This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 83 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which section of the vertebral column has 5 vertebrae? A) Sacred. B) Cervicle. C) Lumbar. D) Thoracic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumbar. 2. Which type of skeleton division is the skull, vertebrae, and thorax a part of? A) CNS. B) Appendages. C) Axial. D) Appendicular. E) Cranial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial. 3. What area can a ball and socket joint be found? A) Skull. B) Shoulder. C) Elbow. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoulder. 4. What is the definition of ligament A) Strong cord attaching to muscle to bone. B) All of the above. C) Short band of flexible connective tissue. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short band of flexible connective tissue. 5. Last two pairs of ribs A) Sternum. B) Floating ribs. C) Backbone. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating ribs. 6. What is the soft flexible tissue that is all over your skeleton adding padding and protection between bones? A) Marrow. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 7. How many key bones are found in the arm? A) 8. B) 5. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 8. Which muscles work in pairs to allow movement at the knee joint A) Gluteus maximus and gastrocnemius. B) Hamstring and quadricep. C) Gluteus maximus and hamstring. D) Quadriceps and gastrocnemius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamstring and quadricep. 9. The smallest bone in your body is inside your ear called as Stapes. Which is the biggest bone? A) The jawbone in your skull. B) A rib in your ribcage. C) The thighbone in your leg. D) A wrist bone in your wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thighbone in your leg. 10. Where are non-movable joints are found A) Hip region. B) Arms. C) Ribcage. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 11. How does an X-ray work? A) The x-ray tells the doctor if you have a broken bone so they can put a cast on it. B) The x-ray sends electronic signals into your body. The signals send a picture back. C) The x-ray is super important. Without the x-ray the doctor couldn't tell if you had a broken bone. D) Light is sent to your body and the hard bone absorbs the light so it is seen in the x-ray picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light is sent to your body and the hard bone absorbs the light so it is seen in the x-ray picture. 12. There are ..... lumbar vertebra; whereas there are ..... thoracic vertebra. A) 12;7. B) 5;7. C) 7;5. D) 12; 5. E) 5;12. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 5;12. 13. ..... is the bone which contains almost contains the whole weight of the body A) Femur. B) Vertebra Column. C) Gliding Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 14. The first layer of the skin is called ..... A) Dermis. B) Epidermis. C) Subcutaneous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epidermis. 15. Irregular bones have a shape that does not conform to the other types and have various functions. An example is: A) Vertebrae. B) Sternum. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 16. The frontal bone is A) Short. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 17. This joint has a convex surface that fits into a concave surface. An example is the elbow joint. A) Pivot joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Saddle joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint. 18. The electrical signal sent by the nervous system is called a ..... A) Neuron. B) Nerve imprint. C) Nerve impulse. D) Hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve impulse. 19. The organization of compact bone is centered around the ..... A) Osteon. B) Osteocyte. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteoblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteon. 20. How many bones the baby have A) 308. B) 203. C) 206. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 21. Plantar-flexion is defined as A) Extending or pointing the toes down, away from the shin. B) Moving a part of the body in a circular or conical shape. C) Bending movement that decreases the angle between body parts. D) Bending or flexing the toes up, closer to the shin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extending or pointing the toes down, away from the shin. 22. The skeleton of a child and adult is ..... A) 269 & 420. B) 200 & 300. C) 206 & 300. D) 270 & 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 270 & 206. 23. Muscles that control our organs are called ..... A) Bicep muscles. B) Bumpy muscles. C) Smooth muscles. D) Skeletal muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth muscles. 24. How can you protect your bones? A) Wear sandals. B) Walk slowly. C) Wear warm clothes. D) Wear a helmet and pads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wear a helmet and pads. 25. Which of the following bones give shape to the upper body? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 26. The tough strand of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone A) Cartilage. B) Calcium. C) Ligament. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendon. 27. The breastbone is called what? A) Sternum. B) Ribcage. C) Pelvis. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 28. It is a source of Vitamin D. A) Sun. B) Liver. C) Oily fish like salmon. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 29. Arrange the following bones of hand in correct order? A) Metacarpal, carpal, phalanges. B) Phalanges, carpal, metacarpal. C) Carpal, metacarpal, phalanges. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpal, metacarpal, phalanges. 30. What two color blood cells are formed by marrow? A) Blue and red. B) White and red. C) White and blue. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White and red. 31. An example of open reduction is: A) Cast of split. B) Surgery to place screws, pins, or rods. C) Ace bandage. D) Boot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surgery to place screws, pins, or rods. 32. Joints which allow movement around 2 axes A) Uniaxial. B) Multiaxial. C) Biaxial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biaxial. 33. The sternum is also known as the breastbone. To which skeleton does it belong? A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 34. The ..... primary job is to allow movement and flexibility for the organism. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 35. What do you call the hard outer layer of bone? A) Cancellous bone. B) Compact bone. C) Bone marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 36. 12 pair of costae A) Ribs. B) Sternum. C) Vertebrae. D) Clavicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribs. 37. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Osteoarthritis A) TKA. B) RA. C) Fx. D) OA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OA. 38. An example of an immovable joint is found in the ..... A) Hipbone. B) Best bone. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 39. The smallest bone in your body is called the A) Radius. B) Femur. C) Stapes. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stapes. 40. Another name for the skull A) Cranium. B) Femur. C) Pelvis. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 41. How can you strengthen your bones A) Drinking lots of calcium. B) Eating. C) Exersiving. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking lots of calcium. 42. Runs through the middle of each osteon and contains small blood vessels for nourishing the bone and nerve fibers for signaling A) Lacunae. B) Lamellae. C) Central canal (Haversian canal). D) Beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central canal (Haversian canal). 43. What are the main parts of skeletal system? A) Skull, Backbone, Bone marrow, Brain. B) Backbone, Skull, Rib-cage, Limbs. C) Skull, Rib-cage, Joints, Arm. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone, Skull, Rib-cage, Limbs. 44. Fibrous, superficial covering that protects diaphysis A) Medullary Cavity. B) Compact Bone. C) Periosteum. D) Epiphyseal plate. E) Red Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 45. Over one half of human bones are in the ..... and ..... A) Arms, legs. B) Spine, ribs. C) Spine, legs. D) Hands, feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hands, feet. 46. What two bones did Mr. Myers break? A) Femur and pelvis. B) Ulna and Radius. C) Tibia and Fibula. D) Clavicle and Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibia and Fibula. 47. Spongy bone is relatively solid A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. This bone protects the brain. A) Fibula. B) Femur. C) Skull. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 49. Which of the following is an example of an immovable joint? A) Patellas. B) Sutures. C) Saddle Joints. D) Gliding Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutures. 50. Bones can Fuse themselves back together when they break A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Elbows and Knees are an example of what type of joint? A) Hinge Joint. B) Gliding Joint. C) Ball and Socket. D) Pivot Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint. 52. A place where 2 bones meet and allow for movement is called? A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Ligament. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 53. What does the term 'tomy' mean? A) Like, resembling. B) Surgical removal, excision. C) Abnormal condition. D) Deficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surgical removal, excision. 54. The temporal lobe is the auditory cortex which allows you to A) Smell. B) See. C) Hear. D) Balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hear. 55. An infection or inflammation of the bone A) Osteomyelitis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteonecrosis. D) Paget's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteomyelitis. 56. Which is the hardest substance in our body? A) Enamel coating on our teeth. B) Bones. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enamel coating on our teeth. 57. The name for the long bone in the upper part of your leg. A) Femur. B) Fibula. C) Humerus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 58. What is this condition that is characterized by a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the joints and sometimes other parts of the body? A) Patellar Tendon Tear. B) Rheumatoid Arthritis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 59. TRUE OR FALSE. The name of your clavicle is called your Scapula, A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Q3 What enables us to swing our arms from our shoulders? A) Pivot joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) No joint is required. 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