This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 87 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Support and protection are two of the main functions of this system A) Muscular. B) Endocrine. C) Skeletal. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 2. The inner framework called the ..... supports the body A) Bones. B) Joint. C) Skeletal system. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 3. These bones are made of both thin compact and spongy bone. A) Irregular bone. B) Short bone. C) Long bone. D) Flat bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat bone. 4. Lamellae + a Haversian Canal =..... A) Central Canal. B) Osteon. C) Osteocyte. D) Beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteon. 5. The bone associated with the shoulder blade A) Scapulae. B) Clavicle. C) Hemopoeis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapulae. 6. ..... is the largest and strongest bone in our body A) Femur. B) Backbone. C) Humerus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 7. Muscle co-ordination and maintaining balance of our body is due to which part of our brain A) Nerves. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 8. BLTM stands for what? A) Bacon Lettuce Tomato Mayonnaise. B) Bones Ligaments Tendons Muscles. C) Bones Broadest Dorsal Tibia Mandible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones Ligaments Tendons Muscles. 9. The system made up of bones that provides support and framework for the body. A) Patella. B) Axial skeleton. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal system. 10. What is NOT a contributing factor to the development of Osteoporosis? A) Being Physical Active. B) Family History. C) A diet low in Calcium and Vitamin D. D) Excess Sodium and Caffeine intake. E) Decline in estrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being Physical Active. 11. 4) The green colored section of the skull is called the? A) Jaw. B) Mouth. C) Mandible. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandible. 12. Where is the humerus found in the body? A) Arm. B) Head. C) Leg. D) Chest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arm. 13. The formation of bone in the body A) Articulation. B) Erythopoiesis. C) Ossification. D) Osteoprogenitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 14. What is the role of the long bone? A) Red blood cell production. B) Protection. C) Reduces friction. D) Produce fine movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood cell production. 15. True or FalseThe 2 types of joints are:moveable and immovable A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. The bone that protects your brain A) Scapula. B) Phalanges. C) Radius. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium. 17. These cells are mature bone cells (a) A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) A osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A osteocytes. 18. The bone found in the shoulder is called: A) Scapula. B) Clavicle. C) Carpus. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 19. What makes our wrist very flexible? A) Ulna. B) Cartilage. C) Rotors. D) 8 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8 bones. 20. What helps the bones to work? A) Skull. B) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints. 21. How do Calcium and Phosphorus relate to the skeletal system? A) Calcium and Phosphorus are made by the skeletal sytem. B) Calcium and Phosphorus are stored in the skeletal system. C) Calcium and Phosphorus are toxic to the skeletal system. D) There is no connection between the skeletal system, Calcium and Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium and Phosphorus are stored in the skeletal system. 22. Present in joints to protect the bone and to evenly distribute forces to the underlying bone. A) Ligaments. B) Muscle. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. E) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 23. Spine-35 small bones A) Pelvis. B) Rib cage. C) Vertebrae. D) Scapula. E) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 24. The rib cage of a female is more rounded and smaller. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. In the skeletal system the function of bones is to A) Protect organs, make blood, store calcium and minerals. B) Help our bodies make atp. C) Diffusion. D) Make plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect organs, make blood, store calcium and minerals. 26. When someone in class asked if they could go to lunch early and Mrs. Rivera turned her head side to side indicating "no" the movement occurring here would be considered in which anatomical plane? A) Sagittal plane. B) Cornal plane. C) Frontal plane. D) Transverse plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transverse plane. 27. The function of the integumentary system includes all of these except what? A) Homeostasis. B) Excretion of wastes. C) Cooling system. D) Synthesis of Vitamin A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synthesis of Vitamin A. 28. Muscles you can control A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Cramp. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 29. What is the shape of the sternum, ribs, scapulae, and some skull bones? A) Short. B) Long. C) Irregular. D) Flat. E) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 30. Which of the following bones listed is an example of a "long" bone? A) Ribs. B) Ulna. C) Tarsals. