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