More Specific Human Osteology & Dentition

Question 1

How many bones are in the cranium?

Answer 1

21 outwardly visible bones & 6 ear ossicles

Question 2

What is the forehead bone?

Answer 2

frontal

Question 3

What are the cheekbone bones?

Answer 3

zygomatic (2)

Question 4

Bones of the upper teeth?

Answer 4

maxillae (2)

Question 5

Bones of the very back of the mouth?

Answer 5

palatine (2)

Question 6

Bones covered with scent smelling tissue?

Answer 6

nasal conchae (2)

Question 7

Plate in the nose?

Answer 7

vomer

Question 8

What are the bones of the cranium?

Answer 8

frontal, parietal (2), occipital, temporal (2), zygomatic (2), maxillae (2), palatine (2), nasal (2), nasal conchae (2), vomer, lacrimals (2), ethmoid, sphenoid, ear ossicles (6)

Question 9

obliteration

Answer 9

when sutures are fused so much that the line disappears

Question 10

Sagittal suture

Answer 10

separates parietal bones

Question 11

Coronal suture

Answer 11

separates frontal from parietals (headband)

Question 12

Lambdoid suture

Answer 12

separates occipital from parietals (triangular)

Question 13

What are cranial landmarks used for?

Answer 13

description and measurement

Question 14

Sinuses

Answer 14

pockets of air within some cranial bones

Question 15

Why are the frontal sinuses important?

Answer 15

they form uniquely to each other, also a pretty common x-ray view

Question 16

Hyloid

Answer 16

located below lower jay

Question 17

Sternum

Answer 17

very front of rib cage

Question 18

What are the three parts of the sternum

Answer 18

manubrium, body, and xiphoid process

Question 19

How many ribs to humans have?

Answer 19

24 ribs

Question 21

What are the three parts of a rib bone?

Answer 21

body, neck, and head (attachment to the vertebrae)

Question 22

What are the five types of vertebra in the vertical column?

Answer 22

cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx

Question 23

What are the smallest vertebrae near the top called?

Answer 23

cervical

Question 24

What are the vertebrae that attach to the ribs called?

Answer 24

thoracic

Question 25

What are the vertebrae of the lower back called?

Answer 25

lumbar

Question 26

What are the two sections of a vertevrae?

Answer 26

body and neural arch

Question 27

What are the two bones of the shoulder girdle?

Answer 27

clavicle and scapula

Question 28

What is the socket of the scapula called?

Answer 28

glenoid fossa

Question 29

What are the three long bones of the upper limb called?

Answer 29

humerus, radius, and ulna

Question 30

What are the three parts of the humerus?

Answer 30

head, trochlea (knobby bit), olecranon fossa (back of elbow)

Question 31

What are the three parts of the radius?

Answer 31

head (rounded), styloid process (pointy), ulnar notch (for wrist connection)

Question 32

What are the three parts of the ulna?

Answer 32

head, olecranon process (lock), and radial notch (where radius is held)

Question 33

How many hand bones are there?

Answer 33

27

Question 34

What are the three types of hand bones and their quantity?

Answer 34

carpals (8), metacarpals (5), phalanges (14)

Question 35

What are the bones of the pelvic girdle?

Answer 35

os coxae, sacrum, coccyx

Question 36

What are the three parts of the os coxae?

Answer 36

Ilium (blade), ischium (bottom), puris, acetabulum (socket)

Question 37

What are the four lower limb bones?

Answer 37

femur, patella, tibia, and fibula

Question 38

What are the four parts of the femur?

Answer 38

head (ball), neck, shaft, condyles (bottom)

Question 39

How is the tibia recognizable?

Answer 39

looks like a capital "T"

Question 40

What are the three parts of the tibia?

Answer 40

tuberosity (pointy), anterior crest, medial malleolus (bottom knobby bit)

Question 41

What is the significant part of the fibula?

Answer 41

lateral malleolus

Question 42

What are the types of feet bones and their quantity?

Answer 42

tarsals (7), metatarsals (5), phalanges (14)

Question 43

What are the five parts of teeth?

Answer 43

crown, neck, roots, enamel, and dentin

Question 44

How many teeth does an adult human have?

Answer 44

32

Question 45

How many teeth do children have?

Answer 45

20