This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 96 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where does primary ossification occur? A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Compact Bone. D) Cortical Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis. 2. Some of the bones in the skull have the same name like the regions of the brain:frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal. A) Like. B) Some. C) Have. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like. 3. When your body bends down to do squats you are probably using what type of joint? A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge Joint. 4. Type of diarthrodial joint that allows for the rotation of one bone around another, such as the neck. A) Gliding. B) Saddle. C) Condyloid. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pivot. 5. What type of cells create the cartilage that first reconnects two bones after they break? A) Osteoblast. B) Fibroblast. C) Osteocyte. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibroblast. 6. This bone disease makes the bone lose its density.It is caused by calcium deficiency.It is usually suffered by the elderly women.The bone disease is called ..... A) Rheumatism. B) Osteoporosis. C) Tuberculosis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 7. What are the two main parts of the skeleton? A) Left skeleton and right skeleton. B) Axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton. C) Frontal skeleton and dorsal skeleton. D) Upper skeleton and lower skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton. 8. Where are ligaments found in the body? A) Between muscle and bone. B) In between bones. C) At the center of a bone. D) Between compact bone and spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In between bones. 9. What is our mandible? A) Largest bone in our body. B) Cheek bones. C) Jaw bone. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jaw bone. 10. The joints between the various carpal and tarsal bones are examples of ..... joints A) Ellipsoidal. B) Pivot. C) Plane (gliding). D) Ball and scoket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plane (gliding). 11. How many bones do babies have at birth? A) 350. B) 400. C) 7. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 350. 12. Excessive anterior curvature of the lumbar vertebral column region; also called swayback. A) Arthralgia. B) Osteoporosis. C) Lordosis. D) You learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lordosis. 13. Helps in movement of bones, where two bones meet A) Bone marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Cartilage. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 14. Which food would be best to make your bones strong? A) Grapes. B) Sugar. C) French Fries. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milk. 15. These cells build bones A) Osteoblasts. B) Cartilage. C) Collagenous. D) Osteoclasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 16. What is soft connective tissue that attach bones at the joints? A) Muscles. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 17. What doctor teats Osteoporosis? A) Surgeon. B) Doctor. C) Therapist. D) Endocrinologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endocrinologist. 18. What type of bone is your sternum? A) Long. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 19. Read this sentence from Skeletons Inside and Out. It supports the body's weight and gives it shape. What does the word supports mean in this sentence? A) Holds up. B) Moves forward. C) Looks at. D) Brings back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holds up. 20. Which bone is located at the base of the skull and connects to the spine? A) Sphenoid bone. B) Atlas. C) Occipital bone. D) Axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atlas. 21. TRUE OR FALSE:The five functions of your skeletal system are:(1) store minerals and fat(2) protect organs (3) allow movement (4) make blood cells(5) shape the body A) True. B) False, 1 is wrong. C) False, 3 is wrong. D) False, 2 is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. True or False:Bones in a human body are living and growing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Name the bone highlighted. A) Ulna. B) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 24. Anatomy is the study of the functions of the body and its parts A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. In an osteon, the concentric rings around the haversian canal that hold the lacunae are referred to as ..... A) Canaliculi. B) Tree rings. C) Lamellae. D) Osseous membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lamellae. 26. The skull is made of ..... bones A) 21. B) 23. C) 24. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22. 27. ..... joints are located in the stifle. A) Pivot. B) Plane. C) Hinge. D) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 28. The joint at the top of our skull is the ..... A) Fixed joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball-and-socket joint. D) Pivot joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed joint. 29. The appendicular skeletal system consist of the A) Clavicle, scapular, ribs and humerus. B) Clavicle, scapular, ribs and vertebral. C) Clavicle, scapular, ribs and cranium. D) Clavicle, scapular, ulnar and humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clavicle, scapular, ulnar and humerus. 30. Which system of the body provides protection for vital organs? A) Endocrine. B) Skeletal. C) Immune. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 31. Hematopoiesis takes place in the ..... of ..... bone tissue A) Yellow marrow, compact. B) Red marrow, spongy. C) Red marrow, compact. D) Yellow marrow, spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red marrow, spongy. 32. Which one is NOT a function of the human bones? A) Provide support and shape. B) Production of blood cells. C) Protects internal organs. D) Allows us to cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allows us to cool. 33. A rib is an example of A) Flat bone. B) Short bone. C) Irregular bone. D) Long bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat bone. 34. True or False:The first seven pairs of ribs are known as false ribs A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. Joints are which type of bone? A) Long. B) Sutural. C) Sesamoid. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid. 36. The humerus is part of what section of the human body? A) Appendicular Skeleton. B) Axial Skeleton. C) Hydroskeleton. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appendicular Skeleton. 37. My metacarpals (wrist bones) are identified as? A) Flat. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short. 38. The abbreviation OA means: A) Osteoarthritis. B) Polymyalgia. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoarthritis. 39. Types of bone tissues are A) Red and yellow marrow. B) Compact and spongy. C) Epiphysis and diaphysis. D) Endosteum and periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact and spongy. 40. Bone that forms from the membranelike layers of primitive connective tissue A) Intramembranous bone. B) Endochondral bone. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Articular cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphyseal plate. 41. What is the term for an area where two or more bones join together? A) Clavicles. B) Cranium. C) Diaphysis. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joints. 42. What are ligaments? A) Specialized cells. B) Tissue that connects bone to bone. C) Tissue that connects cartilage. D) Tissue that connects joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissue that connects bone to bone. 43. Which of these is an irregular bone(s)? A) Phalanges. B) Pelvis. C) Tarsals. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelvis. 44. The joint that allows the head to move up, down and sideways A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Ball and socket. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot. 45. What is the name of the flat bone located at the front of the chest? A) Rib. B) Scapula. C) Sternum. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 46. Repeated movements can cause ligaments and tendons in the wrist to swell, resulting in ..... A) Soreness. B) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. C) Exhaustion. D) Sprained wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. 47. The pivot joint helps your ..... move. A) Knee. B) Shoulder. C) Elbow. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Head. 48. This disease results in weak bones due to the lack of calcium being stored in the bones and is commonly caused by a vitamin D deficiency. A) Rheumatoid Arthritis. B) Osteoporosis. C) Rickets. D) Gouty Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rickets. 49. A hand has 27 bones and a foot has 26 bones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. Your stomach digesting food A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 51. What is the name of the important group of bones that protects your skull? A) Noggin. B) Head. C) Scalp. D) Cranium or skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranium or skull. 52. Cells that break down bone are called A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoplasts. C) Osteoblasts. D) Osteomasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 53. The place in the skeleton where 2 or more bones connect is ..... A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joints. 54. What type of bone marrow produces blood? A) White. B) Green. C) Yellow. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 55. An internal skeleton that is comprised of bone andcartilage A) Axial. B) Endoskeleton. C) Exoskeleton. D) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton. 56. Hematopoiesis is A) Bone formation. B) Bone break down. C) Blood cell production. D) Tissue production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood cell production. 57. What is the main function of irregular bones? A) Protecting organs. B) Supporting weight and movement. C) Stability and movement. D) Reinforcing tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protecting organs. 58. A strong flexible tissue that cushions an area where two bones meet. A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 59. Irregular bones (like the vertebrae) have A) Cubed shapes. B) Complex shapes. C) Bone marrow inside. D) Connections to vital organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex shapes. 60. ..... produces the red blood cells, most white blood cells and blood platelets. A) Red bone marrow. B) Yellow bone marrow. 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