This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 81 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Immobile joints: A) Amphiarthrosis. B) Synarthroses. C) Diarthroses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synarthroses. 2. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "Bones are responsible for producing a large portion of the body's blood cells." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Blood Cell Production. 3. During a routine school checkup, it is noted that Marcia's spine is curved fro side to side. This is called ..... A) Kyphosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Lumbar. D) Lordosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis. 4. These are joints that move slightly. A) Amphiarthrosis. B) Diarthrosis. C) Myoarthrosis. D) Synarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphiarthrosis. 5. The number of adult bones is about ..... bones. A) 300. B) 206. C) 400. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 6. Thin membrane that covers the surface of the bone. A) Periosteum. B) Spongy bone. C) Compct bone. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 7. Bones protect our organs A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Which of the following is an example of a second class lever? A) Head & Neck joint. B) Ankle joint. C) Elbow joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ankle joint. 9. What is the scientific name for the breastbone? A) Humerus. B) Mandible. C) Pelvis. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sternum. 10. Q-The longest bone of our body is ..... A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Scapula. D) Carpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 11. Abnormal condition of bone death (lack of blood supply). A) Bursitis. B) Osteonecrosis. C) Synovectomy. D) Lordosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteonecrosis. 12. Fractures that are most commonly seen in children/toddlers are: A) Comminuted. B) Compound. C) Dislocation. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenstick. 13. What connects bones to help them move? A) Joints. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 14. Nora, Charlotte, and Abigail are playing a trivia game about the human body. They come across a question:How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region? A) 12. B) 20. C) 10. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 15. Name of the bones in the palm. A) Metatarsals. B) Tarsals. C) Phalanges. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 16. The axial skeleton includes A) Carpal bones. B) Pelvis, thigh, tibia. C) Scapula, shoulder, radius. D) Skull, vertebrae, ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull, vertebrae, ribs. 17. Iris was recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia (a cancer that affects the bone marrow). Her doctors have told her that part of her treatment may include a bone marrow transplant. Why would this be necessary? A) Her bones break easily and cause internal bleeding. B) Bone marrow produces blood cells. C) All cancers make transfusions necessary. D) Extra blood is needed to fight any type of cancer tagsSAP2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow produces blood cells. 18. Blood cells produced from within the bone are called A) Yellow marrow. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteon systems. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red marrow. 19. Proper order of the inner ear. A) Hammer, Staples, Anvil. B) Anvil, Hammer, Staples. C) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. D) Staples, Anvil, Hammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. 20. The during a sports injury, the athlete's shoulder was forcibly displaced from the joint. What condition is this? A) Dislocation. B) Spiral. C) Bused. D) Ruptured disc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dislocation. 21. Which bone tissue has material that is closely packed together? A) Compact Bone. B) Spongy Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact Bone. 22. What are the characteristics of short bones? A) Fairly equal in length. B) Found in your arms and legs. C) Composed mainly of compact bone. D) Longer than they are wide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairly equal in length. 23. A muscle contraction produced by a variable external resistance at a constant speed A) Isotonic Contraction. B) Eccentric Contraction. C) Isometric Contraction. D) Isokinetic Contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isokinetic Contraction. 24. What is the name of the thin myofilaments in the muscle cell? A) Actin. B) Myoglobin. C) Titan. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actin. 25. Lower, outer leg bone A) Tibia. B) Phalanges. C) Tarsals. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fibula. 26. The shoulder blade in pectoral girdle is? A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Both A & B. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 27. The patella is the only ..... bone A) Flat. B) Sesamoid. C) Short. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid. 28. Which kind of burn is not painful because it has damaged the nerve cells? A) First degree. B) Second degree. C) Third degree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third degree. 29. Legs and arms are examples of a ..... joint A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 30. Where does growth in bone take place? A) Endosteum. B) Articular cartilage. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyseal plate. 31. The skeletal system includes all of the following except: A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Muscles. