Skeletal

Question 1

What are the primate characteristics humans have?

Answer 1

Hands, forward facing eyes, larger convulated brain

Question 2

The coelomic cavity is divided into what three areas?

Answer 2

pericardial (heart), 2 pleural (lungs), peritoneal (digestive, reproductive, urinary)

Question 3

how many bones do babies have?

Answer 3

270

Question 4

how many bones do adults have?

Answer 4

206

Question 5

what is the skeletons primary purpose

Answer 5

to carry weight of body and protect and support internal organs

Question 6

what are the 2 major skeletal parts

Answer 6

axial and appendicular

Question 7

3 regions of axial skeletons

Answer 7

skull, thorax(rib cage), and vertebral column (spine)

Question 8

how many bones are in the skull

Answer 8

22

Question 9

what are the 2 major parts of the skull

Answer 9

face and cranium

Question 10

how many vertebrae do adults have

Answer 10

26

Question 11

how many vertebrae do babies have

Answer 11

44

Question 12

what is the spine’s purpose

Answer 12

to protect the spinal cord and allow movement of the neck and trunk

Question 13

where is the thorax

Answer 13

below the neck

Question 14

how many pairs of ribs

Answer 14

12

Question 15

where are the first 10 pairs of ribs attached and how are they attached

Answer 15

to the breastbone (sternum) by cartilage strips

Question 16

where are the 11th and 12th pairs of ribs attached to

Answer 16

only to the vertebral column