Skeletal System Questions A&P
Which bone is actually your heel?
calcaneus
Name the bone that is your collar bone.
clavical
Which bones make up your shoulder (pectoral) girdle?
clavicle and scapula
Which bones do you sit on?
coccyx
Which set of bones make up your tailbone?
coccyx
A human skeleton that has been taken apart is called a(n) _____________ skeleton.
disarticulated
Name the bones that make up your cranium
frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid
What bone is also called your funny bone?
humerus
What three bones make up the pelvis/os coxa?
ilium, ischium, and pubis
What is your patella
knee
Which bone is your chin bone?
mandible
There are _____ bones in a standard skeleton.
206
There are approximately ____ bones in the human body.
206
What bones make up your hand?
metacarpals and phalanges
What bones make your foot?
metatarsals and phalanges
Name the bones that make up your "facial bones".
nasal, maxilla, zygomatic, mandible, lacrimal, palatine, inferior concha, vomer
Which bone does the tibia articulated with on the superior end?
patella
What is name of the group of bones that make up your toes? Your finger?
phalanges
Name the bone that is considered your shoulder blade.
scapula
Which bone does the fibula articulate with on the superior end?
tibia
Which bone is your shin bone?
tibia
Which bone of your lower leg is considered the medial one?
tibia
Which bones make up the ankle?
tibia, fibula, and the talus
Of the twelve pairs of ribs that make up the rib cage, how many are attached and not "floating"?
true ribs - first 7 false ribs - 8-10 floating - 11-12
How to true ribs differ from false ribs and floating ribs?
true ribs are attached to a bone (sternum) and false and floating ribs are not
The proximal end of this bone is your elbow.
ulna
Which bone is your cheek bone?
zygomatic
The vertebral column is broken up into 5 major segments; name these segments and their location.
-7 cervical vertebrae in the neck. -12 thoracic vertebrae in the upper back corresponding to each pair of ribs. -5 lumbar vertebrae in the lower back. -5 sacral vertebrae which are fused together to form 1 bone called the sacrum. -4 coccygeal vertebrae that are fused together to form the coccyx or tailbone.
Which bones make up the wrist?
8 carpal bones (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate), the radius and the ulna
What is the name of the bone that is longest in your body? (Roughly 1/4 your body height)
Femur
Which bones make up your pelvic girdle?
Ilium, the Ischium, and the Pubis
Which bone in your forearm is found on the thumb side?
Radius
What are the two major divisions of the skeletal system?
axial and appendicular
