This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 74 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A muscle that opposes the actions of another is known as a(n) ..... A) Sympathomimetic. B) Synergist. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 2. Which of the following bones is part of the axial system? A) Clavicles. B) Humerus. C) Sternum. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 3. Yous Skeletal system is like a? A) Car. B) Computer. C) Tall Building. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall Building. 4. What joint is found in the hip and shoulder? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ball & Socket. 5. Softening of bones associated with vitamin D deficiency. A) Tendon. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteomalacia. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteomalacia. 6. During the embryonic stage, bones are mostly composed of what? A) Dense fibrous tissue. B) Melanocytes. C) Osteocytes. D) Hyaline cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyaline cartilage. 7. What is the membrane that lines the inside of the long bone and the medulary cavity called? A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Endosteum. E) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosteum. 8. ..... is a flexible material at the end of bones, the tip of your nose, in your ears, and at the end of your sternum. A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Synovial Fluid. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 9. What is responsible for creating red blood cells? A) Nervous system. B) Bone marrow. C) Muscular system. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow. 10. The components of the human skeletal system are A) Bones, muscles, cartilage. B) Bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage. C) Bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles. D) Tendons, bones, teeth, ligaments, cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage. 11. Inside the bone, what produces blood cells? A) Cartilage. B) Spongy bone. C) Bone marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 12. Your cranium or skull protects which organ? A) Brain. B) Kidneys. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 13. A group of cells that perform a specific function is called a(n)- A) Organism. B) Organ. C) Organ system. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissue. 14. Contains bones, ligaments, cartilage and joints A) Muscular. B) Skeletal. C) Outgrowths. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 15. What is another term for broken bone? A) Cast. B) Fracture. C) Ouch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 16. Definition:Spine A) Sternum. B) Vertebrae. C) Ribs. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 17. True or False:Yellow marrow consists mostly of fat and serves as an energy reserve. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The knees are ..... to the head. A) Inferior. B) Anterior. C) Posterior. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inferior. 19. What is the word for the definition Surgical fixation of a bone or joint? A) Burs/o. B) Cost/o. C) -hiss. D) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -hiss. 20. The medullary cavity contains: A) Osteons. B) Red marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow marrow. 21. A place where bones articulate is called a ..... and the type where they are freely movable is called ..... A) Joint; suture. B) Joint; synarthrotic. C) Joint; amphiarthrotic. D) Joint; diarthrotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint; diarthrotic. 22. Muscles are attached to the bones by strong fibres called A) Cardiac muscles. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 23. I am the bone cell that 'builds new bone' by laying down a calcium 'matrix'. A) Osteomyocyte. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 24. During ossification ..... A) Bone differentiates into cartilage. B) Elastic cartilage turns into bone. C) Hyaline cartilage turns into bone. D) Fibrocartilage turns into bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage turns into bone. 25. The inside of some bones is soft and spongy [ What is it called? ] A) Blood. B) Skull. C) Collar Bone. D) Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone Marrow. 26. Is sprains one of the skeletal disorder A) Yes. B) Umm. C) No. D) Not all sprains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 27. Moving a part away from the midline of the body. A) Abduction. B) Adduction. C) Inversion. D) Retraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abduction. 28. Ribs are examples of which classification of bones? A) Sesamoid. B) Short. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 29. Where would you find the ischium? A) Pelvic region. B) Chest cavity. C) Shoulder. D) Upper arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvic region. 30. A newborn baby has an S-shaped spinal curvature known as a primary curvature. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. In reference to the eyes the nose is A) Medial. B) Superior. C) Posterial. D) Inferior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inferior. 32. Skull comprises of 22 bones out of which 8 are found in the face region and 14 are found in the face region A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. Mature bone cells that help maintain the matrix (which includes calcium). A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes. 34. The chest is part of the ..... skeleton. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 35. Connective tissue that connects bones together at an articulation. A) Meniscus. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Synovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 36. What is the name of the bone in the lower arm? A) Tibia. B) Radius. C) Humerus. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 37. Many bones form from what? A) Bones. B) Cartilage. C) Bone tissue. D) Skin tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 38. Tendons, ligaments, and cartilage are examples of which type of tissue? A) Muscle. B) Connective. C) Epithelial. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connective. 39. Which type of bones protects our brain? A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Hand bone. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 40. How did Sidney's breath smell when she didn't brush her teeth? A) Like roses. B) Bad. C) Kind of like Mr. Stafford's breath. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad. 41. What sense do we need skin for? A) Touch. B) Hearing. C) Taste. D) Sight. E) Smelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Touch. 42. A function of bones A) Provide shape. B) Provide digestion. C) Provide food. D) Provide respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provide shape. 43. The central canal that carries blood vessels and nerves in the compact bone is the Haversian Canal A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Movement HINGE joint allows A) 360 degrees. B) Side to side. C) Forward to backward. D) Twisting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forward to backward. 45. Muscle tissue turns into bone A) Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). B) Botulism. C) IF. D) Cerebral palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). 46. What is it called when bone density decreases and bones become weaker? A) Myocardial infarction. B) Conjunctivitis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Mononucleosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 47. These bones are found in the skull, ribs and sternum. A) Flat. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 48. The structural unit that makes up compact bone is called the A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteon. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteon. 49. What is the correct term for:-path A) Specialist. B) Food. C) Pertaining to. D) Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disease. 50. The type of bone that houses red bone marrow A) Diaphysis. B) Endosteum. C) Periosteum. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 51. What connects one bone to another bone? A) Ligament. B) Muscle. C) Tendon. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 52. What disease can cause joints to swell and stiffen? A) Arthritis. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 53. Which of the following bones does NOT allow for protection? A) Vertebral column. B) Skull. C) Rib cage. D) Sternum. E) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Femur. 54. Doing bicep curls A) First Class Lever. B) Second Class Lever. C) Third Class Lever. D) All Types of Levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Class Lever. 55. Which two body systems work closely together to allow movement of the body? A) Skeletal and respiratory. B) Respiratory and circulatory. C) Circulatory and muscular. D) Skeletal and muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal and muscular. 56. What does the word 'structure' mean when dealing with systems? A) Shape of a system. B) Parts of a system. C) Name of a system. D) Job of a system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parts of a system. 57. .... is the organ that controls everything you do even when you are asleep. A) Brain. B) No. C) Spinal cord. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 58. A bone, like the femur or humerus, is classified as a(n): A) Ossified bone. B) Intramembranous bone. C) Compact bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long bone. 59. Production of blood cells A) Hematopoiesis. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematopoiesis. 60. The human feet have a total of ..... bones. A) 50. B) 54. C) 52. D) 56. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 52. ← 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