This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 77 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 77 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:A pivot joint allows us to shake our head, "no." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The bands of tissue that connect bones to muscle? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Muscle. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 3. What joint is found in the elbow and knee? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 4. How does calcium enter the body? A) Breathing. B) Diet. C) Blood. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diet. 5. Arjun, Mia and Elijah are building a robot. They are discussing what the skeletal system provides for the body. Arjun thinks it provides minerals, Mia thinks it provides structure and support, Elijah thinks it provides circulation, and their teacher thinks it provides nervous system paths. Who is correct? A) Minerals. B) Structure and support. C) Circulation. D) Nervous system paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure and support. 6. Name the largest organ and the largest gland in the human body respectively A) Skin, Liver. B) Skin, Brain. C) Liver, Skin. D) Heart, Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin, Liver. 7. What is your pelvis shaped like? A) A spoon. B) A plate. C) A fork. D) A bowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bowl. 8. What is the name of the largest bone in the human body? A) Radius. B) Femur. C) Humor. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 9. What suffix means slipping? A) -hiss. B) -clasia. C) -blast. D) -listhesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -listhesis. 10. This bone is also called the kneecap. A) Pelvis. B) Scapula. C) Patella. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 11. Which is not a type of bone shape? A) Long. B) Compact. C) Flat. D) Short. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 12. The picture shows lateral view of soft spot of fetal skull. Name thebone labelled with '' A" A) Posterior fontanels. B) Anterolateral fontanelle. C) Posterior lateral fontanelle. D) Anterior fontanels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anterior fontanels. 13. Skull, vertebral column, and thorax A) Axial skeleton. B) Skeleton. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 14. Muscle fibres that run at an angle on both sides of a tendon A) Fusiform, designed for power. B) Uni-pennate, large mobility. C) Bi-pennate, not much mobility. D) Multi-pennate, designed for power and strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bi-pennate, not much mobility. 15. Bone cells that liquefy or dissolve bone matrix and release calcium to the blood are called ..... A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteobytes. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts. 16. The term for a broken bone A) Break. B) Fracture. C) Injury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 17. Large hollow cylinder in the middle of the osteon A) Lacunae. B) Canals. C) Lamellae. D) Central Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Canal. 18. One of the Roles of the Skeletal System A) Send electrical signals. B) Protect the organs. C) Fight disease. D) Exchange gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect the organs. 19. What type of skeleton do earthworms have? A) Bony skeleton. B) Exoskeleton. C) Endoskeleton. D) Hydrostatic skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrostatic skeleton. 20. The female ..... is also different from that of males in order to facilitate childbirth. A) Humerus. B) Backbone. C) Pelvis. D) Ribcage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 21. These bones with specific shapes; bones of the ear, vertebrae, and face. A) Long Bones. B) Irregular Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular Bones. 22. It includes all the bones attached to the central framework of the human body. A) Axial Skeleton. B) Appendicular Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton. 23. The joints of the cranium. A) Fontanels. B) Sinuses. C) Foramina. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sutures. 24. Living bone cells are called ..... A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes. 25. When we breathe in, oxygen will enter A) Heart. B) Peparu. C) Blood vessels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peparu. 26. How do bones support the body? A) By aiding in digestion. B) By providing structural support and protection for the body's organs and tissues. C) By producing red and white blood cells. D) By regulating body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By providing structural support and protection for the body's organs and tissues. 27. Children have more ..... marrow than ..... marrow A) Red, yellow. B) Yellow, red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red, yellow. 28. The two bones of the lower arm are, A) Tibia and fibula. B) Femur and humerus. C) Radius and ulna. D) Humerus and radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius and ulna. 29. Which gland is stimulated in the event where calcium levels are not in equilibrium. A) Parathyroid. B) Thyroid. C) Pineal. D) Hypothalmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parathyroid. 30. What is true about bones? A) Bones are very strong and lightweight. B) Concrete can absorb more force without breaking than the bone can. C) Bones make up over half of an adult's body weight. D) Bones are hard because they contain minerals. E) Two answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Two answers are correct. 31. Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally. A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 32. Inflammation of the joints; there are at least 20 different types: A) Dislocation. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Arthritis. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthritis. 33. What are the smallest bone in the body? A) Femur and fibula. B) Radius and clavicle. C) Ossicles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossicles. 34. Blood cell formation: A) Ossification. B) Hemostasis. C) Hemophilia. D) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hematopoiesis. 35. Which label is the spongy bone? A) D. B) A. C) E. D) C. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) E. 36. Which of the following would NOT be true if a body had no skeleton A) No shape. B) No protection for vital organs. C) No cells. D) No ability to move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No cells. 37. Which body system stores calcium, supports and protect other organs and makes blood cells for the body? A) Skeletal. B) Respiratory. C) Digestive. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 38. A disease of the skeletal system that is characterized by weak, brittle, and deteriorated bones is ..... A) Fibromyalgia tagsSAP2. B) Arthritis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Psoriasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 39. A butterfly has how many eyes? A) 14. B) 12. C) 16. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 40. Includes all of the cranial bones except the mandible A) Viscerocranium. B) Neurocranium. C) Cranium. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 41. The wrist and hand has how many bones? A) 10. B) 27. C) 102. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 27. 42. Which of the following is not an example of a fibrous joint? A) Symphyses. B) Sutures. C) Connection. D) Gomphoses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symphyses. 43. The connection between two bones is called ..... A) A bridge. B) A joint. C) A link. D) A connector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A joint. 44. Which of the following means "the framework of bones that the head and face are part of?" A) Ligament. B) Bone. C) Sternum. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 45. Where do you find immovable joints? A) Fingers. B) Cranium. C) Elbow. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 46. The ..... is the breastbone A) Scapula. B) Sternum. C) Clavicle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternum. 47. Broken bone in which the appendage gets twisted and breaks ..... A) Spiral Fracture. B) Closed or Simple Fracture. C) Compound Fracture. D) Greenstick Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiral Fracture. 48. What type of joint is the knee? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 49. Last one ..... hard dense bones that provide strength structures and mobility A) Diaphysis. B) I dont know. C) Long bone structures. D) Metaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bone structures. 50. Tough, Flexible connective tissue A) Joint. B) Marrow. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 51. The type of bone cell that is responsible for producing new bone tissue is a(n): A) Chondroblast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoblast. 52. What is an injury where a ligament is stretched too far in a joint? A) Sprain. B) Ligament. C) Fracture. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sprain. 53. One who studies and and practices A) -ostomy. B) -orrhexis. C) -ologist. D) -logy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ologist. 54. What is another word for tail bone A) Tail. B) Smell. C) But. D) Coccyx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coccyx. 55. Which Function of the skeleton allows us to stand, sit and stay firm? A) Skeleton gives much needed support. B) Skeleton protects internal organ. C) Skeleton allows body movement. D) Skeleton produces blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeleton gives much needed support. 56. What are the characteristics of an irregular bone: A) Long & thin. B) Cube-like shape. C) Broad surface. D) Odd, uncommon shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odd, uncommon shape. 57. What is the function of gliding joint? A) It allows to move our head upward, downward and sideways. B) It allows the bones to move smoothly against each other. C) It allows the bone to move only back and forth. D) It allows the bones to move in all directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It allows the bones to move smoothly against each other. 58. Which type of muscle is striated in appearance and has multiple nuclei? A) Smooth. B) Rough. C) Skeletal. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 59. Bones support the body. What pulls and pushes on bones to move them? A) Skin. B) Blood. C) Nerves. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles. 60. The lower jaw bone is the mandible A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. ← 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