This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 89 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 89 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bones can work as protectors of the organs. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 2. During bone remodeling, osteoclasts helps in A) Bone restructuring. B) Bone absorption. C) Bone formation. D) Bone cavitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone absorption. 3. Inflammatory disease that damages joints and surrounding tissue. A) Arthritis. B) Tendon. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteomalacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthritis. 4. This type of joint doesn't allow for movement A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Fixed. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed. 5. What is the anatomical name for the shaft of a long bone? A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Spongy bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 6. At each end of a long bone is an expanded portion called an A) Osteon. B) Diaphysis. C) Endosteum. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 7. The ..... is the bone that forms the prominence of the cheek. A) Maxilla. B) Zygomatic bone. C) Mandible. D) Temporal bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zygomatic bone. 8. How does the skeletal system protect vital organs for Aashi, Shreya, and Avni? A) By providing a framework and support for them. B) By secreting enzymes to shield them. C) By generating heat to keep them warm. D) By producing hormones to protect them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By providing a framework and support for them. 9. Bone breaks into many fragments. A) Traction Fracture. B) The Magic School Bus. C) Shattered Fracture. D) Comminuted Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comminuted Fracture. 10. Tiny canals found within the lamellae A) Osteoblasts. B) Hydroxyapatite. C) Caniculi. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caniculi. 11. The ..... are the cells that produce the bones in the body A) Macrophages. B) Lymphocytes. C) Osteocytes. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes. 12. Shortening of a muscle: A) Contraction. B) Extension. C) Muscle hypertrophy. D) Muscular dystrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contraction. 13. Blood cells are made inside of bones, so without the skeletal system a person would not have blood. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. How many rib pairs are there in the thoracic cage? A) 11. B) 15. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 15. When a vertebrae does not fully close around the spinal cord to protect it that condition is called ..... A) Ankylosing spondylitis. B) Lumbago. C) Spina Bifida. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spina Bifida. 16. What does bones do for you A) Protectt. B) Protect. C) Make your leg move. D) Make blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect. 17. What type of bone is the mandible? A) Long bone. B) Sesamoid. C) Flat bone. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular bone. 18. Are all joins movable? A) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are fixed. B) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are made of cartilage. C) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are loose. D) Yes, all joins are movable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are fixed. 19. Animals that have backbones are called A) Amphibians. B) Vertebrates. C) Invertebrates. D) Reptiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrates. 20. Bone cells differentiate from stem cells in the periosteum and endosteum called: A) Osteomatric Stem Cells. B) Osteoetso Stem Cells. C) Osteogenic Stem Cells. D) Osteomatic Stem Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteogenic Stem Cells. 21. Two or more bones meet and movement occurs A) Ligament. B) Joints. C) Cartilage. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints. 22. Process of breaking down food mechanically and chemically A) Involuntary. B) Deteriorate. C) Elastic. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestion. 23. What is the definition of a fracture? A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. B) The stretching and/or damaging of a ligament. C) The stretching and/or damaging of a tendon. D) A joint injury where bones are not in their normal position. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. 24. Bones that are flat and have a thin layer of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone such as the skull bones, sternum and ribs are classified as ..... bones. A) Flat. B) Vertebral. C) Long. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 25. Connects bones to other bones A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendon. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 26. The upper arm is made up of a single bone which is called A) Femur. B) Vertebrae. C) Spinal Chord. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 27. What connective tissue holds the bones together at the joints? A) Adipose. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 28. Forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle, and leg bones A) Medullary skeleton. B) Verrucae skeleton. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Axial skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular skeleton. 29. Commonly called the elbow bone, one of the two bones of your forearm. A) Humerus. B) Patella. C) Tibia. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulna. 30. What is the name used for the frog to swim? A) Foreleg. B) Hind Leg. C) Webbed Toes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Webbed Toes. 31. What connective tissues make up your skeletal system? