This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 79 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Osteoprogenitor cells divide and differentiate into..... A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 2. What is the technical name for the skull? A) Fibula. B) Cranium. C) Head. D) Ilium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 3. "Bones in the joint are shaped so that movement is only possible in one direction" defines which joint? A) Hinge. B) Saddle. C) Condyloid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 4. End of one bone fits into cup like structure of another bone (ex. shoulder or hips) A) Immovable joints. B) Pivot joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) Hinge joints. E) Gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joints. 5. Membrane that lines the outside of long bones and promotes growth. A) Periosteum. B) Endosteum. C) Red marrow. D) Yellow marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 6. Vertebrae bones fall into the category of A) Irregular bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular bones. 7. True or False:Muscles can respond to signals from the brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. When skeletal muscles contract or relax they move A) Bones. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 9. Where two or more bones in the body come together: A) Joints. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 10. Wall of diaphysis, solid, and strong A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone. 11. List the correct order of the layers of skin starting from the outside. A) Epidermis, Hypodermis, Dermis. B) Dermis, Epidermis, Hypodermis. C) Hypodermis, Dermis, Epidermis. D) Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis. 12. I am the inner, larger bone of the forearm. A) Ribs. B) Ulna. C) Cranium. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 13. There are 3 functional joints. What are they? A) Synarthrosis, Amphiarthroses, and Diarthrosis. B) Synarthrosis, Cartilaginous, Diarthrosis. C) Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synartharthrosis. D) Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synarthrosis, Amphiarthroses, and Diarthrosis. 14. What part of the skeletal system acts like a shield for our heart and lungs? A) The femur. B) The ribs. C) The spinal column. D) The ellipsoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ribs. 15. What do our joints do A) Make us sleep. B) Where our cells meet. C) Where our bones meet. D) Where our muscles meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where our bones meet. 16. What is the contraction phase of a hearbeat called? A) Systole. B) Sinoatrial. C) Diastole. D) Atrioventricular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Systole. 17. A buildup of uric crystals cause this disease A) Gout. B) Rickets. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gout. 18. The ribs would be classified as: A) Irregular bones. B) Short bones. C) Long bones. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat bones. 19. Blood cells are produced from A) Osteocytes. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Osteon systems. D) Red bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red bone marrow. 20. Center part of the skeleton consisting on rib cage, skull, vertebral column. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Axis. D) Appendix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 21. A ..... occurs when a joint comes apart and stays apart with the bone ends no longer in contact. A) Fracture. B) Strain. C) Dislocation. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dislocation. 22. How many bones make up the coxa? A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 23. Your bones are alive because they grow and change along with us. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Major functions of the skeletal system are A) Shape. B) Support. C) Protection. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 25. It is a small tubular structure of the skin that produce sweat found in the dermis and goes out of the skin pores. A) Dermis. B) Hair folicle. C) Sweat gland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweat gland. 26. A moveable joint that has a capsule with fluid. A) Meniscus. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Synovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synovial. 27. Cartilage is found at the end of bones and act as a shock absorber. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. How many cells come from the bone marrow per second? A) 2 million. B) 5 million. C) 15 million. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 million. 29. What is the largest tendon in the body? A) Hamstring Tendon. B) Abdominal Tendon. C) Patellar Tendon. D) Achilles Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles Tendon. 30. Which muscles do you use to throw a ball? A) Triceps and biceps muscles. B) Stomach muscles. C) Calf muscles. D) Neck muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triceps and biceps muscles. 31. Which of the following is part of the Hand? A) TIBIA. B) Carpals. C) Sternum. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpals. 32. What organelle in a plant cell acts similar to the bones in the skeletal system? A) Nucleus. B) Cell membrane. C) Cell wall. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell wall. 33. What is a bone fracture called when the bone doesn't completely break? A) An open fracture. B) A greenstick fracture. C) A comminuted fracture. D) A spiral fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A greenstick fracture. 34. What type of blood cells supply bone cells with nutrients? A) Arteries. B) Platelets. C) Bone Marrow. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries. 35. Tough, tight-fitting membrane covering surface of bone A) Cardiac muscle. B) Involuntary muscle. C) Ligaments. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 36. The bones in the body gives our body its shape and support it. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 37. Which of the following structures are spaces in the body where 2 or more bones connect? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 38. The upper arm bone A) Carpals. B) Shoulder. C) Ulna. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 39. The back bone is made up of ..... small ring like bones. A) 30. B) 32. C) 33. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 40. Ligaments attach bone to- A) Muscle. B) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone. 41. How many muscles do we have? A) 550. B) 750. C) 650. D) 450. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 650. 42. Ulna and radius are lower limbs A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 43. To the son/daughter A) Ulna (middle lower arm bone). B) Synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon. C) Pole or stake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon. 44. Which of these is the type of joint found in the knee? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 45. Which of the following best describes:Synchondroses A) Articulations which are characterized as joints which connect bone through hyaline cartilage. B) Articulations which are characterized as joints which connect bone through Fibrocartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulations which are characterized as joints which connect bone through hyaline cartilage. 46. What type of joint produces a rotational movement? A) Pivot. B) Ellipsoidal. C) Gliding. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot. 47. Name "a" (the end of the bone) A) Epiphysis. B) Medullary Cavity. C) Articular Cartilage. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis. 48. What is the name of the thick myofilaments? A) Myoglobin. B) Actin. C) Titan. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myosin. 49. Another name for the hip bone is? A) Radius. B) Pelvis. C) Vertebrae. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 50. You have more bones as an adult than when you are a baby. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. Which is the bone from which the upper is made? A) Stirrup. B) Hammer. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 52. The main function of the skeleton is to A) Create a new generation of humans. B) Create movement for the body. C) Provide a framework, shape, and support for the body. D) Breakdown food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide a framework, shape, and support for the body. 53. Viewing inside of a joint A) Arthroscopy. B) Arthritis. C) Osteoclassis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthroscopy. 54. The tail bone is also known as A) Coccyx. B) To take. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx. 55. Collagen is a protein that gives flexibility. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 56. ..... is the process of organisms remaining internally balanced even when conditions change. A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular Respiration. C) Movement. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis. 57. A tendon connects muscle to muscle A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. The metacarpal bones are located on the A) Appendicular skeleton. B) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular skeleton. 59. Which set of bones is in your back and holds up your body? A) Joint. B) Backbone. C) Skull. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone. 60. 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