This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 76 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the big bone in the lower leg called? A) Fibula. B) Radius. C) Ulna. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia. 2. An example of a sesamoid bone is the A) Femur. B) Patella. C) Ilium. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 3. How many metatarsals form the palm of the hand? A) 8 metatarsals. B) 10 metatarsals. C) 7 metatarsals. D) 5 metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 metatarsals. 4. Breastbone; flat, elongated bone that protects the heart and lungs A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Rib. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 5. What kind of joint is the Thumb joint? A) Saddle. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saddle. 6. This system provides the shape and form of our body. A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Skeletal system. C) Sensory nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system. 7. Which of the following structures connects bones to bones? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Joints. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 8. Joint present in the shoulder A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 9. In anatomical position, the thumb is located where in relation to the fingers? A) Lateral. B) Medial. C) Proximal. D) Distal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lateral. 10. Which of these word roots indicates bone? A) "chondr". B) "ligament". C) "cheese". D) "arthur". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "cheese". 11. The tough, double-membrane found outside a bone, containing osteoblasts and osteoclasts is called the ..... A) Periosteum. B) Haversian layer. C) Plasma membrane. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 12. Turning your head from side to side uses what type of joint? A) Saddle. B) Ball and socket. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. E) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 13. Your hip bone is also known as your ..... A) Radius. B) Pelvis. C) Femur. D) Waist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 14. The knee belongs to the ....., which assists with movement. A) Tendons. B) Appendicular Skeleton. C) Skeletal System. D) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton. 15. Match the example to the job:You can run and jump because your muscles pull on 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: E) Helps you move (with muscles). 16. What does the prefix 'patella(a/o)' mean? A) Blood. B) Kneecap. C) Air. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kneecap. 17. True or false:Dairy milk is the only source of calcium outside of the body A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 18. Ribs that attach directly to the sternum? A) True ribs. B) False ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True ribs. 19. Size principle = ..... of motor units begins with ..... motor units and build to ..... motor units A) Recruitment, smaller, larger. B) Recruitment, larger, smaller. C) Threshold, smaller, larger. D) Threshold, larger, smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recruitment, smaller, larger. 20. What animal does this skeleton belong to? A) Bat. B) Toad. C) Bird. D) Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toad. 21. The hardest and strongest type of bone A) Spongy bone. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Red bone marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact bone. 22. Identify the correct sequence of organization below. A) Tissues-Cells-Organs-Organ systems-Organisms. B) Cells-Organisms-organ systems-Tissues-Organs. C) Organs-Organ Systems-Organisms-Organs-Cells. D) Cells-Tissues-Organs-Organ Systems-Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cells-Tissues-Organs-Organ Systems-Organisms. 23. What is the structure that lines the medullary canal? A) Ligaments. B) Periosteum. C) Cartilage. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosteum. 24. The joint in our neck is the ..... A) Fixed joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball-and-socket joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot joint. 25. This joint allows movement in 360 degree motion A) Hinge. B) Immoveable. C) Ball and socket. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 26. The smallest bone in our body is ..... A) Femur. B) Backbone. C) Arms. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stapes. 27. An adult human body has ..... bones of different sizes and shapes. A) 300. B) 206. C) 260. D) 333. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 28. Muscle receive their ability to move through A) Muscular system. B) Lymphatic system. C) Nervous system. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 29. What is the medical term for a bone cell? A) Melanocyte. B) Fibrocyte. C) Chondrocyte. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocyte. 30. The picture shows anterior view of skull. Name the bone labelledwith '' B" A) Jaw bone. B) Vomer bone. C) Frontal bone. D) Good jaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good jaws. 31. What substance provides strength and resilience to bones, and is found within the extracellular matrix of bone? A) Cartilage. B) Calcium. C) Collagen. D) Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 32. Which of the following connects bone to bone? A) Marrow. