This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 78 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the canal which connects adjacent central canals? A) Walkman's. B) Volkswagen. C) Wolff's. D) Volkman's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volkman's. 2. What is the medical term for bent backwards? A) Lord/o. B) Maxilla/o. C) Ischi/o. D) Lumbar/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord/o. 3. Blood cells are made in the red bone marrow by a process called A) Osteoporosis. B) Hematoporosis. C) Osteogenesis. D) Hematosynthesis. E) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hematopoiesis. 4. Where are the smallest bones in our body located? A) Ears. B) Eyes. C) Fingers. D) Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ears. 5. The facial bones consist of how many bones? A) 7. B) 14. C) 28. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 6. Hamstrings muscle action A) Hip extension and knee flexion. B) Dorsiflexion. C) Plantar flexion. D) Shoulder abduction, extension and flexsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip extension and knee flexion. 7. The point which two bones come together is called a ..... A) Pivot. B) Joint. C) Ligament. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 8. Spongy bone is located A) In haversian canals. B) In compact bone. C) In the diaphysis of long bones. D) In the epiphysis of long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the epiphysis of long bones. 9. What is the hard part of the human skeleton? A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 10. The shoulder blade is a ..... bone. A) Long. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 11. A fracture in which the bone may be shattered into several pieces is what type of fracture? A) Comminuted. B) Greenstick. C) Spiral. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comminuted. 12. A place in the body where two or more bones come together is called a: A) Capillary. B) Compact bone. C) Joint. D) Smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 13. Identify bone number 4. A) Scapula. B) Patella. C) Sternum. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 14. The radius is the longest bone in the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. All synovial joints are A) You connected. B) Amphiartroses. C) Diarthroses. D) Synchondroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses. 16. Covers the actin and prevents the myosin head to attach to the actin (rope or strand shape). A) Tropomyosin. B) Myosin and actin. C) Calcium and Oxygen. D) Glycogen and hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropomyosin. 17. Two structural joints with no cavity A) Fibrous and cartilaginous. B) Fibrous and synovial. C) Synovial and cartilaginous. D) There is only one joint with no cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrous and cartilaginous. 18. Fibrocartilage (found in the knee) protects against stretch and pressure. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. A common disease is ....., which causes bones to weaken and become brittle A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 20. The longest single bone in your body A) Ribs. B) Tibia. C) Vertebral Column. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 21. Largest bone in the body A) Radius. B) Clavicle. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 22. What is the function of the bones in the spine? A) The function of the bones in the spine is to regulate body temperature. B) The function of the bones in the spine is to provide support, protect the spinal cord, and allow for movement and flexibility. C) The function of the bones in the spine is to produce red blood cells. D) The function of the bones in the spine is to store calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The function of the bones in the spine is to provide support, protect the spinal cord, and allow for movement and flexibility. 23. Your skeletal system helps store minerals, including calcium A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Bones that are approximately equal in length, width, and thickness. (Ex. carpals) A) Long. B) Flat. C) Short. D) Irregular. E) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short. 25. Your shoulder and hip are examples of what type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball-and-socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket. 26. Each movable joint has ..... sets of muscles A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 27. What type of joint allows the most movement to occur and is at the highest risk for injury? A) Gliding. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoidal. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket. 28. Osteoblasts perform what function? A) Maintain mature bone. B) Synthesis and Secret Muscles. C) Synthesis and Secrete Bone. D) Break down bone and deposit into blood stream for other bodily function. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesis and Secrete Bone. 29. Tennis elbow is an example of ..... A) Olecranonitis. B) Myelitis. C) Tendonitis. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendonitis. 30. Bone tissue that ..... any visible open space it's called compact bone. A) Does have. B) Doesn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't have. 31. Bone tissue is called A) Osseous tissue. B) Lacunae. C) Canaliculi. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osseous tissue. 