Bones of the Human Body

How many bones in the adult human skeleton?

206

How many bones in each section of the human spine from top to bottom?

7, 12, 5, 5, 4

What types of joints are found in the shoulder and hip?

Ball and Socket

Why do babies have more bones than adults?

Bones fuse as they age

Lunate

Carpal bone between the middle and ring fingers closest to the radius/ulna

Scaphoid

Carpal bone between the pointer and middle fingers closest to the radius

Hamate

Carpal bone between the ring and pinky fingers closest to the metacarpals

Triquetrum

Carpal bone between the ring finger and pinky closest to the ulna

Capitate

Carpal bone near the middle finger closest to the metacarpals

Trapezoid

Carpal bone near the pointer finger closest to the metacarpals

Trapezium

Carpal bone next to the thumb closest to the metacarpals

What type of bone is found in diaphyses?

Compact Bone

What is the tough covering surrounding bones?

Periosteum

What is the purpose of processes in the skeleton of the human body?

Places for muscle attachment.

How can you tell the difference between and male and female skeleton?

Pubis angle, size and weight of the bones.

Pisiform

Smallest carpal bone near the pinky, somewhat "behind" the triquetrum

What type of bone is found in epiphyses?

Spongy Bone

_________ connects bone to muscle.

Tendons

Hyoid bone

U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue and its muscles.

What is made in red bone marrow?

red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets

What is yellow marrow?

storage area for fat cells

What are the smallest bones in the human body?

Ear bones (malleus, incus, stapes)

Bones that make blood.

Flat bones (ribs, skull, hips, scapula) and spongy bone.

What types of joints are found in the elbows and knees?

Hinge

__________ connects bone to bone.

Ligaments

What type of bones are the femur, humorous, radius, ulna, and fibula?

Long bones