This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 92 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 92 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Horses have ..... bones. A) 345. B) 216. C) 206. D) 205. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 205. 2. The nose and ear are made of cartilage. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. What is the process of bone forming from cartilage? A) Diaphysis. B) Classic. C) Epiphysis. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 4. True or false:Bone is the hardest substance in the human body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. Proteins called clotting factor produce a net of fibrin that traps blood cells and forms a clot. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Vitamin D is needed in order for calcium to be absorbed. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Is an example of "cartilage" ? A) Nose and ear. B) Nails and joints. C) Eye and eyebrow. D) Foot and palm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nose and ear. 8. The shoulder is a ..... A) Ball and socket joint. B) Flat bone. C) Pivot joint. D) Hinge joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joint. 9. Example of a Hinge joint A) Wrist. B) Neck. C) Shoulder. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee. 10. Why should we play and excercise A) It makes our bones strong. B) It keeps them healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It keeps them healthy. 11. Involuntary muscles are called..... muscles. A) Restricted. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) Free. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 12. Raising your hand in class is an example of: A) Extension. B) Flexion. C) Abduction. D) Adduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abduction. 13. What bone cells produce more osteoblasts? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteoprogenitor. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoprogenitor. 14. Tissue that is responsible for movement A) Epithelial. B) Muscular. C) Connective. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular. 15. The bones in the movable joints are held together by strong connective tissues called ..... A) Ligaments. B) Tissues. C) Joints. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 16. Which of the following is NOT a structure of the skeletal system? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Bones. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendons. 17. When cartilage has worn away and bones are grinding on bones A) Gout. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis. 18. Yellow marrow is? A) Spongy bone that produces blood cells. B) Stored triglycerides (fats) in the shaft of long bones. C) Calcium stores. D) Compact bone that includes the ground substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stored triglycerides (fats) in the shaft of long bones. 19. The ..... and ..... protect the lungs. A) Shoulder / sternum. B) Ribs/sternum. C) Tarsals/patella. D) Sternum/phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribs/sternum. 20. What is the proper bone name for your collarbone? A) Tibula. B) Clavicle. C) Sternum. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clavicle. 21. Extracellular matrix contains large amounts of collagen fibers, making these structure very tough, like ropes or cables A) Bones. B) Tendons and ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons and ligaments. 22. Circular motion about a joint A) Circumduction. B) Rotation. C) Opposition. D) Retraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumduction. 23. How many bones are there in a baby body? A) 306. B) 200. C) 206. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 24. The immune system attacks the joints A) Vitamin D deficiency. B) Fibrodysplasia. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rheumatoid arthritis. 25. The ends of your fingers and toes are called A) Carpals. B) Mandibles. C) Phalanges. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 26. What happens to bones in space? A) They weaken. B) They lack Calcium. C) The grow bigger. D) They become stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They weaken. 27. What can be found inside bones? A) Marrow. B) Nothing. C) Ligaments. D) Sponges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 28. Which of the following is a part of the thoracic cage? A) Sternum. B) Thoracic vertebrae. C) Ribs. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 29. How many main functions of the Skeletal system are there? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 30. Bones are living tissues, that's the reason why they ..... A) Grow. B) Age. C) Break. D) Die. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grow. 31. The connective tissue that connects bone to other bones is the tendon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. What type of bones are carpals? A) Flat Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Long Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short Bone. 33. What type of tissue is the Skeletal System made of? A) Connective tissue. B) Nervous tissue. C) Muscle tissue. D) Epithelial tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connective tissue. 34. Which of the following is the first step in ossification? A) Osteoblasts form spongy bone. B) The matrix around the chondrocytes calcifies and hardens. C) Chondrocytes divide rapidly and form tiny columns of cells. D) Osteoclasts enlarge the bone cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chondrocytes divide rapidly and form tiny columns of cells. 35. What is NOT a name for the bones in your back? A) Hide. B) Backbone. C) Vertebrae. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hide. 36. A human adult has ..... bones of different shapes and sizes. A) 206. B) 12 pairs. C) 650. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 37. Bone formation is ..... A) Ossification. B) Bone resorption. C) Fracture repair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossification. 38. True or False:Bones are alive. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. The ..... is a set of bones that protects our heart and lungs. A) Skull. B) Rib. C) Hand bone. D) Leg bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rib. 40. Bone tissue that isn't very dense and is full of holes: A) Canaliculi. B) Lacunae. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 41. The upper arm bone is called the ..... A) Femor. B) Ulna. C) Humerus. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 42. An inflammation in the bronchial tubes that causes a person to have a nagging cough A) Emphysema. B) Pneumonia. C) Bronchitis. D) Cystic fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bronchitis. 43. THE WRIST IS ALSO CALLED: A) METATARSAL. B) TARSAL. C) CARPAL. D) METACARPAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CARPAL. 44. The rectus abdominus muscles have their origin at the A) Ischium. B) Ribs and sternum. C) Pubis. D) Of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pubis. 45. It is the longest bone of the human body. A) Femur. B) Ribs. C) To you. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 46. Definition:Finger tips/ toes A) Femur. B) Ribs. C) Clavicle. D) Phalanx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanx. 47. What movements can occur at the shoulder joint? A) Flexion and extension only. B) Rotation and circumduction only. C) Adduction and abduction only. D) Flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, rotation and circumduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, rotation and circumduction. 48. The tibia and ....., form the skeleton of the leg. A) Ulna. B) Radius. C) Femur. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fibula. 49. These bones are thin and flattened. A) Long. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 50. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROTECTS THE HEART AND LUNGS? A) SKULL. B) SPINE. C) RIB CAGE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RIB CAGE. 51. The portion of the long bone that stores yellow marrow in adults is the A) Epiphysis. B) Medullary cavity. C) Spongy bone. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary cavity. 52. How many bones make up the human skeleton? A) 126. B) 206. C) 80. D) 217. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 53. Suffix that means process or condition. A) -Malacia. B) -per cent. C) -osis. D) -ation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ation. 54. One of the hard parts that make up the skeleton in vertebrates. A) Cartilage. B) Bone. C) Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone. 55. The carpal is this type of bone. A) Flat. B) Short. C) Sesamoid. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short. 56. What do you call the fixed joints in the skull or cranium? A) Collagen. B) Periosteum. C) Joint. D) Sutures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sutures. 57. Joints which allow movement around 3 or more axes A) Uniaxial. B) Multiaxial. C) Biaxial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiaxial. 58. This bone function involves hematopoiesis and occurs in the marrow. A) Blood cell formation. B) Movement. C) Support. D) Mineral Storage. E) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood cell formation. 59. False ribs have-pairs? A) 3. B) 6. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 60. Which bone tissue is considered the hard outer portions of bones? A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. 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