This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 75 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Inflammation of the intervertebral disk. A) Muscular dystrophy. B) Assembly. C) Arthroscopy. D) You learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You learn. 2. What is the function of Ligament A) Not related to bone. B) Attache nerve to bone. C) Attach muscle to bone. D) Attache bone to bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attache bone to bone. 3. Functions as fat storage area. It is chiefly composed of fat cells and is located in the medullary cavity. A) Brown bone marrow. B) Red bone marrow. C) Green bone marrow. D) Yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow bone marrow. 4. Which bone is shown in the above image? A) The bone of a leg. B) The bone of a arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bone of a leg. 5. What is an immovable joint? A) Skull. B) Finger. C) Elbow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 6. When muscles relax and return to there original shape what characteristic of muscle is being demonstrated? A) Elasticity. B) Contractibility. C) Extensibility. D) Irritability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elasticity. 7. How many bones make up the lumbar spine? A) 7. B) 6. C) 5. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 8. Which one of these IS a function of the skeletal system A) Vitamin D production. B) Fat storage. C) Movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 9. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "The bones of the skeletal system serve as points of attachment for muscles, which then pull on the bones to produce the body's movement." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 10. The largest bone in your body located at your thigh A) Ulna. B) Clavicle. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 11. An example of an irregular bone within the human skeleton is: A) Vertebra. B) Scapula. C) Humerous. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebra. 12. What does the appendicular skeleton consist of? A) Bones of the ribs, neck bone, and skull. B) Bones of the arms and legs. C) Bones of the legs, hips, and skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones of the arms and legs. 13. Where does the bone get its nutrients? A) Calcium. B) Red marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteries. 14. What is a bursae? A) Large sacs of fluid located in joints. B) Small fluid filled sacs located in and around joints. C) Tough fibrous tissue in joints. D) Inelastic bands of supportive tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small fluid filled sacs located in and around joints. 15. Where are three places you can find cartilage? A) Nose, tongue and eyes. B) Nose, ears and joints. C) Fingernails, lips and eyes. D) Skin, eyes and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose, ears and joints. 16. Benjamin, Mia, and Charlotte are having a debate about the number of vertebrae in the neck. Can you help them settle the argument? A) 7. B) 12. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 17. Ligaments hold bones in alignment to allow for ..... A) Blood flow. B) Movement. C) Cushioning of bones. D) Air circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement. 18. The creation of bone by osteoblasts is known as? A) Hardifiication. B) Ossification. C) Fibrosis. D) Bonafide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 19. Protects the end of bones A) Periosteum. B) Compact bone. C) Cartilage. D) Marrow. E) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 20. Within diaphysis, contains bone marrow A) Periosteum. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary Cartilage. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary Cartilage. 21. Your fingertips and toes A) Clavicle. B) Mandible. C) Phalanges. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 22. Which term means an inflammation of a bone? A) Osteitis. B) Osteomalacia. C) Osteonecrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteitis. 23. ..... is a protein found within the connective tissue of bones which gives them a certain degree of flexibility. A) Collagen. B) Cartilage. C) Red Marrow. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collagen. 24. Choose the correct answer:Finger Tips A) Frontal bone. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Phalanges. E) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 25. Which of the following is not found associated with spongy bone? A) Osteons. B) Beams. C) Osteocytes. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteons. 26. How long is an adult's small intestine? A) 30 miles. B) 17 feet. C) 30 inches. D) 22 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22 feet. 27. The cartilage at the end of a long bone is known as A) Elastic. B) Articular. C) Fibrous. D) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular. 28. What is the first step in bone healing? A) A bony callus forms. B) A hematoma forms. C) A fibrocartilage callus forms. D) An epiphyseal line forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hematoma forms. 29. Where are osteocytes located? A) In the canaliculi. B) In the lacuna. C) In the periosteum. D) In the medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the lacuna. 30. How do the Skeletal system works? A) For protection. B) For giving Body shape. C) For movement. D) For protection, movement, production of red blood cells and giving body shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For protection, movement, production of red blood cells and giving body shape. 31. What part of the body contains a pivot joint? A) Finger. B) Neck. C) Shoulder. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neck. 32. A chronic autoimmune disease of joints: A) Gout. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid arthritis. 