Primary organ for the skeletal system
How many cranial bones do you have?
8
What is number 7?
Nasal bone
Which segment is highlighted in blue?
Thoracic
Which segment is highlighted in green?
Lumbar
What bone is number 5?
Sphenoid bone
What is number 4?
Temporal bone
What structure in between your vertebrae absorbs shock?
Intervertebral discs
Also known as the tailbone
coccyx

Which segment is highlighted in orange?
Sacrum
Bone cells that clear away damaged tissues
Osteoclasts
The "soft spots" in a baby's head.
Fontanel
Facial bone which is also known as the nasal septum?
Vomer
Only movable bone in the head
mandible.
What bone is shaded green?

Zygomaticus
This is the process of blood cell formation and is also one of the functions of your skeletal system
Hematopoiesis
Spongy bone tissue which serves as shock absorber and makes the bone lighter weight.
Trabecular or cancellous bones
Name at least 2 minerals or substances stored in your bones
calcium, phosphorus, bone marrow
Bone building cells.
Osteoblast
How many bones do you have in total?
206
How many bones do you have per regions in the vertebral column?
7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 4 coccyx
Which ribs are true, false and floating?
1-8 true
9-10 false
11-12 floating
Enumerate all the cranial bones
Frontal
Parietal
temporal
occipital
sphenoid
ethmoid
Enumerate the 7 facial bones
maxilla
palatine
zygomatic, lacrimal
nasal
vomer
mandible
What are the 3 parts of the sternum?
Manubrium, body and xiphoid