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 31. What makes up the skeleton? A) The bones in our arms. B) The bones in our legs. C) All the bones in our body. D) Most of the bones in our body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the bones in our body. 32. Largest and strongest bone in the body A) Sternum. B) Tibia. C) Patella. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 33. The bones that make up the lower leg are the ..... A) Radius and ulna. B) Radius and tibia. C) Tibia and ulna. D) Tibia and fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia and fibula. 34. What is the name of the pigment in the skin that protects the cells from UV damage? A) Keratin. B) Melanin. C) Sebaceous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melanin. 35. The axial skeleton contains ..... A) Head, Neck, Trunk. B) Skull and Hyoid bone. C) Vertebral Column, Thoracic cage, and sternum. D) A, B, and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, B, and C. 36. Fluid-filled sacs between bones that absorb shock and reduce friction? A) Purses. B) Menisci. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purses. 37. Our skeleton allows us to move in many different ways. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. Which type of joint is found between the atlas and axis in the neck? A) Ball and socket joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Saddle joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint. 39. The tough, sheet like membrane that covers and protects muscle is: A) A ligament. B) A tendon. C) Periosteum. D) Fascia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fascia. 40. Bones of the thoracic cavity that articulate directly to the sternum and vertebrae A) True ribs. B) Strong ribs. C) Floating ribs. D) False ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True ribs. 41. What specific types of blood cells are produced by bones? A) White Blood Cells. B) Red Blood Cells. C) Veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Blood Cells. 42. Consists of 4 bones, supports upper body weight A) Mandible. B) Skull. C) Pelvis. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelvis. 43. What is the name of the heal bone? A) Handle. B) Scapula. C) Xiphoid process. D) Calcaneus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcaneus. 44. The Skeleton of a child approximately has how many bones A) 230. B) 370. C) 206. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 45. Which of the following vertebrae columns are convex curve? A) Thoracic and Lumbar. B) Lumbar and cervical. C) Thoracic and Sacral. D) Sacral and cervical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lumbar and cervical. 46. Rib cage consists of A) 30 bones. B) 35 bones. C) 15 bones. D) 24 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24 bones. 47. Which muscle is found around your stomach? A) Deltoids. B) Finger Flexors. C) Obliques. D) Triceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obliques. 48. Our spine are slightly movable joints are called A) Diarthrosis. B) Ampiarthrosis. C) Assembly. D) Synchondrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ampiarthrosis. 49. Movement allowed at a hinge joint A) Rotation. B) Flexion. C) Pronation. D) Dorsiflexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexion. 50. Is every bone in our body important A) Yes. B) May be. C) No. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 51. How is skeletal muscle different from smooth muscle? A) Smooth muscle is voluntary while skeletal is involuntary. B) Skeletal muscle is only found in the heart. C) Smooth muscle is involuntary while skeletal is voluntary. D) Smooth muscle is onlt found in the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth muscle is involuntary while skeletal is voluntary. 52. Uric acid deposits in the joints causes: A) Gouty arthritis. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gouty arthritis. 53. Layers of spongy bone ..... A) Osteons. B) Beams. C) Peritoneum. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beams. 54. What is a complete break of a bone? A) Comminuted Fracure. B) Terrible Fracture. C) Transverse Fracture. D) Hairline Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transverse Fracture. 55. ..... acts as a soft cushion between bones. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Skeleton. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 56. The two main divisions of skeleton are A) Axial and appendicular skeleton. B) Central and peripheral nervous. C) Pectoral and pelvic girdle. D) Long and short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial and appendicular skeleton. 57. The framework of the body, which consists of bones and connective tissues is called the A) Digestive System. B) Skeletal System. C) Nervous System. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal System. 58. The ends of bones are covered by a soft, elastic tissue called A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 59. This type of bone shape is classified as cube-shaped spongy bone. Carpals is a good example of this bone shape. A) Thin. B) Flat. C) Long. D) Short. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short. 60. Straightening parts at a joint so the angle between them increases is A) Flexion. B) Extension. C) Rotation. D) Dorsiflexion. 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