This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 90 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 90 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of tissue is cartilage? A) Nervous. B) Connective. C) Epithelial. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connective. 2. Yellow marrow is responsible for forming all blood cell types. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. Total lung capacity A) Maximum expiration after maximum inspiration (all air excluding residual volume). B) Volume of air in lungs after maximal inspiration (including residual volume). C) The air left in lungs after maximum expiration. D) Maximum air inspired after normal inspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volume of air in lungs after maximal inspiration (including residual volume). 4. The joint cavity is filled with this sticky oil-like substance called ..... A) Ligament. B) Synovial Fluid. C) Tendons. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial Fluid. 5. How many bones are in the ribcage? A) 26. B) 2. C) 12. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26. 6. What are the bones in the main portion of the foot called? A) Metatarsals. B) Phalanges. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. E) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metatarsals. 7. What lower arm bone is located on thumb side of the hand?radius? A) Osteocytes. B) Radius. C) Osteoblasts. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 8. An example of a irregular bone would be a A) Rib. B) Vertebrae. C) Skull. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. 9. Cranium, sternum, the clavicle and pelvis are all examples of flat bones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. A place where two or more bones connect. A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Axial. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 11. Which is an example of a fibrous (fixed) joint? A) Elbow. B) Shoulder. C) Ankle. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 12. What bone is always formed first? A) Epiphysis. B) Spongy. C) When. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 13. Which one is not part of the Appendicular Skeleton? A) Sternum. B) Shoulder Girdle. C) Pelvic Girdle. D) Bones of the arms and hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sternum. 14. What are the parts of the SKELETAL SYSTEM A) Ligaments and tendons. B) Muscles and tendons. C) Legs and arms. D) Bones and Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones and Joints. 15. What is the process of gradually changing cartilage into bone tissue? A) Resorption. B) Calcification. C) Ossification. D) Osteocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 16. Ligaments and tendons are used to ..... A) Transport nutrients to cells. B) Exchange gases within the body. C) Produce red blood cells. D) Attach muscles to bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attach muscles to bones. 17. Connects one bone to another. A) Therefore. B) Cartilage. C) Synovial Membrane. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 18. How many types of synovial joint are there? A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 19. The pectoral girdle is part of the appendicular skeleton A) True. B) If you pick this, you are definitely wrong. C) False. D) Don't pick this one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. How many ribs do you have? A) 21. B) 24. C) 23. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24. 21. These are typically thinner than others and are usually curved A) Irregular bones. B) Long bones. C) Flat bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bones. 22. Which one below is not a function of the skeletal system? A) Circulates food and oxygen throughout body. B) Provides shape and support. C) Produces blood cells. D) Stores minerals and other materials until needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulates food and oxygen throughout body. 23. Matter is made up of particles. Which of the following statements is true about these particles? A) The particles that make up solids do not move. B) The particles that make up liquids do not move. C) The particles that make up all matter are constantly in motion. D) Only the particles that make up gases are constantly in motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The particles that make up all matter are constantly in motion. 24. The big toe is ..... to the 5th (smallest) toe A) Inferior. B) Lateral. C) Superior. D) Medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medial. 25. What mineral makes bones strong? A) Magnesium. B) Calcium. C) Oxygen. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium. 26. Which part of the bone makes movement easier and acts as a "shock absorber" between bones? A) Compact Bone. B) Marrow. C) Spongy Bone. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 27. Bones are hard and rigid bcause they contain minerals except A) Potassium. B) Magnesium. C) Calcium. D) Phosphorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnesium. 28. What connects your bones together? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 29. What is the second name for the Skeletal System A) Halloween System. B) Bare Bones System. C) I.S. 75 system. D) Musculoskeletal System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Musculoskeletal System. 30. Automatic response of the body to a particular stimulus is called A) Reflex. B) Resistance. C) Response. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 31. The place where two bones connect in the body, such as the knee and elbow. A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 32. This is commonly known as your hip bone and helps stabilize your lower body A) Vertebrae. B) Pelvis. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 33. All are functions of the skeletal system, EXCEPT A) Support. B) Movement. C) Heat. D) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat. 34. Calcium and phosphorus make the bones strong. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 35. Bonus who is the best teacher A) Mrs dinga. B) Mrs cor. C) Mrs taylor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. Channel in bone that contain blood vessels; runs vertical A) Haversian Canal. B) Endosteum. C) Lamella. D) Volksman Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haversian Canal. 37. How manys types of bones in skeletal system A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 38. This disease affects the hips and legs of older adults and is characterized by inflammation of the bones and joints A) Alzheimer's disease. B) Rheumatoid Arthritis. C) Heart disease. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis. 39. The outer covering of the bone is the ..... A) Rotation. B) Epiphysis. C) Pantella. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 40. Which joint is formed at the proximal head of the femur? A) Elbow. B) Hip. C) Knee. D) Shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hip. 41. Which type of skeleton allow the mammals to move without any weight restrictions? A) Exoskeleton. B) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton. 42. Which of the following is NOT an example of how the bones protect? A) Skull protecting the brain. B) Carpals and metacarpals protecting the hand and wrist. C) Vertebrae protecting the spinal cord. D) Rib cage protecting the heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpals and metacarpals protecting the hand and wrist. 43. The skeletal system of adult humans consists of how many bones? A) 300. B) 200. C) 260. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 44. Where can you feel cartilage? A) Your lips. B) In your belly button. C) Your finger and toe nails. D) At the tip of your ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the tip of your ear. 45. Do bones meet at joints A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 46. What is the name of the doctor from our student reader? A) Dr. Welby. B) Dr. Eatright. C) Dr. Jones. D) Dr. Welbody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Welbody. 47. The last two pairs in the ribcage are called ..... A) Girdle. B) Floating ribs. C) Cranium. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating ribs. 48. What smooth and flexible substance covers the tips of bones enabling movement of bones without friction? A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 49. Which of the following is a type of a Joint A) Ball and Socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. 10What does the cartilage between bones do? A) Provides padding and protection against wear and tear. B) Allows messages to pass between nerves in adjacent bones. C) Stops bones from overheating. D) Prevents bones from becoming too rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provides padding and protection against wear and tear. 51. These are the first 7 ribs A) Floating Ribs. B) True Ribs. C) Cartilage Ribs. D) False ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True Ribs. 52. What are the soft spots called in an infants head? A) Sutures. B) Fontanels. C) Hyoid. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fontanels. 53. What suffix means immature? A) -clasia. B) -hiss. C) -listhesis. D) -blast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -blast. 54. A sac filled with liquid, floating inside the joint, to reduce friction between tendon and bone, is ..... A) Synovial membrane. B) Cartilage. C) Bursa. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bursa. 55. A bony structure present in the chest region A) Invertebrates. B) Vertebrates. C) Limb. D) Ribcage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribcage. 56. Disease that causes bones to become weak and break more easily A) Leukemia. B) Arthritis. C) Sprain. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis. 57. A system of bones is called a ..... A) Framework. B) System. C) Skeleton. D) Machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton. 58. Applying cold to a broken bone is one way to treat the injury? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Select an example of the skeletal system helping your circulatory and your respiratory system? A) It doesn't. B) Your rib cage protecting your heart and lungs. C) Your quadricep muscles keeping you from hurting your femur. D) Your muscles covering your bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your rib cage protecting your heart and lungs. 60. A place where two bones come together is ..... A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Skin. 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