B) Epidermis. C) Pores. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dermis. 7. Appendicular is the part of the skeletal system that includes the arms and legs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. A new born baby has ..... bones A) 301. B) 302. C) 303. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 9. Which one of the following is classified as an irregular bone? A) Sternum. B) Vertebrae. C) Carpal. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 10. What are bones like on the inside? A) Soft. B) Thin. C) Heavy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soft. 11. How many bones are in the average adult body? A) 206. B) 150. C) 201. D) 300+. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 12. Which type of joint allows backward and forward movement? A) Ball-and-socket. B) Hinge joint. C) Saddle joint. D) Immovable joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 13. Which organ produces blood cells? A) Your muscles. B) Your brain. C) Your heart. D) Your bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your bones. 14. How does the skeletal system contribute to movement? A) By circulating blood to the muscles. B) By allowing us to move along with the help of our muscles. C) By providing oxygen to the muscles. D) By breaking down muscle tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By allowing us to move along with the help of our muscles. 15. The process where a bone starts as mainly cartilage and forms into osseus tissue A) Fiberology. B) Endoplasmosis. C) Reification. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 16. What is the skeletal system function? A) Protects organs. B) Forms blood cells. C) Stores calcium. D) All of them are correct!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them are correct!. 17. What is the hard tissue that forms the skeleton of a person or animal? A) Skin. B) Muscle. C) Bone. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone. 18. Muscles attached to the bones with the help of special tissues called ..... A) Ligaments. B) Tendons. C) Cartilage. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 19. Which of these connects muscles to bone? A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 20. The shoulder and hip are examples of a ..... joint A) Saddle. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 21. Definition:Protective bones A) Sternum. B) Ribs. C) Clavicle. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs. 22. When a baby is first born, what is located within the medullary cavity of its femur? A) Yellow Bone Marrow. B) Compact Bone. C) Myeloid Tissue. D) Smooth Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myeloid Tissue. 23. Which function of the skeleton is most relevant during a powerful tackle in rugby? A) Protection. B) Movement. C) Posture. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. 24. What are the 2 types of joints called? A) Moveable and Immovable. B) Movie and Immovie. C) Moveable and Immoral. D) Movie and Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moveable and Immovable. 25. What makes up the vertebral column? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Vertebrae. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 26. When a bone bends but is only partially broken it is called a ..... fracture. A) Greenstick. B) Compression. C) Closed. D) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenstick. 27. ..... What part of the skeletal system consists of the skull, breastbone, ribs and vertebrae? A) Systematic. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) Vertebral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 28. The skeletal system stores A) Blood. B) Water. C) Milk. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 29. Hematopoiesis allows for the production of ..... A) Periosteum. B) Adipose tissue. C) Bone cells. D) Blood cells. E) Bone matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood cells. 30. The bone of the upper jaw is called: A) Zygomatic bone. B) Lacrimal bone. C) Mandible. D) The jaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The jaws. 31. The phlanges are ..... A) Long Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Flat Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long Bones. 32. Joint allows bones move to all directions. A) HINGE JOINTS. B) BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT. C) SADDLE JOINT. D) PIVOT JOINT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT. 33. Which type of fracture happens when the break is diagonal across the bone? A) Transverse Fracture. B) Greenstick Fracture. C) Oblique Fracture. D) Closed Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oblique Fracture. 34. Where are the ball and socket joints found A) Shoulder hip. B) Head back. C) Kneecap. D) Fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder hip. 35. Homeostasis of ..... levels is controlled by two hormones-calcitonin andparathyroid hormone (PTH). A) Blood cell. B) Protein. C) Fat. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 36. This is a condition where the body's immune system mistakes it's own healthy tissue as disease and attacks it. A) Immune Disease. B) Autoimmune Disease. C) Rickets. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autoimmune Disease. 37. Contractions are generated by A) Shortening of thick filaments. B) Shortening of thin filaments. C) Sliding of thin filaments past thick filaments. D) "accordian-like" folding of thick and thin filaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sliding of thin filaments past thick filaments. 38. The main function of the Muscular System is ..... A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Support. D) Cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 39. What is the main function of long bones? A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 40. ..... provides support to our body. A) Skeletal system. B) Respiratory system. C) Head. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 41. In the shoulder joint, which bone(s) is distal? A) Scapula. B) Scalpel. C) Humerus. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 42. Hand bone and leg bone are allows the body to move and supports the body. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 43. You are an orthopedic doctor. A patient comes into your practice with a serious arm injury. Her arm looks distorted indicating the alignment has been affected and the skin is broken and bleeding. How would you best classify this injury? A) Compound, displaced fracture. B) Closed, complete fracture. C) Open, nondisplaced fracture. D) Partial, complete fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound, displaced fracture. 44. What does red marrow on the inside of bones make? A) Blood Cells. B) Nothing. C) Brain Cells. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood Cells. 45. All bones of the body articulate with another. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 46. In babies, the soft spot on top of the head is probably what tissue? A) Bone marrow. B) Spongy bone. C) Cartilage. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 47. It is the destruction of bones A) Bone absorption. B) Bone resorption. C) Bone ossification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone resorption. 48. What are soft tissues that have the ability to relax and contract in order to initiate movement within the body? A) Bones. B) Joints. C) Muscles. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles. 49. The bones with the help of ..... produce movement in the body? A) Legs. B) Hands. C) Muscles. D) Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles. 50. Sutures are functionally classified as ..... A) Amphiarthroses. B) Synchondroses. C) You signed up. D) Diarthroses. E) Syntharsoses. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Syntharsoses. 51. ..... is where blood vessels are made. It is a soft connective tissue found in the spongy part of the bone. A) Spongy Bone. B) Periosteum. C) Compact Bone. D) Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone Marrow. 52. What is the bone tissue that forms the outer covering of the bone? A) Compact bone. B) Periosteum. C) Bone marrow. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 53. Materials bones have. A) Soda, stores burgers. B) Acid, stores body fat. C) Water, stores food. D) Red blood cells, stores fat/ calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red blood cells, stores fat/ calcium. 54. The human vertebrae are classified as which type of bone A) Long. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 55. How many bones make up the skeletal system of the human body? A) 14. B) 206. C) 1, 290. D) 399. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 56. The framework of bones that holds your body up. A) Skeletal System. B) Muscular System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal System. 57. What is the function of ligaments? A) To provide strength and stability. B) To form blood. C) To cushion and provide flexibility. D) To hold bones together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To hold bones together. 58. What is the hardest substance in the human body? A) Tooth enamel. B) Bone marrow. C) Muscle tissue. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tooth enamel. 59. Which of the following means "the moveable bone in front of the knee; kneecap A) Patella. B) Support. C) Support. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patella. 60. A joint occurs wherever 2 or more ..... meet. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. ← 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