Chapter 3: The Axial Skeleton

Question 1

What protects the Axial Skeleton?

Answer 1

The brain, spinal cord, heart, and lungs.

Question 2

What does the Axial Skeleton does?

Answer 2

Comprises 80 bones of the head and body and is organized into three parts.

Question 3

What are the three parts of the Axial Skeleton?

Answer 3

Skull, Rib cage and Spinal column.

Question 4

How is the Skull divided?

Answer 4

By two groups those of the cranium and those of the face.

Question 5

How many bones does the Cranium has and what they do?

Answer 5

There are 8 bones that form the cranium and they protect the brain.

Question 6

How many bones does the face has?

Answer 6

There are 14 bones that form the face.

Question 7

How many bones does the Auditory Ossicles has and where are they located?

Answer 7

There are 3 tiny bone and are located in each middle ear.

Question 8

What does the Rib Cage do and how many bone does it has?

Answer 8

The Rib Cage protects the heart and lungs. It consist of 24 ribs, sternum (breastbone), and 12 vertebrae of the spinal column.

Question 9

What is another name for the Spinal Column?

Answer 9

Vertebral Column

Question 10

What does the Spinal Column do?

Answer 10

Supports the head and body and protects the spinal cord.

Question 11

What are the bony structures of the Spinal Column called?

Answer 11

Vertebrae

Question 12

How many vertebrates does the Spinal Column has?

Answer 12

There are 27 vertebrae, 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 1 Sacrum, and 1 coccyx.

Question 13

What does the Intervertebral disks act as shock absorbers that separate and cushion the vertebrae form each other.