32. What is the scientific name for the bones that run down the middle of your back? A) Spine. B) Vertebral Column. C) Vertebrae. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral Column. 33. What type of skeletons do humans have? A) Endoskeleton. B) Exoskeletons. C) Circulatory skeletons. D) Joint skeletons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endoskeleton. 34. The picture shows superior view of thoracic vertebrae. What is amain function of structure labelled "D" A) Site attachment of ribs. B) Provide support for body posture. C) Provide passage of spinal cord andmeninges. D) Site attachment for muscles and ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide passage of spinal cord andmeninges. 35. Match the Structures of a Typical Bone:B A) Osteons. B) Endosteum. C) Lamellae. D) Central Canal. E) Artery/Vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Canal. 36. Suture joints in the skull is known as what type of joint? A) Ball-and-socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assembly. 37. What bone protects your spin A) Vertebrae. B) Humerus. C) Backbone. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone. 38. Pentadactyl limbs are an evolutionary adaptation for tetrapod vertebrates, how many digits do these limbs have? A) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 39. Castrated male horse A) Mare. B) Stallion. C) Gelding. D) Colt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gelding. 40. What happens at the epiphyseal plate A) Bone absorption. B) Bone lengthening. C) Bone resorption. D) Bone widening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone lengthening. 41. What type of joint would you find in your hands and feet? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Sliding. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sliding. 42. Hollow region inside bone filled with yellow marrow A) Nutrient foramen. B) Articular cartilage. C) Spongy bone. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medullary cavity. 43. The bones that form the sides of the head in the ear region are the ..... bones. A) Parietal. B) Temporal. C) Ethmoid. D) Sphenoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal. 44. What two bones are located in the lower arm? A) Ulna & Tibia. B) Pipe & Radius. C) Ulna & Fibula. D) Ulna & Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulna & Radius. 45. How many bone types are there in the human body? A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 46. Muscles you CANNOT control (heart) A) Involuntary Muscle. B) Voluntary Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary Muscle. 47. Projections that hold the epidermis and dermis together A) Pacinian Corpuscles. B) Hypodermis. C) Melanocytes. D) Dermal Papillae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dermal Papillae. 48. The 5 bones of the palm are called: A) Thorax. B) Carpus. C) Talus. D) Metacarpus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metacarpus. 49. The union of bone and cartilage is called a ..... A) Symphysis. B) Organ. C) Joint. D) Fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 50. Prevents bones from grinding together A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 51. Which of the following is/are components of appendicular skeleton?(1) vertebral column(2) limb bones(3) limb girdles A) And (2) only. B) And (3) only. C) And (3) only. D) , (2) and (3). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And (3) only. 52. ..... = inflammation of the joints A) Osteoporosis. B) Tendinitis. C) Sprain. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthritis. 53. What is the term for the process of blood cell formation? A) Chondrocytosis. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematopoiesis. 54. Which of the following is FALSE about the picture? A) Consist of space that filled up with Redbone marrow. B) The strongest bone tissue that provideprotection to spongy bone. C) Contain central canals that have bloodvessels and nerve supply. D) It is a osteon, a basic unit of compactbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consist of space that filled up with Redbone marrow. 55. Which is not a job of your skeletal system? A) To protect. B) To store calcium. C) To support. D) To store glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To store glucose. 56. What is responsible for delivering oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from the body? A) Cell nucleus. B) Nervous tissue. C) Excretory system. D) Respiratory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory system. 57. Which type of cell breaks down bone tissue A) Osteoclast. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast. 58. Name these bones: A) Ulna and radius. B) Tibia and fibula. C) Humerus and clavicle. D) Atlas and axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulna and radius. 59. Cells that make up mature bone structure: A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteoblast. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocyte. 60. Which one of the following statements is accurate for the Appendicular Skeleton? A) Consists of 126 bones which are located at the extremities of the body. B) Consists of 100 bones which are located at the extremities of the body. C) Consists of 80 bones which are located in the upper central part of the body. D) Consists of 80 bones which are located at the extremities of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consists of 126 bones which are located at the extremities of the body. ← 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