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 33. This attaches your muscle to bone A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Aponeurosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 34. Muscle type found in organs, are involuntary A) Skeletal. B) Rough. C) Cardiac. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smooth. 35. Broken bone in which the bone pokes through the skin ..... A) Spiral Fracture. B) Greenstick Fracture. C) Closed or Simple Fracture. D) Compound Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound Fracture. 36. Your skeleton..... A) Continues to get weaker as you get older. B) Keeps you from getting sick. C) Gives you shape, keeps you upright, and helps us move around and do things. D) Is NOT important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives you shape, keeps you upright, and helps us move around and do things. 37. Light and Dark bands give skeletal muscle their striped appearance. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. How many bones do you have as a baby? A) 300. B) 200. C) 301. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 39. The spine is made of ring shaped bones that protect the ..... A) Spinal Cord. B) Liver. C) Brain. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 40. Fracture that is a horizontal break A) Avulsion. B) Oblique. C) Greenstick. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transverse. 41. Which is not a direct factor in bone repair? A) Stress level. B) Nutrition. C) Exercise. D) Proper hormone secretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress level. 42. What is the name of the two lower leg bones? A) Humerus and radius. B) Radius and ulna. C) Femur and tibia. D) Tibia and fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia and fibula. 43. Which part of the body does the 'Axial' category include? A) Arms and Legs. B) Head and Trunk. C) Hands and Feet. D) Shoulders and Hips. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Head and Trunk. 44. An arthroscope allows the surgeon to directly visualize a muscle. The muscles around he knee and shoulder are most often evaluated. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 45. The diagram shows a macroscopic structure of a long bone. Name Y. A) Periosteum. B) Spongy bone. C) Medullary cavity. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary cavity. 46. Giraffes have the same neck vertebrae as? A) Horses. B) Cats. C) Humans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans. 47. Provides framework that supports body structures and gives shape to the body A) Support function. B) Protection function. C) Movement function. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support function. 48. Red bone marrow, location A) Found in the spongy bone of the sternum, ribs, vertebrae, and pelvis, as well as in the cavities of long bones of infants and children. B) Found in the central cavitiesof long bones, especially inadults. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found in the spongy bone of the sternum, ribs, vertebrae, and pelvis, as well as in the cavities of long bones of infants and children. 49. Bones contain a fiber-like protein. A) Collagen. B) Sutures. C) Joint. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collagen. 50. ..... are the cushioning tissues in joints. A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Muscles. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 51. What is the part of the skeleton that is along the axis of the body? A) Appendage. B) Axial. C) Appendicular. D) Appendix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial. 52. The part of your bone surrounding the medullary cavity is called ..... A) Compact bone. B) Epiphysis. C) Marrow. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 53. An immovable joint, such as skull sutures. A) Amphiarthrodial. B) Diarthrodial. C) Synovial. D) Joint distr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint distr. 54. This type of bone shape is usually thin and curved. Examples include our skull, ribs, and sternum. A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Dense. D) Short. E) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Flat. 55. What two Systems work together to allow us to work out? A) The skeletal system lifts the weight and the digestive helps me sweat. B) The mucular system lifts the weights while the integumentary system cools my body by sweating. C) The skeletal system to cool off and the integumentary system to lift the weights. D) I use them all for everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mucular system lifts the weights while the integumentary system cools my body by sweating. 56. Which of the following classification of bones are typically are cube-shaped? The carpals and the tarsals are example of this. A) Irregular Bones. B) Long Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short Bones. 57. Physician that specializes in treating the foot A) Neurologist. B) Dentist. C) Family physician. D) Podiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Podiatrist. 58. The continuous breakdown and reforming of bone tissue is called ..... A) Remodeling. B) Rehabituation. C) Rebuilding. D) Renewal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remodeling. 59. This is an autoimmune disorder that causes painful, stiff joints that become deformed: A) Whiplash. B) Arthritis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rheumatoid arthritis. 60. Connective tissue bands; help hold long bones together at joints A) Amphiarthrosis. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. ← 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