Anatomy Axial & Appendicular

Question 1

What is meant by the appendicular skeleton

Answer 1

Anything which hangs off the midline of the body

Question 2

What is meant by the axial skeleton

Answer 2

Anything along the midline of the body

Question 3

What are the 4 sections of the appendicular skeleton

Answer 3

Shoulder girdle, Arms+hands+wrists+fingers, Pelvic girdle, Legs+annkles+feet+toes

Question 4

What bones make up the shoulder girdle

Answer 4

Clavicle, Scapula

Question 5

What bones make up the arms

Answer 5

Humerus, radius, ulna

Question 6

What bones make up the hand

Answer 6

Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

Question 7

What bones make up the legs

Answer 7

Femur, patella, tibia, fibula

Question 8

What bones make up the feet

Answer 8

Tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges

Question 9

What are the 3 key regions of the axial skeleton

Answer 9

Skull, ribs, vertebral column

Question 10

How many bones make up the skull, ribs and vertebral column

Answer 10

28, 22, 33

Question 11

What are the sections of the vertebral column called + N&N

Answer 11

Cervical (7) Thoracic (12) Lumbar (5) Sacrum (5) Coccyx (4)

Question 12

What are the different pairs of ribs N&N

Answer 12

7 True pairs, 3 False pairs, 2 Floating pairs

Question 13

Skull parts

Answer 13

8 Flat interlocking bones, 6 Auditory ossicles, 14 Facial bones