This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 80 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 80 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is a tough, flexible tissue that provides cushion for bones and can be found in the ear A) Tendon. B) Joint. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 2. A joint is a place where two or more bones meet A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What type of bone tissue is porous and contains red bone marrow? A) Compact. B) Medullary. C) Spongy. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy. 4. ..... are the wrist bones A) Carpals. B) Phalanges. C) Tarsals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals. 5. The larger bone on our lower leg is called the A) Fibula. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia. 6. How many bones are present in the human vertebrae A) 10. B) 33. C) 60. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 7. Bone has 3 characteristics: A) Bone tissue, blood vessels, and nerves. B) Strength, growth, and development. C) Compact, spongy, and marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strength, growth, and development. 8. What is a mineral that helps your bones grow and stay strong? A) Oxygen. B) Zinc. C) Iron. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 9. VERTEBRAE (SPINE) A) Long. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. E) Flatt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 10. Which of the following is NOT a part of the bone damage repair process? A) Hematoma forms due to hemorrhaged blood clots. B) Fibrocartilaginous callus forms that connects the broken ends. C) Osteoblasts form spongy bone tissue. D) Osteoclasts form compact bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts form compact bone tissue. 11. Protects the knee joint A) Fibula. B) Arrive. C) Pelvis. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 12. The virtually useless last for fused vertebrae in the spinal column. A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Sacred. D) Coccyx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coccyx. 13. Which feature of the synovial joint covers the ends of the bones? A) Articular cartilage. B) Meniscus. C) Synovial membrane. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 14. The integumentary system is our skin, hair, and nails A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Your knee is an example of this type of joint A) Pivot. B) Ball-and-socket. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 16. Spongy bone is made up of crisscrossing branches called A) Lamellae. B) Beams. C) Canaliculi. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 17. The muscle of the neck that lowers and rotates the head is the? A) Masseter. B) Temporalis. C) Sternocleidomastoideus. D) Aponeurosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternocleidomastoideus. 18. What is the role of cartilage in the skeletal system? A) Breathing and respiration. B) Vision and hearing. C) Digestion and absorption. D) Support and flexibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support and flexibility. 19. Muscles can not push they can only A) Pull. B) Stand. C) Expand. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pull. 20. The skeletal system is responsible for storing minerals? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Bone matrix forming cells: A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteogenic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 22. At birth, your skeleton was made up of ..... bones A) A greater number of. B) The same number of. C) A smaller number of. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A greater number of. 23. Type of fracture-breaks into many pieces A) Greenstick. B) Comminuted. C) Transverse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comminuted. 24. The name of the part of human skeletal based on the picture is ..... A) Limbs. B) Skull. C) Body skeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limbs. 25. Disease that makes your bones thin, brittle, and easy to break; related to the loss of bone mass that is natural in aging A) Rickets. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Rheumatoid Arthritis. E) Osteopenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 26. From the following which animal can move without bones? A) Snail. B) Earthworm. C) Cockroach. D) Birds. E) Both snail and earthworm. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both snail and earthworm. 27. ..... is the Bony structure of the head that surround the brain and gives the head its shape A) Backbone. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 28. The Sagittal plane is ..... A) A vertical plane that extends from front to back dividing the body into left and right segments. B) A vertical plane that extends from side-to-side dividing the body into anterior and posterior (front and back) portions. C) A vertical plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A vertical plane that extends from front to back dividing the body into left and right segments. 29. During bone reconstruction, osteoblasts ..... the bone while osteoclasts ..... the bone A) Build; break down. B) Break down; build. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Build; break down. 30. What part of the skeletal system is where two bones meet? A) Joint. B) Skeleton. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 31. This bone is not attached to any other bone. It plays a vital role in speech, chewing, and swallowing. A) Sutures. B) Hyoid. C) Fontanelles. D) The Great Hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyoid. 32. Around how many ligaments are there in a body? A) 230. B) 900. C) 2000. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 900. 33. Which of the following means "a group of related things or parts that work together as a whole?" A) Marrow. B) Support. C) System. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) System. 34. The skeleton system has ..... bones. A) 20. B) 3, 000. C) 150. D) 210. E) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 206. 35. What are the bones in the chest that protect your heart and lungs? A) Phalanges. B) Vertebrae. C) Teeth. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs. 36. Which type of joint makes up most joints in the body? A) Skeletal. B) Synovial. C) Fibrous. D) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial. 37. What is the name used for the frog to hop and swim? A) Foreleg. B) Hind Leg. C) Webbed Toes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hind Leg. 38. Children have more bones than adults A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Fully mobile joint ..... like your shoulder A) You got it together. B) Diarthroses. C) Amphiarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarthroses. 40. A longest bone in upper leg is called A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 41. The vertebrae are ..... A) Irregular Bones. B) Flat Bones. C) Short Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular Bones. 42. This is a disorder where the bone reabsorption is faster than bone deposit. A) Osteoblast. B) Ossification. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 43. The elbow and knee are examples of ..... A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 44. Which of the following sutures bind 2 parietal with occipital bone? A) Sagittal suture. B) Lambdoid suture. C) Coronal suture. D) Squamous suture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lambdoid suture. 45. The backbone is made up of ..... bones A) 33. B) 34. C) 13. D) 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 46. Which of the following words from the text help you determine the meaning of the word cartilage? A) Firm tissue. B) Primary purpose. C) Bones and joints. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firm tissue. 47. Forms red blood cells. A) Compact Bone. B) Red marrow. C) Yellow marrow. D) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red marrow. 48. I am a muscle attached to a bone. I am a voluntary muscle. I appear striped under the microscope. What kind of muscle am I? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Memory. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 49. Trapezius muscle action A) Scapula elevation. B) Elbow flexion. C) Elbow extention. D) Shoulder flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula elevation. 50. Study of Joints called A) Arthrology. B) Physiology. C) Anatomy. D) Anthrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthrology. 51. Standing on your toes A) First Class Lever. B) Second Class Lever. C) Third Class Lever. D) All Types of Levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second Class Lever. 52. One function of the skeletal system is ..... especially in regards to the vital organs, such as the brain, heart, and lungs. A) Protection. B) Storage. C) Synthesis. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. 53. Ca2+ released by sarcoplasmic reticulum will bind to A) Tropomyosin. B) Myosin. C) Troponin. D) Actin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troponin. 54. Which of the following is not a type of bone? A) Flat. B) Long. C) Square. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Square. 55. Where does the joints occur? A) "Occurs between five or more bones". B) "Occurs between two or more bones". C) "Occurs between six or more bones". D) "Occurs between fifteen or more bones". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Occurs between two or more bones". 56. Allow bones to glide over one another A) Pivotal joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint. 57. The femur is an example of a: A) Flat bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Long bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long bone. 58. The tibia is an example of a/a: A) Long bone. B) Axial bone. C) Short bone. D) Flat bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bone. 59. Which part of joint helps us to turn and rotate our head? A) At the shoulders. B) At the hips. C) At the knee. D) At the neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the neck. 60. What is the main mineral in bones? A) Zinc. B) Vitamin C. C) Vitamin B. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. ← 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