33. The union of the manubrium and body of the sternum is an important clinical landmark of the chest and is called the ..... A) Bicipital groove. B) A dish. C) Sternal angle. D) Fibular head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternal angle. 34. A place where two or more bones meet is called a A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Joint. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 35. What does the term 'scope' mean? A) Instrument for viewing. B) Tumor, mass. C) Like, resembling. D) Inflammation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instrument for viewing. 36. The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are found where in the body? A) Nose. B) Foot. C) Ear. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ear. 37. Calcitonin decreases calcium in the blood while Parathyroid hormone works antagonistically. What is the function of PTH (Parathyroid Hormone)? A) To build up bones. B) To break down bones to release calcium into the blood. C) To increase the amount of calcium in the blood so that it is available for the bones. D) To decrease the amount of calcium in the blood so that it is available for the bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To increase the amount of calcium in the blood so that it is available for the bones. 38. Your skeleton is divided into two parts A) Appendicular and axial skeleton. B) Appendicular and external skeleton. C) Axial and radial skeleton. D) Ventral and dorsal skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular and axial skeleton. 39. What is the largest bone of your face? A) Mandible. B) Cranium. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 40. Which type of joint is found in the knee and elbow? A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 41. What is the second stage of bone growth and repair? A) Hematoma Formation. B) Bone Generation. C) Bony Callus Formation. D) Bone Remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone Generation. 42. What stops bones from rubbing together? A) Cartilage. B) Joint. C) Tendon. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 43. What are the 4 tupes of bones? A) The four types of bones are long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones. B) The four types of bones are upper bones, lower bones, middle bones, and side bones. C) The four types of bones are big bones, small bones, wide bones, and narrow bones. D) The four types of bones are long bones, short bones, round bones, and square bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The four types of bones are long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones. 44. What is the name of the long bone in the top part of the leg? A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Femur. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 45. The outside of the hollow part of a long bone where marrow is stored is called the A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Spongy Bone. E) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Compact Bone. 46. Examples of a hinge joint are the elbow and knee. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Which pair of joints has the most in common? A) Your ankle joints and your shoulder joints. B) The joints in your spine and your hip joints. C) Your elbow joints and your knee joints. D) Your wrist joints and your shoulder joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your ankle joints and your shoulder joints. 48. Do you have more bones as a baby or an adult? A) Baby. B) Adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baby. 49. I am the smaller body parts that are attached to the main body, things that are attached to or are a part of, a more significant or important thing ..... What an I? A) Dairy. B) Appendages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendages. 50. Name the main muscle in the front of the arm A) Trapezius. B) Deltoid. C) Hamstring. D) Bicep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bicep. 51. The bone marrow contains embryonic stem cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Babies have fewer bones compared to adults. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. The circulatory system works directly with the ..... to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body. A) Endocrine. B) Excretory. C) Nervous. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory. 54. Where do you find your saddle joint? A) Arms. B) Thumb. C) Neck. D) Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thumb. 55. Which of the following structures connects muscle to bones? A) Ligaments. B) Fascia. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 56. What are the three main functions of your skeleton? A) Movement, Protection and Balance. B) Movement, Protection and Support. C) Protection, Coordination and Balance. D) Movement, Balance and Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement, Protection and Support. 57. A common term for chronic inflammation of a joint is ..... A) Scoliosis. B) Arthritis. C) Fracture. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthritis. 58. There are eight ..... in each wrist, five ..... in each palm, three phalanges in each finger, and two phalanges in each thumb. A) Tarsals/ metatarsals. B) Tarsals/ metacarpals. C) Carpals/ metacarpals. D) Carpals / metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals/ metacarpals. 59. Which of these planes is known as the midline and divides the body into equal right and left halves? A) "Transverse". B) "Midsagittal". C) "Frontal". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Midsagittal". 60. Which of the following bone cells are mobile cells which secrete extracellular matrix. A) Osteocytes. B) Osteons. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. 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