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels. B) Brain, heart, lungs, and stomach. C) Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. D) Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels. 32. These are the functions of bone and the skeletal system A) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage. B) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage. 33. Harry is a cookie monster. His parents have put the biscuits out of reach, on the top shelf. Harry needs to stand on his "tippy toes" to reach the cookie jar. What is the movement of his ankles? A) Dorsiflexion. B) Rotation. C) Extension. D) Plantar Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plantar Flexion. 34. How does the musculoskeletal system help control homeostasis of the body? A) By regulating blood flow. B) By supporting and protecting internal ogans. C) By removing minerals and waste. D) By controlling nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By supporting and protecting internal ogans. 35. Another name for your backbone. A) Spine. B) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spine. 36. What is the body system that is responsible for support, protection, and movement, storing minerals, and making blood cells? A) Circulatory system. B) Nervous system. C) Skeletal system. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 37. Skin color is due to a pigment called A) Melanin. B) Epithelium. C) Chromatin. D) Keratin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melanin. 38. Your food can spend up to this long in your small intestine? A) 4 months. B) 4 seconds. C) 4 minutes. D) 4 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 hours. 39. Suffix that means softening. A) -Malacia. B) -osis. C) -ation. D) -per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -Malacia. 40. Which of the following is the simplest level of organization? Cuál de los siguientes es el nivel de organización más simple? A) Chiss got it. B) Organism. C) Organism. D) Cell cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell cell. 41. Which of the following bones is part of the appendicular skeleton? A) Skull. B) Femur. C) Vertebrae. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 42. Combining form that means flesh or connective tissue. A) Search. B) Arthr/o. C) Spondyl/o. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Search. 43. The ankle joint is composed of how many bones? A) Three. B) Six. C) Nine. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 44. The three types of muscles your body has are skeletal, smooth, and what other type A) Cardiac. B) Rigid. C) Pumped. D) Swollen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 45. ..... is a major site of blood cell and platelet formation A) Skeletal system. B) Red marrow. C) Epiphysis. D) Osteoid. E) Endochondral ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red marrow. 46. Part of the bone that manufactures blood cells. A) Bone marrow. B) Joints. C) Compact bones. D) Spongy bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 47. Which of the following is an example of a slightly movable joint? A) Vertebrae. B) Thumb. C) Shoulder. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 48. The hyoid bone is unique because: A) It is covered with mucosa. B) It has an unusual shape. C) It largely consists of cartilage. D) It is the only bone of the body that does not directly articulate with any other bone. E) It has no specific function. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is the only bone of the body that does not directly articulate with any other bone. 49. Symphyses contain ..... A) Fibrocartilage. B) Loose CT. C) Dense CT. D) Elastic cartilage. E) Hyaline cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrocartilage. 50. The zygomatic bones, which are bones of the face, are classified as ..... A) Flat Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular Bones. 51. The long bones of the skeleton are hollow and are filled with a soft, fatty substance called ..... A) Bone marrow. B) Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow. 52. Bones, ligaments, and cartilage form the ..... A) Muscular. B) Skeletal. C) Digestive. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 53. Approximately 90% of cases of osteomyelitis are caused by ..... A) Staphylococcus aureus. B) Escherichia Coli. C) Streptococcus acidominimus. D) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staphylococcus aureus. 54. What classification of bone is the parietal bone in the skull? A) Long Bone. B) Flat Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Short Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat Bone. 55. When the immune system attacks the joints A) Rheumatoid arthritis. B) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rheumatoid arthritis. 56. The helmetlike case in the skull called ..... A) Sternum. B) Facial bones. C) Cranium. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 57. A large tear in muscle fiber is known as A) Cut. B) Bruise. C) Strain. D) Contusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strain. 58. A patient is scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis. Which of the following actions would the nurse take if during data collection it was revealed that the patient had had a previous surgery for heart problems? A) Ask if there is any metal in the patient's body. B) Cancel the magnetic resonance imaging. C) Inform the physician. D) Obtain an order for a chest x-ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ask if there is any metal in the patient's body. 59. Which bones protect your brain? A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Vertebrate. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 60. The ..... is the lining of the medullary cavity. A) Perichondrium. B) Periosteum. 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