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles. 32. What do you call the tissue that cushions bones? A) Tendons. B) Joints. C) Cartilage. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 33. B5 The bone marrow makes A) Blood vessels. B) Marrow. C) Cartilage. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red blood cells. 34. The human skeleton weights ..... A) More than 10 kg (approx. 22 lbs.). B) Less than 10 kg (approx. 22 lbs.). C) More than 20 kg (approx. 44 lbs.). D) Less than 1 kg (approx. 2.2 lbs.). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than 10 kg (approx. 22 lbs.). 35. All of the following are functions of the Muscular System EXCEPT: A) Movement. B) Stability. C) Breathing. D) Protect Organs. E) Store Nutrients and Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Store Nutrients and Minerals. 36. Arthur/o, article A) Bent, crooked, stiff, fused. B) Joint. C) Sac, containing fluid at places of friction in the body (joints). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 37. The flat bones are ..... A) Scapula, sternum, frontal cranium. B) Humerus, femur, and metacarpals. C) Carpals, tarsals, and patella. D) Ribs, phalanges, and tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula, sternum, frontal cranium. 38. The place where two bones meet is called a joint. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Look at the picture carefully. What is this? A) Pivot joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ligament. D) Ball-and-socket joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 40. Each small bone of the vertebral column is called vetebra. is it true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. What is a function (job) of the skeletal system? A) Protection. B) Support. C) Movement. D) Storage of minerals. E) All of these are jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these are jobs. 42. One function of the skeleton is that is stores calcium and phosphorus. How do these help when we exercise? A) Help develop and maintain healthy and strong bones. B) Makes you run faster. C) Helps you lose weight quicker. D) Makes score more goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help develop and maintain healthy and strong bones. 43. What condition is the result of the laminae of the vertebrae failing to unite during development? A) A horse's tail. B) Spondylysis. C) Stress fracture. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spondylysis. 44. Identify the type of join in knee? A) Pivot Joint. B) Ball and socket Joint. C) Hinge Joint. D) Gliding Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge Joint. 45. Which Bone Marrow is found in the spongy ends of long bones? A) Yellow Marrow. B) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Marrow. 46. Birds that must probe into flowers for nectar, or mud to source worms or shellfish have what type of beak? A) Long and thin. B) Sharp and hooked. C) Ridged. D) Short and thick . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long and thin. 47. What part of your skeleton is your arm bone? A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular Skeleton. 48. What is the smooth muscle at the end of the bone called? A) Bone. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 49. Bone beneath the periosteum where calcium is stored which hardens bone A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Joints. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 50. Almost all the hard parts of human body are components of human skeletal system? A) False!. B) True!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True!. 51. Brittle bone disorder is another name for: A) Scurvy. B) Osteogenesis imperfecta. C) Osteomalacia. D) Osteomyelitis. E) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteogenesis imperfecta. 52. Swelling, hernia, tumor A) -lysis. B) -the. C) -trophy. D) Do you have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -the. 53. Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones. A) Articular cartilage. B) Endosteum. C) Synovial cartilage. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. 54. How many bones do full-grown adults have? A) 260. B) 203. C) 206. D) 103. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 55. Which of the following are produced in the red bone marrow? (more than one) A) Epithelial cells. B) White blood cells. C) Blood elements. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithelial cells. 56. What bone appears in two different areas of the human body? A) Pelvis. B) Phalanges. C) Scapula. D) Tibia. E) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 57. Which muscle type is not involuntary? A) Smooth muscle. B) Cardiac muscle. C) Skeletal muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal muscle. 58. Discuss the significance of the atria in the cardiac cycle. A) They are responsible for oxygenating the blood. B) They are not involved in the cardiac cycle. C) They receive blood from the body and pump it into the ventricles. D) They regulate the heart rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They receive blood from the body and pump it into the ventricles. 59. Appendicular skeleton location A) Includes the bones of the shoulders, arms, hands, hips, legs, and feet. B) Central core of the body, includes bones of the head, chest, and back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Includes the bones of the shoulders, arms, hands, hips, legs, and feet. 60. Fingers and the toes A) Tarsals. B) Phalanges. C) Metatarsals. D) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. ← 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