This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 91 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 91 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A very thin membrane that covers the bone from the inside A) Periosteum. B) Endosteum. C) Medullary cavity. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endosteum. 2. These are joints that move freely. A) Synarthrosis. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Coxarthrosis. D) Diarthrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diarthrosis. 3. The large triangular muscle of the lower back. A) Diaphragm. B) Trapezius. C) Scalenes. D) The broadest back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The broadest back. 4. Which of these is a sign of osteoporosis? A) Strong bones. B) Growing taller. C) Strong heart. D) Pain in the bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pain in the bones. 5. Muscles are attached to the bone with strong fibres called A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Femur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 6. The thigh bone is called what? A) Tibia. B) Femur. C) Fibula. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 7. Is Spina Bifida..... A) The ligaments in your spinal column softening. B) Incomplete vertebral progression during childbirth. C) The cartlidge between the vertebrae hardening. D) Open/ separation of the spinal vertebrae of the elderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incomplete vertebral progression during childbirth. 8. What is the mandible? A) A tendon. B) A ligament. C) A type of joint. D) The jaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The jaw. 9. STIRRUP IS THE BONE FOUND IN OUR A) LOWER ARM. B) LOWER RIB. C) EYES. D) EARS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EARS. 10. Which of the following root words does not match its meaning? A) Chrondr/o-cartilage. B) Myel/o-spinal cord or bone marrow. C) Tars/o-vertebrae. D) Rachi/Oh spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tars/o-vertebrae. 11. What is walking everyday an example of improving? A) Mental and emotional Health. B) Physical Health. C) Family and Social Health. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical Health. 12. The bones that form the instep of each foot. A) Carpals. B) Tarsals. C) Metacarpals. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metatarsals. 13. Name the type of joint that is found in between carpal bones of the wrist. A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding Joint. 14. How many hipbones we have? A) 4. B) 6. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 15. Which bone disorder is caused by Vitamin D deficiency in children? A) Fracture. B) Leukemia. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteomalacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteomalacia. 16. Epiphyseal plates will be found in this type of bone growth. A) Intramembranous. B) Endochondral. C) Exochondral. D) Extramembranous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endochondral. 17. The shoulder and the hip are examples of a ball and socket joint A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 18. What is the smallest unit of the body? A) System. B) Cell. C) Organ. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell. 19. What is another word for your wrist? A) Radius. B) Ulna. C) Tarsals. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpals. 20. What is the main function of bone marrow? A) Repair bones. B) Make bones stronger. C) Produce red blood cells. D) Make bones lighter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Produce red blood cells. 21. Your heart is an example of ..... muscle. A) Cardiac. B) Nervous. C) Smooth. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 22. This is a soft connective tissue that is important in the production of blood cells. A) Osteocytes. B) Bone Marrow. C) Lipids. D) Enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone Marrow. 23. Which of the following is an example of smooth muscle? A) The heart. B) The tongue. C) The arm muscles. D) The stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The stomach. 24. Which bone groups are in your foot? A) Sternum and Ribs. B) Carpals and Metacarpals. C) Tarsals and Metatarsals. D) Radius and Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarsals and Metatarsals. 25. What is a tissue? (Not the kind you blow your nose with.) A) The basic units of structure and function in all living things. B) A group of specialized cells that work together to perform a specific function. C) A group of two or more different types of tissue that work together to perform a specific function. D) A group of two or more organs that work together to perform a specific task. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of specialized cells that work together to perform a specific function. 26. Kyphosis, lordosis, and scoliosis are three types of ..... A) Abnormal curvatures of the spine. B) Bone inflammation. C) Arthritis. D) Spinal tumors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abnormal curvatures of the spine. 27. Which ribs only attach to the vertebrae? A) True Ribs. B) False ribs. C) Floating Ribs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating Ribs. 28. Type of fracture that breaks through the skin A) Communited. B) Compound. C) Greenstick. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 29. It is a break in the bone. A) Bone Infection. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Dislocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 30. This joint allow bones to glide over each other A) Gliding joints. B) Immovable Joints. C) Ball and socket joints. D) Pivot Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gliding joints. 