Round 1
Humans are born with 300 bones. These bones harden and fuse together as humans age until we have how many bones as an adult?
206
The ancient Egyptians developed the first functional prosthesis 3,000 years ago. What body part did they replace to assist people walking?
Big Toe
We have 206 bones in our bodies and can move many of them in a large range of motion, thanks to joints. How many joints does the human skeleton have?
306
Infants are born with soft, squishy kneecaps. These kneecaps harden into bone over time in a process called ossification. What is the soft, squishy substance that hardens into bone in this process?
Cartilage
This spongy tissue is found in the middle of your bones and makes up about 4% of your body weight. What is it?
Bone Marrow
What broad term is used to refer to joint pain or joint disease that is most commonly found in older people? More than 50 million adults and 300,000 children have some type of this disability.
Arthritis
Where would you find your phalanges, metacarpals, and carpals?
Hand
Humans are classified as vertebrates. Birds are. Fish too. What bone do you need to have to be considered a vertebrate?
Backbone/ Spine / Spinal column
On the average human rib cage, how many pairs of ribs do most adults have?
12 pairs
The stapes is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body. Where is it found?
Ear or middle ear
If I mention the T5, L1, atlas, or the coccyx, I'm talking about what parts of the skeletal structure?
Spine, backbone, or vertebral column
Though it may look like one single large bone, the skull is actually made up of 22 different parts that are divided into two groups. We have 14 facial bones. What are the other eight bones?
Cranial
Ball and socket, Saddle, Hinge, and Gliding are all types of what found in the skeletal system?
Joints
A children's song goes: "The foot bone's connected to the leg bone, the leg bone's connected to the knee bone." You may have heard the song. But one bone in the body doesn't fit this tune. The Hyoid is the only bone not connected to another bone. Where is it found?
Throat
Though incredibly strong, bones can still be broken. What is the most commonly broken bone?
Clavicle or collar bone
The human spinal column is made up of 33 interlocking bones called what?
Vertebrae
The bones of the skull are joined together with sutures, which are immovable joints formed by ossification. Except one bone. Which one is the only movable bone in the skull?
Mandible, jawbone, or lower jaw
The femur, tibia, and patella all connect at the largest joint in the body. What’s the name of that joint?
Knee
The oldest tumor to date was found on the remains of a Neanderthal dating back 120,000 to 130,000 years. What part of the body was the tumor found on?
Rib
Which famous motorcycle stuntman holds the record for the most bone fractures in a lifetime with 433 fractures by the end of 1975?
Evel Knievel
Usain Bolt, world record holder and three-times Olympic gold medalist, has what spine curving disease that affects an estimated 2% to 3% of Americans?
Scoliosis
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what part of poor Yorick's body does Hamlet lament over?
Skull
Which is the odd one out? Jellyfish, Earthworm, Pangolin, or Tarantula?
Pangolin, the others are invertebrates.