This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 97 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of muscle movement is controlled automatically by your brain without you having to think about it? A) Voluntary Movement. B) Involuntary Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary Movement. 2. Ligaments connect muscle to bone and tendons connect bone to bone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. How many bones house and protect the brain A) 10. B) 17. C) 8. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 4. What are the cartilage? A) *Bands of strong connective tissue called ligaments hold bones together. B) *Bands of tissue that connect the ends of a muscle to your bone. C) *This smooth and flexible substance covers the tips of your bones where they meet. D) *It enables tendons to move without friction (rubbing against each other). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) *This smooth and flexible substance covers the tips of your bones where they meet. 5. A fracture that breaks the bone all the way through in a ribbon pattern is called a(n) ..... fracture. A) Impacted. B) Comminuted. C) Greenstick. D) Spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spiral. 6. Freely Moving Joints Ex. the knee A) Cartilaginous Joints. B) Fibrous Joints. C) Synovial Joints. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial Joints. 7. The "soft spots" on an infant's skull are called: A) Haversian canals. B) Fontanels. C) Osteoclasts. D) Foramina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fontanels. 8. What has the most bones? A) Fingers and Toes. B) Spine. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fingers and Toes. 9. What directions does a hinge joint move in? A) Forward and backward, upward and downward. B) Sideways, upward and downward. C) No directions. D) 360$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forward and backward, upward and downward. 10. A special type of short bone, shaped like a sesame seed, that is embedded within tendons to provide support and stability with little movement A) Intervertebral discs. B) Joint (articulation). C) Sesamoid bones. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid bones. 11. Calcium is a mineral that people need to help with A) Strong bones & teeth. B) Blood clotting. C) Muscle contraction. D) None of the above. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 12. The smaller bone of the lower leg that is located on the lateral aspect of the lower leg. A) TIbia. B) Radio. C) Fibula. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fibula. 13. Immovable joints are found in A) Hip region. B) Skull. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 14. What two minerals do bones store? A) Carbon and Nitrogen. B) Calcium and Phosphorus. C) Gold and Silver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium and Phosphorus. 15. The connection between the bones to enable movement is called the ..... A) Segment. B) Knee. C) Joint. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint. 16. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of synovial fluid? A) Conduct electrical charge. B) Provide shock absorption. C) Lubricate joint. D) Reduce friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conduct electrical charge. 17. The skull and vertebrae are a part of the ..... skeleton A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Perpendicular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 18. Which of these is not part of the axial skeleton? A) Ribs. B) Radius. C) Spine. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radius. 19. Which of the following is not part of a synovial joint? A) Ligaments. B) Sutures. C) Joint capsule. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutures. 20. This bone is commonly known as the shoulder blade. A) Mandible. B) Scapula. C) Tibia. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 21. Costochondritis occurs where? A) Articular cartilage in any joint. B) In the spongy bone. C) Cartilage connecting ribs to sternum. D) Meniscus in the knees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage connecting ribs to sternum. 22. Bones that form inside of a tendon (patella) are called: A) Sesamoid Bones. B) Flat Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Long Bones. E) Short Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid Bones. 23. These joints are found in the hip and shoulder A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) Immovable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket. 24. The final "go" signal for skeletal muscle contraction is ..... A) An increase in extracellular calcium ion levels. B) An increase in intracellular calcium ion levels. C) A decrease in intracellular calcium ion levels. D) A decrease in extracellular calcium ion levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase in intracellular calcium ion levels. 25. What do ligaments connect? A) Bones to muscles. B) Muscles to bones. C) Bones to other bones. D) Muscles to muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones to other bones. 26. Layer that lines the outside of the bone A) Endosteum. B) Articular cartilage. C) Periosteum. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 27. A unit of bone is referred to as a (an) ..... A) Haversian canal. B) Lamellae. C) Osteon. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteon. 28. Your thigh bone (femur) is which type of bone? A) Long. B) Flat. C) Small. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 29. What shape are short bones typically described as? A) Long and thin. B) Flat and broad. C) Cube-shaped. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cube-shaped. 