This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 98 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is a water-based skeleton which is a fluid-filled body cavity inside an organism. A) Hydrostatic Skeleton. B) Endoskeleton. C) Exoskeleton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrostatic Skeleton. 2. What is something that bones produce? A) Wastes. B) Blood. C) Sweat. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood. 3. What is the scientific name for your shoulder bone? A) Phalanges. B) Scapula. C) Vertebrae. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 4. Is a mature bone cell that is surrounded by bone matrix and can communicate with nearby osteocytes through the bone canaliculi. A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteogenic. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osteocyte. 5. Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal are three types that belong to which system? A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Skeletal. D) Outgrowths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular. 6. What are the bones of the hand called? A) Metacarpals. B) Metatarsals. C) Carpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacarpals. 7. System or framework that gives body structural support and shape such as the bones, ligaments, tendonds, and joints A) Digestive. B) Nervous. C) Skeletal. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 8. What is produced inside bones? A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Blood cells. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood cells. 9. Softening of the cartilage A) Chondromalacia. B) Arthromalacia. C) Arthralgia. D) Chondromalacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chondromalacia. 10. The smallest bone of our body found in A) Ear. B) Nose. C) Hands. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 11. Which professional specializes in treating health problems by spinal manipulation? A) Orthopedic surgeon. B) Podiatrist. C) Osteopath. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteopath. 12. Which are the smallest bones in your body? A) Phalanges. B) Ossicles. C) Femur. D) Cranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossicles. 13. Physical Therapy helps with A) Movement. B) Protection. C) Mineral storage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 14. What is the main function of the musculoskeletal system? 1. Support and protect internal organs 2. Send and receive electrical impulses 3. Provide Movement 4 Regulate body temperature. A) Only 1. B) 2 and 3. C) 4 and 2. D) 1 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 and 3. 15. A fracture that is common in children, whose bones have relatively more collagen in their matrix and are more flexible than those of adults, is a(n); A) Spiral fracture. B) Greenstick fracture. C) Open fracture. D) Impact fracture. E) Depressed fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenstick fracture. 16. Bone growth occurs at the ..... of a bone. A) Hyaline Cartilage. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Epiphyseal Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphyseal Plate. 17. What is the longest part of a long bone called? A) Periosteum. B) Metaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 18. Complete the statement ..... connects muscles to bone and ..... connects bone to bone. A) Tendons, Cartilage. B) Ligaments, Tendons. C) Tendons, Ligaments. D) Cartilage, Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons, Ligaments. 19. Name one connective tissue A) Bone. B) Muscle. C) Ligament. D) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 20. The type of bone located where stresses are weaker or multi-directional is called A) Spongy bone. B) Epiphysis. C) Compact bone. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 21. Growth in the length of bone occurs A) Beneath the periosteum. B) At the diaphysis. C) At the epiphyseal plate. D) At primary ossification center. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the epiphyseal plate. 22. Stiffer but deforms more A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 23. What are the hollow spaces in the skull called? A) Patella. B) Sinuses. C) Nose cavities. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinuses. 24. The pelvis of a female is ..... as compared to a male. A) Wide and circular. B) Wide and heart-shaped. C) Narrow and circular. D) Narrow and heart-shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wide and circular. 25. Ribs that share an attachment to the sternum are called ..... A) False ribs. B) True ribs. C) Ghost ribs. D) Floating ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False ribs. 26. Bones, cartilage, and the special structures that connect them make up your A) Skeletal System. B) Nervous System. C) Cardiovascular System. D) Muscular System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal System. 27. What is the function of the ribcage? A) The function of the ribcage is to aid in digestion. B) The function of the ribcage is to store excess fat. C) The function of the ribcage is to protect the vital organs such as the heart and lungs. D) The function of the ribcage is to regulate body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The function of the ribcage is to protect the vital organs such as the heart and lungs. 28. The long bones in the fingers are A) Carpals. B) Tarsals. C) Clavicles. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phalanges. 29. Which is not a type of fracture A) Spiral. B) Greenstick. C) Stress. D) Bursitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bursitis. 30. Another name for shoulder blades is A) Scald. B) Spatula. C) Scamper. D) Scapula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scapula. 31. Tallest mammals in the world? A) Elephants. B) Kangaroos. C) Giraffes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giraffes. 32. What is the depression that is located at the base of the skull that allows the spinal cord to connect to the brain called? A) A large hole. B) Fossa. C) Joint. D) Fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large hole. 33. Nerve endings in the skin are known as A) Pores. B) Sense receptors. C) Yellow marrow. D) Air pockets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense receptors. 34. All of the following bones are in the appendicular skeleton except A) Humerus. B) Clavicle. C) Carpal bones. D) Tibia. E) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sacred. 35. Our heart is divided into ..... sections. A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 36. The wrist is made up of bones called the A) Metatarsals. B) Metacarpals. C) Carpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpals. 37. Jawbone is the only movable part in the Skull A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Which combining form means movement? A) Move/o. B) Tax/o. C) Ton/o. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move/o. 39. ..... is an organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment. A) Arthritis. B) Rheumatoid. C) Osteoporosis. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis. 40. Flexible tissue that makes up ears, nose, and costal part of ribs A) Bones. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Joints. E) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 41. The top part of the sternum is A) Axis. B) Synovial. C) Handle. D) Xiphoid process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Handle. 42. Muscle cells initiate nerve impulses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Which of these connect bone to bone? A) Synovial Fluid. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 44. ..... Long Bones A) Bones of the skull. B) Bones of the vertebral column and sacrum. C) Bones such as the humerus, femur, radius, ulna and fibula. D) Bones phalanges and carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones such as the humerus, femur, radius, ulna and fibula. 45. ..... is a fibrous connective tissue found in joints, the larynx, and the outer ear. A) Bone. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 46. If you move your arm away from your body, out to your side, what type of motion are you doing? A) Extension. B) Flexion. C) Abduction. D) Adduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abduction. 47. ..... muscles make up your heart. A) Strong. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 48. Proximal is defined as A) Closest to the middle. B) Away from the middle. C) Nearest to the point of attachment. D) Farthest from the center. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nearest to the point of attachment. 49. The structures that run through bone and consist of blood vessels and nerves are A) Epiphyseal plates. B) Spongy bone. C) Central (Haversian) canals. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central (Haversian) canals. 50. Which 2 systems work together to help a person stand erect? A) Skeletal / respiratory. B) Skeletal / cardiovascular. C) Skeletal / digestive. D) Skeletal / muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal / muscular. 51. How many bones are in the pelvic girdle? A) 60. B) 4. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 52. Treatments for myasthenia gravis: A) Are supportive. B) Include gene therapy. C) Include radiation therapy. D) Include hormone therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are supportive. 53. B5 The part of the skeleton that protects the spinal cord is the A) Rib cage. B) Skull. C) Backbone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone. 54. When the bone is forced out of its normal position in the joint cavity A) Dislocation. B) Gout. C) Arthritis. D) Sprain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dislocation. 55. Our body moves because of the ..... A) Head. B) Shoulders. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 56. The AXIAL skeleton consists of ..... bones. A) 206. B) 126. C) 80. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80. 57. What is the longitudinal canal that carries blood vessels and nerves in a bone is called the A) Epiphysial Plate. B) Haversian canal. C) Canals. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haversian canal. 58. What is the anatomical name for your Shoulder Blade? A) Scapula. B) Humerus. C) Clavicle. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scapula. 59. Bones are held together by elastic bands called A) Ligaments. B) Tendon. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 60. This is caused by too much use of certain bones/muscles. A) Overuse injuries. B) Osteoporosis. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Scoliosis. 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