This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 85 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 85 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pertaining to under the rib A) Costal. B) Myocostal. C) Hypercostal. D) Subcostal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subcostal. 2. This bone looks like sponge. Most body cells are made here. A) Cancellous bone. B) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cancellous bone. 3. What is the function of short bones (such as your carpals or tarsals)? A) Support & stability. B) Flexibility. C) Aid in movement. D) Attaching to muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support & stability. 4. Protects all organs A) Humerus. B) Ribs. C) Tibia. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs. 5. What type of joint is held together by cartilage? A) Cartilaginous. B) Amphiarthrodial. C) Fibrous. D) Synovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous. 6. The effects of a poor posture include I. bones becoming porous and lighterII. experiencing backaches and headachesIII. experiencing pain in the neck and shouldersIV. easily become fatigue A) I, II and III only. B) I, II and IV only. C) II, III and IV only. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) II, III and IV only. 7. Which of these is NOT a bone in the leg? A) Phibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phibia. 8. Organs make up..... A) Tissues. B) Organ Systems. C) Human Body. D) Organelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organ Systems. 9. If you have to play a game of head and shoulders, knees and toes, what are the SCIENTIFIC name of these bones in the correct order? A) Cranium, scapula, patella, phalanges. B) Patella, phalanges, scapula, cranium. C) Cranium, scapula, phalanges, patella. D) Phalanges, patella, scapula, cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium, scapula, patella, phalanges. 10. The biceps brachii are made up of the A) Long head and short head. B) Long head only. C) Short head only. D) Long head and medium head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long head and short head. 11. Thin layer of hyaline cartilage located on the distal and proximal epiphysis of the bone. A) Diaphysis. B) Articular cartilage. C) Epiphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage. 12. Which system includes bones and joints? A) Respiratory System. B) Skeletal System. C) Muscular System. D) Circulatory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal System. 13. Where are muscles located? A) Under the bone. B) Right under the skin. C) In your bones. D) Next to your hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right under the skin. 14. Inflammation of the joints of the spine. A) Osteomyelitis. B) Arthralgia. C) Extension. D) Spondyloarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spondyloarthritis. 15. What are the important functions of the skeletal system? A) Gets nutrients out of the food you eat. B) Carries messages through your spinal cord to your brain. C) Protects your organs and gives your body shape. D) Helps our body take in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects your organs and gives your body shape. 16. The agonist and antagonist work in ..... to create movement A) Tandem. B) Random. C) Opposition. D) Synchronization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposition. 17. Bone marrow or spinal cord A) Myel/o. B) Cost/o. C) Spondyl/o. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myel/o. 18. What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone? A) Tendon. B) Bones. C) Ligament. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 19. What type of connective tissue a connects one bone to another bone? A) Tendon. B) LIgament. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LIgament. 20. This bone is the LONGEST bone in our body. It makes up our upper leg. A) SCAPULA. B) STERNUM. C) TARSALS. D) FEMUR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FEMUR. 21. A large support bone forming the heel A) Calcaneus. B) Femur. C) Patella. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcaneus. 22. What would be the synovial joint where the femur and tibia articulate? A) Knee. B) Shoulder. C) Hip. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knee. 23. The yellow marrow or medullary cavity stores and creates adipose tissue A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. The partial displacement of a bone from a joint is a: A) Dislocation. B) Subluxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subluxation. 25. What best describes skin? A) Brittle. B) Hard. C) Stiff. D) Flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexible. 26. Where are smooth muscles? A) Lungs. B) Intestines. C) Stomach. D) All of these answers are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are true. 27. The triangle shaped bones behind the ribs are called A) Ribs. B) Skull. C) Scapula. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 28. Osteoporosis can be simulated in an experiment by A) Soaking a bone in baking soda. B) Soaking a bone in water. C) Soaking a bone in vinegar. D) Soaking a bone in salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soaking a bone in vinegar. 29. There are 3 STRUCTURAL 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: D) Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial. 30. Fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas subject to friction, such as shoulders, elbow and knees. A) Purses. B) Sons. C) Sleeve pit. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purses. 31. The vertebral column has ..... bone segments called vertebrae. A) 15. B) 24. C) 26. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26. 32. A ..... is when an organ pushes through an area of weak muscle. A) Hemorrhage. B) Hernia. C) Hemorrhoid. D) Heardle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hernia. 33. What is another name for your shoulder blade? A) Sternum. B) Clavicle. C) Sacred. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scapula. 34. Injury to the epiphyseal disc of a long bone A) impairs longitudinal bone growth. B) impairs the production of blood cells. C) makes the bone more susceptible to greenstick fractures. D) impairs the bone response to parathyroid hormone (PTH). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) impairs longitudinal bone growth. 35. Distal end moves while proximal end remains still A) Circumduction. B) Extension. C) Flexion. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumduction. 36. A femur is considered a ..... A) Long bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Flat bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bone. 37. True/False:Bones have living cells in them. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. This law states that bones will adapt to the loads under which they are placed. A) Pfluger's law. B) Jason's law. C) Hilton's law. D) Wolff's law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wolff's law. 39. Cardiac muscle..... A) Moves food. B) Moves bones. C) Moves mountains. D) Moves blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moves blood. 40. "Arthr/o" means: A) Bone. B) Pain. C) Joint. D) Curved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 41. Which of the following is the 'ring of bones'? A) Patella. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Humerus. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvic girdle. 42. These are bone-building cells A) Osteoplasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 43. This type of bone tissue is arranged in trabeculae and has a porous appearance. A) Long bone. B) Endosteum. C) Spongy. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spongy. 44. What percentage of body weight is bone? A) 50%. B) 25%. C) 5%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15%. 45. An osteon has blood supply. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 46. The human ..... is a framework of the body. A) Digestive system. B) Respiratory system. C) Skeletal system. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 47. The knee and elbow are examples of which type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoid/Condyloid. D) Pivot. E) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 48. Evelyn, Sophia, and Samuel are having a debate about the human body. They are stuck on one question:What is the difference between true ribs and false ribs? Can you help them out? A) Size. B) Placement. C) Weight. D) Attachment to sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attachment to sternum. 49. Small nearly flat surface on a vertebrae that articulates with another bone A) Condyle. B) Facet. C) Foramen. D) Tuberosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facet. 50. The vertebra is what type of bone? A) Irregular Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Sesamoid Bone. E) Long Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular Bone. 51. Which of the following terms does not match the meaning? A) Patellar-pertaining to the patella. B) Styloid-pertaining to the styloid process. C) Periosteum-pertaining to around the bone. D) Sternum-pertaining to the sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Styloid-pertaining to the styloid process. 52. The body is divided into how many divisions? A) 4. B) 8. C) 100. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 53. Moving a part around an axis. A) Retraction. B) Dorsiflexion. C) Protraction. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotation. 54. What are the two types if joints? A) Fixed/movable. B) Round/small. C) Small/large. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed/movable. 55. What happens when there is an increase in blood calcium? A) Osteoblasts deposit calcium in bones. B) Osteoclasts deposit calcium in bones. C) Osteoblasts resorb bone to release calcium. D) Osteoclasts resorb bone to release calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts deposit calcium in bones. 56. What is you mandible A) You ribcage. B) You mouth. C) Your jaw. D) Your teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your jaw. 57. True or False? Giraffes and Humans have the same number of bones in their necks? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. The finger bones are called what? A) Carpals. B) Phalanges. C) Metacarpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 59. Skeletal System works in co ordination with ..... A) Digestive system. B) Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular system. 60. Longer than they are wide A) Long bones. B) Flat bones. C) Short bones. D) Irregular bones. 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