30. Major bones of the body include ..... A) Cartilage. B) Muscles. C) The brain and spinal cord. D) The skull and vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The skull and vertebrae. 31. Individual bones are called ..... A) Vertebrae. B) Vertebra. C) Vartebra. D) Digested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebra. 32. Movable joints are in general called A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 33. The sole of the foot is turned to face inwards is: A) Circumduction. B) Rotation. C) Inversion. D) Supination. E) Plantar Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inversion. 34. WHAT IS THE JOB OF TENDONS? A) Attaches muscle to bone. B) Connects bone to bone. C) Connective tissue acting like a cushion between bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attaches muscle to bone. 35. Backbone is also known as ..... A) Vertebrae. B) Humerus. C) Cranium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 36. The skeletal system stores the mineral A) Iron. B) Magnesium. C) Calcium. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium. 37. Your skeleton and bones protect your insides A) Decisions. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. Normal wear and tear of the joints A) Rheumatoid Arthritis. B) Gout. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 39. Why do you have more bones in your body when you are born? A) Babies have longer bones. B) Babies have more moveable joints. C) Babies have more immovable joints. D) Bones of a baby eventually fuse together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bones of a baby eventually fuse together. 40. ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION-The process starts from a mass of ..... A) COLLAGEN/FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE. B) ELASTIC CARTILAGE. C) FIBROCARTILAGE. D) HYALINE CARTILAGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HYALINE CARTILAGE. 41. In which part of a bone are blood cells produced? A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Bone marrow. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 42. What is the purpose of cells? A) To convert light energy to chemical energy. B) To break down glucose within the mitochondria. C) To provide light energy. D) To carry out processes that keep an organism alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To carry out processes that keep an organism alive. 43. Where is the red marrow found in a long bone? A) In adults in the diaphysis; in infants in the epiphysis. B) In adults in the epiphysis; in infants in the diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In adults in the epiphysis; in infants in the diaphysis. 44. Epiphyses are ..... A) Inner part of the bone. B) Outer part of the bone. C) The shaft of the bone. D) The ends of the bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ends of the bone. 45. ..... regulate mineralization and resorption (i.e. remodeling) A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoprogenitor cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes. 46. The nurse is caring for a patient who has undergone a right knee arthroscopy. Two hours after the procedure, the patient's right pedal pulse is diminished compared with the previous assessment. What action should the nurse take? A) Take vital signs. B) Notify the surgeon. C) Perform neurovascular assessment in 30 minutes. D) Change the dressing and rewrap the elastic wrap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notify the surgeon. 47. It is the actual fingernail. A) Nail polish. B) Nail. C) Nail plate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nail plate. 48. What is the first step in bone repair? A) Hematoma. B) You shut up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hematoma. 49. C1 What is the important job of the rib cage? A) Protect brain. B) Protect heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect heart. 50. Hip bone is called the A) Ilium. B) Sacred. C) Coxal bone. D) Iliac crest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coxal bone. 51. Striated and under voluntary control A) Skeletal Muscle. B) Smooth Muscle. C) Cardiac Muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal Muscle. 52. What are the two essential minerals that are stored in the bones? A) Calcium & phosphorus. B) Calcitonin & potassium. C) Calcium & iron. D) Calcium & magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium & phosphorus. 53. Bone thinning disease. A) Crepitus. B) Osteoporosis. C) Skeletal dysfunction. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis. 54. Your tibia is in your ..... A) Arms. B) Chest. C) Leg. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leg. 55. Which part of your bone provides strength and rigidity? A) Compact bone. B) Irregular bone. C) Spongy bone. D) The pelvic bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact bone. 56. The process of replacing connective tissue to form an intramembranous bone. A) Hyaline ossification. B) Gender specific ossification. C) Endochondral ossification. D) Intramembranous ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intramembranous ossification. 57. Which joints allow the greatest range of motion? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 58. Which is a curviture of the spine A) Fracture. B) Scoliosis. C) Leukemia. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis. 59. Fracture that occurs at the ankle and affects both bones of the leg A) Catch up. B) Spiral. C) Pott's. D) Transverse. E) Compression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pott's. 60. The vertebral column has how many total bones? A) 23. B) 24. C) 25. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26. ← 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