The skeleton

Question 1

how many bones form the typical adult skeleton?

Answer 1

206 bones

Question 2

what are the subdivisions of the skeleton?

Answer 2

axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton

Question 3

how many bones form the typical adult appendicular skeleton?

Answer 3

126 bones

Question 4

how many bones form the typical adult axial skeleton?

Answer 4

80 bones

Question 5

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

Answer 5

28 bones

Question 6

what bones form the neurocranium of the typical adult skull?

Answer 6

frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid and ethmoid

Question 7

how many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?

Answer 7

8 bones

Question 8

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

Answer 8

14 bones

Question 9

what s the name given to the presacral region of the typical adult vertebral column?

Answer 9

the spine

Question 10

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

Answer 10

24 bones

Question 11

how many bones are present in the typical adult sternum?

Answer 11

1 bone

Question 12

what regions are present along the typical adult sternum?

Answer 12

manubrium sterni, corpus sterni and xiphoid process

Question 13

how many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?

Answer 13

12 pairs or 24 ribs