skeleton- unit 2 ex. 1 QQ

Question 1

how many bones form the typical adult appendicular skeleton?

Answer 1

126 bones

Question 2

how many bones form the typical adult axial skeleton?

Answer 2

80 bones

Question 3

what bones form the axial skeleton?

Answer 3

skull, hyoid, vertebral column, sternum and ribs

Question 4

what is the name given to the adult skull minus the mandible?

Answer 4

cranium

Question 5

what are the names given to the top of the adult skull?

Answer 5

calvaria or calva

Question 6

what are the categories of bone forming the typical adult skull?

Answer 6

neurocranium, facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral cranium) and auditory ossicles

Question 7

what is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?

Answer 7

28 bones

Question 8

how many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?

Answer 8

8 bones

Question 9

what bones form the facial skeleton?

Answer 9

mandible, vomer, nasal, maxilla, lacrimal, inferior nasal concha, palatine and zygomatic

Question 10

how many bones form the facial skeleton? (splanchnocranium or visceral skeleton)

Answer 10

14 bones

Question 11

what bones form the splanchnocranium?

Answer 11

all bones of facial skeleton except mandible

Question 12

how many bones comprise the typical adult auditory ossicles?

Answer 12

6 bones

Question 13

how many bones present in adult hyoid?

Answer 13

1 bone

Question 14

what is the number of bones comprising each region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?

Answer 14

7 C, 12 T, 5 L, 1 S and C

Question 15

what is the name given to the pre-sacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?

Answer 15

spine

Question 16

how many bones in sternum?

Answer 16

1

Question 17

what regions are present along typical adult sternum?

Answer 17

manubrium sterni, corpus sterni, xiphoid process

Question 18

how many ribs present in typical adult skeleton?

Answer 18

12 pair or 24 ribs