Skeleton

• How maybe bones does an adult have?

  206
• There are 5 fused bones 2 in the skull and 3 in the spine. What bones consist of these fusions?

  Coccyx and sacrum
• The

  only bone in the body with no function is the coccyx
• The skull consists of 8 cranial bones, name them

  1 frontal, 1 occipital, 1 ethmoid, 2 temporal, 2 parietal
• The skull has 14 facial bones, name them

  1 mandible, 1 vomer, 2 lacrimal, 2 inferior turbinate, 2 maxilla, 2 palatine, 2 zygomatic, 2 nasal
• An average human has 32 teeth in a full set, 16 in each jaw. From the centre outwards, name the sets of teeth with they’re number (how many there is on each side of the jaw) 


  2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, 3 molars
• There are 33 spinal vertebra. How many cervical, thoraric, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal are there?

  7 cervical. 12 thoraric. 5 lumbar. 5 sacral. 4 coccygeal
• Among the cervical vertebrae are the axis and ___ which allow the rocking and turning of the head

  Atlas
• Rib cage is also known as…


  Thoracic cage
• Ribs: the upper 7 are true ribs, 8-10 are false ribs, the final 2 pairs are floating ribs
• Sternum is also known as

  Breast bone
• Parts of the sternum (located in between the ribs) 


  Manubrium (top),

  Gladiolus (body)

  Xiphoid process (tip)
• Pectoral girdle (shoulder girdle) consists of 2 clavicles and 2 scapulae