Bones of the Human Body

Question 1

What bone of the jaw includes the hard palate in the front of the mouth?

Answer 1

maxilla

Question 2

How many thoracic vertebrae are there?

Answer 2

12

Question 3

How many bones are there in the skeleton of an adult human?

Answer 3

206

Question 4

The bone of the tarsus which constitutes the heel

Answer 4

calcaneus

Question 5

What two bones in the skull, joined together at a fibrous joint, form the sides and roof of the cranium?

Answer 5

parietal bones

Question 6

The longest and strongest bone in the body

Answer 6

femur

Question 7

How many bones are there in the human hand?

Answer 7

27 (so 54 in total)

Question 8

The uppermost and largest part of the pelvis

Answer 8

ilium

Question 9

How many ribs do humans have?

Answer 9

24 (in 12 pairs)

Question 10

How many bones are there in the human foot?

Answer 10

26 (so 52 in total)

Question 11

The bone between the hip joint and knee joint; aka the thigh bone

Answer 11

femur

Question 12

The digital bones in the hands and feet

Answer 12

phalanges (proximal, intermediate, and distal at the ends)
The singular of phalanges is phalanx.

Question 13

The large triangular bone at the base of the spine (formed by the fusion of 5 vertebrae after adolescence)

Answer 13

sacrum (the vertebrae that fuse are the sacral vertebrae)

Question 14

What bone forms the lower jaw?

Answer 14

mandible

Question 15

The largest sesamoid bone in the body

Answer 15

patella

Question 16

What bone, also known as the shoulder blade, connects the humerus to the clavicle?

Answer 16

scapula

Question 17

The ankle bone that forms the lower part of the ankle joint

Answer 17

talus

Question 18

What long bone, also called the collarbone, serves as a strut between the scapula and the sternum?

Answer 18

clavicle
(There are two clavicles, left and right.)

Question 19

Term used to describe a bone (such as the kneecap) that is embedded within a tendon or muscle

Answer 19

sesamoid

Question 20

The three bones that fuse to form the pelvis (or hip bone)

Answer 20

ilium, ischium, and pubis

Question 21

The smaller of the two bones in the leg; aka the calf bone

Answer 21

fibula

Question 22

Name the three bones of the middle ear.

Answer 22

malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and stapes (stirrup)
Collectively, the bones are called the ossicles.

Question 23

What bone extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist?

Answer 23

radius

Question 24

What cranial bone makes up the bony part of the forehead?

Answer 24

frontal bone

Question 25

What term is used to describe the vertebrae to which the rib cage is attached?

Answer 25

thoracic

Question 26

What bone found in the forearm is the larger and longer of the two bones? It is found on the medial side of the forearm.

Answer 26

ulna

Question 27

What horseshoe-shaped bone in the neck is only distantly articulated to other bones by muscles or ligaments?

Answer 27

hyoid (aka the lingual bone or tongue-bone)

Question 28

What two bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull and house the structures of the ears?

Answer 28

temporal bones

Question 29

The larger and stronger of the two bones in the lower leg

Answer 29

tibia

Question 30

The anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the lower leg; aka the shinbone

Answer 30

tibia

Question 31

The final segment of the vertebral column; aka the tailbone

Answer 31

coccyx

Question 32

How many lumbar vertebrae are there?

Answer 32

5

Question 33

What bones form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and wrist?

Answer 33

metacarpals

Question 34

The cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot that make up the mid and hindfoot.

Answer 34

tarsal bones (or tarsus)

Question 35

How many cervical vertebrae are there?

Answer 35

7

Question 36

What term is used to describe the vertebrae of the neck?

Answer 36

cervical

Question 37

What term is used to describe the vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis?

Answer 37

lumbar

Question 38

What cranial bone is found at the back and lower part of the skull?

Answer 38

occipitial bone

Question 39

What is the bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow?

Answer 39

humerus

Question 40

The five long bones of the foot

Answer 40

metatarsal bones

Question 41

What carpal bone forms the radial border of the carpal tunnel and is thus important in thumb movement?

Answer 41

trapezium

Question 42

The kneecap

Answer 42

patella

Question 43

What are the eight small bones that make up the wrist?

Answer 43

carpals (The wrist is the carpus.)

Question 44

The long flat bone located in the central part of the chest. that connects to the ribs via cartilage and forms the front of the rib cage

Answer 44

sternum

Question 45

Term used to describe the two lowermost (the eleventh and twelfth) rib pairs; so-called because they are attached only to the vertebrae–and not to the sternum or cartilage of the sternum

Answer 45

floating