Skeletal System

Question 1

How many bones are in the skeletal system?

Answer 1

206 bones

Question 2

What are considered “long” bones?

Answer 2

the femur, radius and humerus

Question 3

What are considered “short” bones?

Answer 3

Carpals and Tarsals

Question 4

What are considered “flat” bones?

Answer 4

Ribs, Scapula, Skull, and Sternum

Question 5

What are considered “irregular” bones?

Answer 5

Vertebrae, Sacrum, Mandible

Question 6

Diaphysis

Answer 6

The shaft of a long bone, located between the epiphyses

Question 7

Epiphysis

Answer 7

Spongy bone tissue, located at either end of a long bone

Question 8

How many bones does the Axial Skeleton consist of?

Answer 8

80 bones

Question 9

How many bones does the Skull have?

Answer 9

8 - cranial
14 - facial
6 - auditory ossicles

Question 10

How many bones does the the Thoracic cage have?

Answer 10

25 bones

Question 11

How many bones does the Appendicular Skeleton have?

Answer 11

126 bones
- 60 > upper extremity
- 60 > lower extremity
- 2 > pelvic girdle
- 4 > pectoral girdle

Question 12

Vertebral/Spinal Column

Answer 12

The portion of the skeleton consists of the vertebrae and intervertebral disks.

Question 13

The 4 curvatures of the spine

Answer 13

Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral

Question 14

Atlas

Answer 14

The 1st cervical vertebra.
Articulates with the occipital bone and the axis

Question 15

Axis

Answer 15

The 2nd cervical vertebra, which the atlas bone articulates.
This allows the head to be rotated, extended, and flexed.

Question 16

Coccyx

Answer 16

The last bone at the base of the vertebral column
AKA the tailbone, attaches to the end of the sacrum.

Question 17

Sternum

Answer 17

The bone that forms the anterior portion of the thoracic cage

Question 18

True Ribs

Answer 18

7 pairs of ribs, attached to the sternum directly by their individual costal cartilages

Question 19

False Ribs

Answer 19

Ribs in pairs 8 through 10, attached to the sternum indirectly

Question 20

Floating Ribs

Answer 20

Ribs in pairs 11 and 12, which are not attached to the sternum

Question 21

Pectoral Girdle

Answer 21

Consists of 2 clavicles (collarbones) and 2 scapulae (shoulder blades)

Question 22

Clavicle

Answer 22

One of the pair of long bones that form the anterior part of the pectoral girdle. (Collarbone)

Question 23

Scapula

Answer 23

One of the pair of large, flat, triangular bones that form the dorsal part of the pectoral girdle (shoulder blade)

Question 24

Pelvic Girdle

Answer 24

The skeletal structure consisting of the ilium, the sacrum, and the coccyx.

Question 25

Femur

Answer 25

The thigh bone and it is considered the largest and strongest bone in the skeleton.