This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 95 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 95 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The membranous areas between the cranial bones and fetal skull are called: A) Areolas. B) Foramina. C) Sinuses. D) Sutures. E) Fontanels. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Fontanels. 2. What is the main function of the bones? A) Produces red blood cells. B) Support and give shape to the body. C) It is a place where two bones meet. D) Covers the bones with a fluid to make the movement easier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support and give shape to the body. 3. Amphiarthrotic joints are: A) Immovable. B) Slightly movable. C) Freely movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slightly movable. 4. Which one is NOT a joint? A) Wrist. B) Humerus. C) Shoulder. D) Hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 5. The shoulder is ..... to the elbow. A) Dorsal. B) Ventral. C) Proximal. D) Distal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proximal. 6. Another name for the backbone A) Sternum. B) Back. C) Tibia. D) Vertebral column. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebral column. 7. Which type of bone canal is an opening at the center of osteons? A) Lacunae. B) Perforating canal (Volkmann's). C) Lamellae. D) Central canal (Haversian). E) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central canal (Haversian). 8. Strongest and longest bone in the body. A) Femur. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 9. Where are your skeletal muscles? A) Attached to your bones. B) In your heart. C) In your stomach and veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attached to your bones. 10. What type of cells are responsible for bone formation? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 11. Which describes a hematoma? A) Collection of blood in the body. B) Damaged cartilage matrix. C) Loss of fibrouscartiliage. D) Torn subdermal tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collection of blood in the body. 12. What is the blood clot that first form around a fracture? A) Cast. B) Callus. C) Hematoma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hematoma. 13. You will need to know the five functions of the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What bone is known as the kneecap? A) Phalanx. B) Sesamoid. C) Patella. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 15. What is almost like a rubber band that holds a bone to a bone? A) Joints. B) Marrow. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligament. 16. Secures the periosteum to the underlying bone. A) Medullary Cavity. B) Compact Bone. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers. E) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers. 17. Red Bone Marrow is located in the A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphyseal Plate. C) Epiphysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 18. Muscles make up around ..... of your weight A) 1/100. B) 1/10. C) 1/2. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1/2. 19. What group of bones make-up the area of your hips and where your femurs are attached? A) Pelvic girdle. B) Parietal girdle. C) Patella girdle. D) Grandma's girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvic girdle. 20. Voluntary muscles are also called striped muscles A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. The public found what they believe is a child's body. How can the body's approximate age at time of death be determined? A) By the shape of the pelvic bone. B) By the size of muscle attachment points in the skull. C) By the degeneration and wear on the joints. D) By the ossification of bones and eruption of adult teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the ossification of bones and eruption of adult teeth. 22. Types of Fractures:The Fracture is completely across the bone. A) Comminuted Fracture. B) Transverse Fracture. C) Hairline Fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transverse Fracture. 23. The longest bone in our body is stapes A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 24. What classification of bone does the pelvis belong to? A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 25. A pigment that colors the skin A) Melanin. B) Epidermis. C) Chloroplast. D) Dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melanin. 26. ..... are cavities containing osteocytes that are arranged in concentric rings. A) Canaliculi. B) Osteon. C) Lamellae. D) Lacunae. E) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacunae. 27. A tough band of tissue that holds bone together at the joints are called? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 28. Long, short, irregular are all? A) Types of bone tissue. B) Bones. C) Functions of the bone. D) Types of bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Types of bone. 29. Which of the following is NOT included in the Skeletal System? A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Bone. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerves. 30. Hormone produced in the bone A) Osteocalcin. B) Glucagon. C) Insulin. D) Parathyroid hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocalcin. 31. What are immobile joints called? A) Sutures. B) Visceral skull. C) Cranial. D) Foramen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutures. 32. In long bones, spongy bone is located A) In the diaphysis. B) In the epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the epiphysis. 33. Long bones start out as ..... ? A) Elastic cartilage. B) Hyaline cartilage. C) Elastic connective tissue. D) Dense fibrous connective tissue. E) Fibrocartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyaline cartilage. 34. A very strong connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle to bone. A) Ligaments. B) Tendons. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 35. This part of the skeletal system has over half of the body's bones. A) Appendicular. B) Axial. C) Endoskeleton. D) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular. 36. Another name for the hand bones A) Clavicle. B) Metacarpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metacarpals. 37. Forms part of the wrist join in the upper limb. A) Radius. B) Humerus. C) Clavicle. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radius. 38. The ..... is called the cradle of RBC's and WBC's. A) Skull. B) Spine. C) Bone Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone Marrow. 39. Which of the following is not an example of a long bone (i.e., :mostly made of compact bone w/ the bone typically being longer than it is wider) A) Femur. B) Scapula. C) Radius. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 40. Cells that build or form bone are called A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteomasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 41. A condition that usually affect the elderly where bone creation can't keep up with destruction and bones become brittle A) Osteoporosis. B) Osteosarcoma. C) Rickets. D) Osteogenesis imperfecta. E) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 42. The forearm bone closest to the thumb is the ..... A) Ulna. B) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 43. Supports, protects, and gives structure to other tissues and organs in the body. A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 44. During an examination, a physician grasps the patient's left hand and rotates the patient's forearm so that the dorsum of her hand is facing anteriorly. Which of the following terms best describes the motion that was induced in this patient's forearm? A) Supination. B) Abduction. C) Adduction. D) Pronation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronation. 45. The functions of the skeletal system are to provide structure, create blood cells, and what else? A) Protection. B) Digestion. C) Deliver oxygen. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. 46. The skull of an adult human being generally contains ..... bones A) 21. B) 23. C) 20. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22. 47. How does the skeletal system support the body, Prisha, Naira, and Arnav? A) By providing structure, protection, and allowing movement. B) By providing energy to the body. C) By producing hormones. D) By regulating body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By providing structure, protection, and allowing movement. 48. What is the main topic of the presentation? A) Osteoporosis. B) Tissues. C) Skeletal System. D) Soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 49. This system helps rids the body of wastes. A) Digestive. B) Excretory. C) Circulatory. D) Endocrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excretory. 50. 72 year old Betty was told by her doctor that she has low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue. Her bones look like they have a bunch of space or pores in them. The doctor explained that the patient has ..... and is more likely to fracture than someone else her age without this disease. A) Osteoblastoma. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteocytoma. D) Osteogenesis imperfecta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 51. What does the nail plate rest on? A) Nail wall. B) Free edge. C) Cuticle. D) Nail bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nail bed. 52. If a joint allows for movement, which of the following directly allows for said movement? A) Aponeuroses. B) Tendons. C) Muscle tissue. D) The bones present. E) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle tissue. 53. The head is ..... to the shoulders. A) Caudal. B) Superior. C) Proximal. D) Inferior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superior. 54. The bone cell that creates/builds up a bone matrix. A) Osteobyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 55. The Ulna and Radius are fused in horses, but not in Humans. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 56. I am the opening present at the center of the iris, light enters through me, who am i? A) Pupil. B) Retina. C) Lense. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pupil. 57. What is step 6 of bone repair? A) The spongy bone is then replaced by muscle tissue. B) The bone is then fractured again. C) The spongy bone is then replaced by compact bone. D) The bone is then left to heal on its own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spongy bone is then replaced by compact bone. 58. Most insects have this type of skeleton. A) Endoskeleton. B) Axial. C) Exoskeleton. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exoskeleton. 59. ..... are places where 2 bones connect. A) Bends. B) Joints. C) Connectors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints. 60. Sutures are joints that connect A) Bones of the skull. B) Teeth to the skull. C) Radius and ulna. D) Tibia and fibula. E) Vertebrae of the spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones of the skull. ← 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