31. Bone splintered into MORE than 2 pieces A) Comminuted Fracture. B) Greenstick Fracture. C) Colles Fracture. D) Impacted Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comminuted Fracture. 32. Ligaments are best defined as ..... A) Tough, connective tissue attaching bone to bone. Keep joints stable during movement and prevent dislocation. B) Strong, flexible tissue attaching bone to muscle, facilitating movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tough, connective tissue attaching bone to bone. Keep joints stable during movement and prevent dislocation. 33. Total number of bones in our body A) 210. B) 206. C) 260. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 34. Which organs control involuntary muscles? A) Heart and Lungs. B) Brain and Spinal cord. C) Kidneys and Stomach. D) Stomach and Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal cord. 35. What is 16?Hint:13 has the | on it for a reason ..... A) Canaliculi. B) Lamella. C) Periosteum. D) Haversian Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canaliculi. 36. Distribute the weight of the body evenly down the legs. A) Clavicle. B) Pectoral girdle. C) Femur. D) Pelvic girdle. E) Pelvic bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Pelvic bone. 37. When a joint becomes twisted A) Dislocation. B) Arthritis. C) Sprain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sprain. 38. Which term describes a benign bony projection covered with cartilage? A) Osteochondroma. B) Callus. C) Crepitation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteochondroma. 39. What is the function of the muscular system? A) The function is movement of the body through muscles. B) The function is to get rid of waste. C) The function is to process food for nutrients and energy. D) The function is to protect you against disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The function is movement of the body through muscles. 40. A plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior potions equally. A) Transverse plane. B) Sagittal plane. C) Frontal plane. D) Mid transverse plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal plane. 41. Involuntary muscle found in internal organs A) Smooth muscle. B) Tendon. C) Cardiac muscle. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscle. 42. Processes of forming bone A) Compact Bone. B) Ossification. C) Epiphyseal Plate. D) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 43. Which of the following is the correct ranking of body organization from simplest to most complex? A) Organs-cells-tissues-organ systems. B) Cells-tissues-organs-organ systems. C) Tissues-cells-organ systems-organs. D) Organ systems-organs-tissues-cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cells-tissues-organs-organ systems. 44. Which type of joint do your have the most of in your body? A) Hinge joints. B) Gliding joints. C) Ellipsoid joints. D) Ball and socket joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge joints. 45. Where is the medullary cavity located and what does it contain? A) Epiphysis, red marrow. B) Epiphysis, yellow marrow. C) Diaphysis, yellow marrow. D) Diaphysis, red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis, yellow marrow. 46. All joints move. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. Muscles along with bones help in the movement of our body. is it true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Which type of bone cell(s) is/are known as the mature bone cells that are part of your bone matrix and are responsible for maintaining the homeostasis of the bone and monitoring your bones for fractures? A) Osteoblast. B) Osteon. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocyte. 49. Which bone is not part of the axial skeleton? A) Cranium. B) Patella. C) Sacred. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patella. 50. What part of the joint lubricates the joint to allow smooth movement? A) Cartilage. B) Bone. C) Synovial fluid. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial fluid. 51. How many pairs of true ribs do you have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 12. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 52. Which organ of the digestive system allows nutrients to be absorbed into the body by the circulatory system? A) Mouth. B) Esophagus. C) Stomach. D) Small intestines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small intestines. 53. The smallest bone is located in what part of the body? A) Leg. B) Arm. C) Foot. D) Ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ear. 54. The marrow inside the cancellous bone produces ..... A) Red blood cells. B) Synovial fluid. C) Cartilage cells. D) Yellow fat cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood cells. 55. Diarthroses is the medical term for a ..... joint. (page 139) A) Fibrous. B) Synovial. C) Cartilaginous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial. 56. This component of blood is responsible for fighting infection. A) Oxygen. B) Platelets. C) White blood cells. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White blood cells. 57. What is the template for bone formation? A) Hyaluronic acid. B) Cartilage. C) Blood vessels. D) Chondrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 58. The largest and strongest bone in the body is your femur. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. Marrow that produces blood cells A) Yellow Marrow. B) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Marrow. 60. Which of the following does not describe a function of the skeletal system? A) Framework. B) Builds Muscle. C) Support. D) Protect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Builds Muscle. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books