The Skeleton

Question 1

How many bones are there in the adult body

Answer 1

206

Question 2

The skull is divided into:

Answer 2

8 cranial bones, 13 facial bones and 1 mandible

Question 3

Unpaired cranial bones

Answer 3

Ethmoid, in between eyes, frontal, forehead, occipital, the back of the head and sphenoid, behind eyes

Question 4

Paired cranial bones

Answer 4

Parietal, top of the head and temporal, sides of head

Question 5

Paired facial bones

Answer 5

Maxilla, above mouth, nasal, top of nose, lacrimal, sides of nose behind maxilla, zygomatic, cheek bones, palatine, hard palate and inferior nasal conchae, lowest scroll structure in nasal cavity

Question 6

Unpaired facial bone

Answer 6

Vomer, below ethmoid bone

Question 7

Sutures

Answer 7

Immobile joints between skull bones, coronal suture joining frontal and parietal bones, the lambdoid joining occipital and parietal bones, sagittal joining parietal bones and squamous between temporal and parietal bones

Question 8

Paranasal sinuses

Answer 8

Air filled spaces around the nasal cavity, serve to humidify and warm inhaled air

Question 9

Orbits

Answer 9

Bony cavities that hold and protect the eyes