Skeletal System Questions & Answers

1.  Bones are attached at joints by what?
          Ligaments

2.  Bones protect and support what?
          Organs

3.  Muscles are attached to bones by what?
          Tendons

4.  What are the two major parts of the skeletal system?
          The appendicular and the axial

5.  What bones make up the axial skeleton?
          Scull, rib cage, sternum, ossicles, hyoid, veritable column

6.  What is the primary purpose of the appendicular skeleton?
          Movement

7.  What are the two main parts of the skull?
          Cranium and mandible

8.  How many articulating vertebrae are in the vertebral column?
          24

9.  What are the vertebrae in the chest region called?
          Thoracic vertebrae

10.  What are the vertebrae in the lower back called?
          Lumbar vertebrae

11.  How many pairs of ribs do you have?
          12

12.   How many pairs of ribs are known as “false ribs”?
          5 pairs

13.  Why are they called “false ribs”?
          They are not connected to the sternum or they share costal cartilage

14.  What are the collarbones called?
          Clavicles

15.  What is your upper arm bone called?
          Humorous

16.  What is your shoulder blade bone called?
          Scapula

17.  Each of your hip bones (coxa) consist of how many fused bones?
          3

18.  What is the biggest bone in your body called?
          Femur