The Axial Skeleton
The Appendicular Skeleton
Random Bone/Joints Questions
Elements of the Bone
Major Bones
100
What is one bone found in the skull to protect the brain?
Frontal bones, parietal bones, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, or temporal bones.
100
Name a bone that is found in the shoulder girdle.
The clavicle, sternum, and scapula.
100
Name two bones that are found in the facial structure of a human?
The nasal bone, ethmoid bone, the zygomatic bone, the maxilla, and the mandible.
100
What is cartilage?
Tough connective tissue that covers the end of bones. It helps reduce friction between bones.
100
What is the name for the collarbone?
The clavicle
200
What structure protects the vital organs of the body?
The Rib Cage
200
What type of joint connects the tibia and the femur?
A hinge joint
200
What is the name for the knee-cap?
The patella
200
What is the compact bone?
It is found on the outer layer of the bone and is dense and hard.
200
What is the longest bone in the body?
The Femur
300
What are the ribs called that do not connect to the sternum?
Floating Ribs
300
What are the two bones found in the lower leg?
The tibula and the fibula
300
What is the funniest of the long bones?
The humerus
300
What is the spongy bone, and what does it produce?
Found inside the bone and is filled with red marrow which produces red blood cells.
300

What is the name for the bone in your neck?

The hyoid bone

400

What is the name of the bone that is fused between the two hipbones of the pelvis?

The sacrum

400
What are the bones in the palm of your hand?
The metacarpals
400

These joints, like the wrist joint, allow for many types of movement, but they don't pivot and they don't have the same rotating range as a ball-and-socket joint.

What are Ellipsoidal joints?

400

What is the long bone and give an example.

Long and narrow with knobby ends. One example is the femur.

400
What is the largest bone in the spine?
Lumbar Vertebrae
500
What are the 3 main regions of the axial skeleton?
The skull, the vertebral column, and thoracic region.
500

What are the 3 regions that make up the appendicular skeleton?

The shoulder girdle, The arms, and The pelvic girdle.

500

What is the smallest bone in the human body?

The Stapes

500
How many columns are there in the spine, and what kind of bone is the spinal column?
7, 12, 5 and irregular bones.
500

What is the bone that is formed by the ilium, ischium, and pubis bones?

The pelvis

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