Intro to the Skeletal System

Question 1

How many bones does the average adult human have?

Answer 1

206

(but varies from person to person)

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE: Bones decrease with age.

Answer 2

TRUE

(as some bones become fused)

Question 3

What is a paired bone?

Answer 3

Bones of the same type that exist in the left and right sides of the body (i.e. upper and lower limbs)

Question 4

What is an unpaired bone?

Answer 4

Bone that exists in the midline of the body (i.e. vertrebral column)

Question 5

How are features of bones described?

Answer 5

relationship of bone with associated soft tissues

Question 6

What is another name for a tubercule ?

Answer 6

lump/ soft rounded bump

Question 7

What is another name for process?

Answer 7

projection/ prominent projection

Question 8

What exist when a ligament or tendon is attacehd to a tubercle or process during life?

Answer 8

tubercle or process

Question 9

Another name for foramen?

Answer 9

foramina/ hole

Question 10

If a bone has a foramen in it that means…

Answer 10

there was a blood vessel or nerve occupying it during life

Question 11

Another name for a condyle

Answer 11

knuckle/ smooth, rounded articular surface

Question 12

If a bone has a condyle then it has what features?

Answer 12

smooth, rounded end, covered with articular cartilage, that is part of a joint

Question 13

The skeleton can be divided into what kinds of skeletons?

Answer 13

axial and appendicular

Question 14

Skeletal system includes what? (Name all 4)

Answer 14

Bones, ligaments, cartilages, tendons`