This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 82 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An adult human being has ..... bones in his body. A) 304. B) 602. C) 206. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 2. Chondr/o is a combining form that means A) Above. B) Bone. C) Within. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 3. How does yellow marrow function? A) It stores fat and acts as an energy reserve. B) It produces blood cells that divide into the body. C) It protects the bone from being damaged. D) It's just there; it does not function. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It stores fat and acts as an energy reserve. 4. What type of fracture penetrates through the skin? A) Compound (open). B) Transverse. C) Oblique. D) Simple (closed). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound (open). 5. Upper jaw; holds the upper teeth. A) Mandible. B) Maxilla. C) Zygomatic. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxilla. 6. This occurs when the bone pops out of its socket. A) Sprain. B) Dislocation. C) Strain. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislocation. 7. This type of cell will wait at the end of the epiphyseal plate to break down the calcified matrix to allow other cells to produce bone tissue A) Osteocytes. B) Chondrocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 8. The vertebrae of the spinal cord are A) Flat bones. B) Irregular bones. C) Short bones. D) Long bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular bones. 9. How many bones are in the human hand? A) 22. B) 27. C) 29. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 27. 10. Name the type of joint pictured. A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Fixed. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 11. The hindmost bone in the back of the skull is called: A) Frontal bone. B) Temporal bone. C) Cranium. D) Occipital bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital bone. 12. A softening of adult bones due to Vitamin D deficiency. A) Axial skeleton. B) Inversion. C) Osteomalacia. D) Supination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteomalacia. 13. Spongy bone, function A) Lighter in weight, aiding in movement. Produces red and white blood cells in the marrow. B) Provides strength, support, and protection.Houses blood vessels inHaversian canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lighter in weight, aiding in movement. Produces red and white blood cells in the marrow. 14. Which of the following statements about cartilage is true. A) Cartilage is an epithelial tissue found lining the ends of the respiratory tract. B) Cartilage heals very quickly due to an extensive blood supply within the tissue. C) Cartilage contains many multi-nucleated cells which produce the vessels of the lymphatic system. D) Cartilage heals very slowly due to a lack of blood supply within the tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage heals very slowly due to a lack of blood supply within the tissue. 15. Where is bone marrow found in bones?Also, what does the bone marrow do for the human body? A) In the centerReleases blood cells. B) On the outer portionsReleases Calcium. C) On the ends of the boneConducts electricity for the nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the centerReleases blood cells. 16. The substance inside of bones that make blood cells is called ..... A) Compact bone. B) Tendons. C) Bone marrow. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 17. An abnormal rounding of the upper back is called ..... A) Kyphosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Lordosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyphosis. 18. Which system works closely with the bones to help us move? A) Muscular (muscles). B) Digestive (stomach and intestines). C) Integumentary (Skin). D) Immune (germ control). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscular (muscles). 19. Your bones are very ..... A) Weak. B) Soft. C) Strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong. 20. Which of the following descriptions demonstrates the movement of supination? A) Decreasing the angle between two bones. B) Movement of the foot in a dorsal direction. C) Lifting the leg away from the midline. D) An outward rotation of the forearm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An outward rotation of the forearm. 21. The two main types of bone are the ..... A) Compact bones and spongy bones. B) Spongy bones and dense bones. C) Compact bones and general bones. D) General bones and specialized bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bones and spongy bones. 22. Human skeleton is a framework of..... A) Cells. B) Nails. C) Muscles. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones. 23. What region is the mandible bone in: A) Middle. B) Upper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upper. 24. The cavity of the diaphysis that is filled with red or yellow marrow is called the A) Epiphysis. B) Periosteum. C) Medullary cavity. D) Endosteum. E) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary cavity. 25. What would happen to a person without a skeleton? A) Would collapse and fall over. B) Nothing. C) Would be very flexible than the average person. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would collapse and fall over. 26. The bone that has no articulation to another bone is the ..... bone. A) Incus. B) Sternum. C) Stapes. D) Hyoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyoid. 27. The bones in the palm of your hand is called this ..... A) Metacarpal. B) Femur. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpal. 28. Allows your head to nod up and down and side to side A) Pivotal joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivotal joint. 29. The "shaft" of a long bone is known as the what? A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Lacunae. D) Central canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 30. If there is too much calcium in the blood these cells deposit the excess minerals into the bone. A) Progenitor cells. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts. 31. Muscle always work ..... A) In pairs. B) Alone. C) In groups of three. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In pairs. 32. Not attached to the sternum, attach to the vertebrae A) True Ribs. B) False ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating Ribs. 33. An adults skeleton weighs about ..... A) 10 ponds. B) 30 pounds. C) 40 pounds. D) 20 pounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20 pounds. 34. How many bones are there? (yellow parts) A) 34. B) 11. C) 22. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 35. Fibrous bands that connects two bones together in a joint are called ..... A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Strings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 36. Located inside the spongy bone, where the red ad white blood cells are produced. A) Compct bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Periosteum. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 37. Long bones form via ..... ossification, while flat bones form via ..... ossification. A) Endochondral, intramembranous. B) Intramembranous, endochondral. C) Chondrocytal, osteocytal. D) Osteocytal, chondrocytal. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endochondral, intramembranous. 38. As you grow, bones make more bone tissue. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. The jaw is an example of which joint? A) Ball and socket. B) Saddle. C) Hinge. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condyloid. 40. Which type of vertebrae can impact mating? A) Thoracic. B) Sacral. C) Lumbar. D) Coccygeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coccygeal. 41. Which tissue type lines or covers our organs? A) Epithelial. B) Muscle. C) Nervous. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithelial. 42. The function of the skeleton is to A) Protect the organs. B) Support your weight. C) Help us move. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 43. How many bones does a baby have before they merge into adult bones? A) 206. B) 200. C) 306. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 44. What is the function of tendons? A) To attatch ligaments. B) To anchor muscles to the ligaments. C) To anchor the muscles to bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To anchor the muscles to bone. 45. What is inside the long hollow tube which is formed with vertebrae? A) Marrow. B) Blood. C) Nerves. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 46. The shaft of the bone is the ..... A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Medullary cavity. D) Matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 47. This connects bone to joints A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Fatty Tissue. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 48. Which term means an opening in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass? A) Articulation. B) Foramen. C) Symphysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foramen. 49. The function of Osteoclasts is A) To breakdown calcified matrix of bone. B) Secrete acids that dissolve the inorganic component of calcified matrix. C) Phagocytize components of the bony matrix. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 50. What is the thumb called? A) Hallux. B) Thumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thumb. 51. Joints may be classification by A) The shape. B) The size. C) Location. D) Function. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Function. 52. What material is located inside the bone that helps make blood? A) Tendon. B) Cartilage. C) Bone marrow. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 53. What is the outer covering of a bone called? ..... bone. A) Skull. B) Compact. C) Ligament. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 54. Synovial joints are freely movable. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. What inorganic materials are stored in our bones? A) Salts, Calcium, Phosphorous, potassium. B) Salts, Calcium, Potassium. C) Salts, Calcium, Phosphorous, Erythrocytes. D) Salts, Osteocytes, Osteoblasts, Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salts, Calcium, Phosphorous, potassium. 56. The intervertebral discs that cushion the spine and absorb shock are composed of fibrocartilage. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. The ends of a long bone A) Periosteum. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary cavity. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis. 58. Babies are born with almost 600 bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 59. An ..... is a type of bone cell that builds bone. A) Osteoclast. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 60. Which of the following is part of the Ankle? A) Sternum and ribs. B) Clavicle and scapula. C) Tibia and fibula. D) Talus and calcaneus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talus and calcaneus. ← 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