This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 88 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 88 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the smallest bone present in our body? A) Skull. B) Stirrup. C) Thigh bone. D) Backbone. E) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stirrup. 2. Another name for your hips. A) Pelvis. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 3. Which of the following is NOT a classification terms for bones? A) Irregular. B) Flat. C) Long. D) Short. E) Symmetrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Symmetrical. 4. Choose the correct answer:Large lower arm bone A) Humerus. B) Mandible. C) Cranium. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 5. How many bones make up the human spine? A) 25. B) 20. C) 7. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 6. The joint in our hip is the ..... A) Fixed joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball-and-socket joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket joint. 7. Thin regions of cartilage between vertebrae that provide cushioning A) Vertebral foramen. B) Spinous process. C) Intervertebral disk. D) Transverse process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intervertebral disk. 8. The muscles which are under our control, are called A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 9. In reference to the knee the toes are ..... A) Proximal. B) Distal. C) Anterior. D) Posterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distal. 10. Hemopoiesis occurs in ..... A) Lacunae. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Red bone marrow. D) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red bone marrow. 11. Which of the following can be found in areas of movement? A) Red marrow. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Yellow marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 12. What is the name of the thin, connective tissue that holds blood vessels to organs? A) Mesentery. B) Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mesentery. 13. This feedback system amplifies a change until a desired outcome is reached. A) Self-monitoring feedback system. B) Negative feedback system. C) Neutral feedback system. D) Positive feedback system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive feedback system. 14. Synovial joints are all moveable A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. Joints that can only move back and forth in one direction A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 16. Extreme curvature of the upper vertebrae of the spine; hunchback ..... A) Kyphosis. B) Lordosis. C) Scoliosis. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyphosis. 17. What are the bones in the main portion of the foot? A) Metatarsal bones. B) We are good. C) Phalanges. D) Tarsal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metatarsal bones. 18. A fracture at the growth plate: A) Compressed. B) Spiral. C) Avulsion. D) Epiphyseal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal. 19. A joint is the meeting point of two bones held together by strong tissues called ..... A) Marrows. B) Ligaments. C) Column. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 20. How many bones make up the skeletal system? A) 270. B) 206. C) 20. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 21. The frog is cold blooded. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Vertebrae are..... bones. A) Short. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 23. You haven't been eating your vegetables or drinking milk. The calcium in your blood is therefore, quite low. What hormone will break down your bone to put calcium back into your blood? A) Osteoid. B) PTH. C) Hydroxyapatite. D) Calcitonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PTH. 24. How many bones are in the Pelvis? A) 3. B) 20. C) 1. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 25. The place where two bones meet is called a ..... They work with your muscles to help you move. A) Tendon. B) Ligament. C) Blood vessel. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 26. Mr. Duong was hiking and suddenly tripped, falling off a cliff. X-rays show Mr. Duong's femur had shattered fragments of bones. Identify the type of fracture described. A) Compound. B) Greenstick. C) Compression. D) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comminuted. 27. Which bones can be found in the upper leg? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Humerus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 28. What are the names of the bones found in the feet? A) Phalanges, Metatarsals, Tarsals. B) Phalanges, Tarsals and Carpals. C) Tarsals, Carpals and Metatarsals. D) Carpals, Metacarpals, Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges, Metatarsals, Tarsals. 29. An example of a cartilaginous joint is the A) Knee joint. B) Joints in the cranium. C) Hip joint. D) Inter-vertebral joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inter-vertebral joint. 30. A loss of normal bone density is called ..... A) Osteomalacia. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Osteostenosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 31. The humerus is also known as the what bone? A) Silly. B) Lame. C) Funny. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Funny. 32. A freely moving joint in which the movement is limited to gliding motions A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Gliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint. 33. In our body, new blood cells are produced in the ..... A) Heart. B) Bone Marrow. C) Lungs. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone Marrow. 34. Smooth, slippery, thick layer of tissue at the ends of bones that provides cushion so the bones do not rub together A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Muscle. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 35. A fracture in which the ends penetrate the skin. Patient is at highest risk for infection A) Sepsis. B) Greenstick fx. C) Compound fx. D) Closed fx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound fx. 36. What is the collar bone? A) Scapula. B) Clavicle. C) Sternum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 37. This type of tissue covers the internal organs and also makes up the skin A) Muscular. B) Epithelial. C) Connective. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithelial. 38. Define Compact Bone A) Spongy material inside bones THAT PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS. B) The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones. C) The organs that make up the skeleton. D) The hard, dense bone tissue that is under the outer membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hard, dense bone tissue that is under the outer membrane. 39. The joints in the skull is an example of ..... joint. A) Movable. B) Immovable. C) Gliding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immovable. 40. Joints which allow movement around 1 axis A) Uniaxial. B) Multiaxial. C) Biaxial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uniaxial. 41. Found at the middle of the chest A) Breastbone. B) Collar bones. C) Floating ribs. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breastbone. 42. Which joint allows movement in ALL directions? An example would be the shoulder. A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joint. 43. Your thumb is an example of a ..... joint. A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saddle. 44. Endochondral ossification occurs in the A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Articular Cartilage. D) Both Epiphysis & Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Epiphysis & Diaphysis. 45. Where in the skeleton might you find a short bone? A) Hand. B) Hip. C) Chest. D) Leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand. 46. Tendons connect ..... to ..... whereas ligaments connect ..... to ..... A) Muscle to muscle; bone to muscle. B) Bone to bone; Muscle to muscle. C) Muscle to bone; bone to bone. D) Bone to bone; muscle to bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle to bone; bone to bone. 47. Allows the bones to move in multiple directions A) Tendons. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 48. Bones in the legs A) Tibia and Fibula. B) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia and Fibula. 49. What is the term for the growth plate? A) Endosteum. B) Epiphyseal line. C) Process line. D) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal line. 50. Osteocytes reside in chambers called ..... and communicate with each other through thin channels called ..... A) Gaps; beams. B) Canaliculi; gaps. C) Gaps; canaliculi. D) Beams; canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gaps; canaliculi. 51. What is the anatomical name for the end of a long bone? A) Diaphysis. B) Spongy bone. C) Periosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 52. The ..... skeleton makes up all the bones of the arms & legs as well as the shoulder and pelvic girdles. A) Cartilaginous. B) Appendicular. C) Osseous. D) Axial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 53. These type of muscles functions independently and is not not controlled by voluntary nerve activity A) Skeletal muscles. B) Involuntary muscles. C) Voluntary muscles. D) No answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary muscles. 54. Which of the following bones is a sesamoid bone type? A) Triquetral bone. B) Malleus bone. C) Patella good. D) Calcaneus bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella good. 55. Which is the moveable jawbone A) Upward. B) Downward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Downward. 56. The body parts with most bones are: A) Skull and Feet. B) Feet and Hands. C) Hands and Skull. D) Arms and Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feet and Hands. 57. Your skull is a/an..... joint. A) Immovable. B) Pivot. C) Gliding. D) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immovable. 58. Function of osteoblasts A) The function of osteoblasts is to break down bone tissue. B) For the growth and repair of bones. C) The function of osteoblasts is to produce red blood cells. D) The function of osteoblasts is to regulate muscle movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the growth and repair of bones. 59. Skull protect our A) Brain. B) Kidney. C) Heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 60. What is the term for a stretched or torn ligament? A) Sprain. B) Arthritis. C) Strain. D) Dislocation. 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