Human Bio Wk 3

Question 1

How many bones in the human body?

Answer 1

206

Question 2

Bones can be classified into five types. They are

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long, short, flat, irregular and sessamoid.

Question 3

Long bones are a class of bone which include

Answer 3

metacarpals of hands and metatarsals of feet.

Question 4

Flat bones are a class of bone which includes

Answer 4

cranial bones and scapula, and offer protection and large muscle attachments.

Question 5

Irregular bones are a class of bone

Answer 5

which are generally complex in design and serve specialised purposes

Question 6

The axial skeleton includes the

Answer 6

skull, the vertebral column, and the thoracic rib cage.

Question 7

The appendicular skeleton includes the

Answer 7

pelvic and pectoral girdles, as well as the upper and lower limb bones.

Question 8

The pectoral girdle is composed of the

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clavicle and scapular bones.

Question 9

The pelvic girdle is composed of

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two coxal bones

Question 10

Bones of the upper limbs include the

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humerus, radius, ulna, carpals(8), metacarpals and phalanges(2-3-3-3-3) of the hand.

Question 11

Bones of the lower limbs include the

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femur, tibia, fibula, patella, tarsals (7), Metatarsals and foot phalanges.

Question 12

The skull, is composed of

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cranial bones and facial bones.

Question 13

The names of cranial bones are

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parietal, frontal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid and ethmoid.

Question 14

Sutures are immovable joints found only between

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skull bones and hold skull bones together.

Question 15

Cavities in the scull bones are known as

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sinuses.

Question 16

There are what and how many vertebra?

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7 cervical vertebra, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebra and 5 fused sacral vertebra.

Question 17

The first 7 pairs of ribs are called

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true ribs; the remaining 5 pairs called false ribs.

Question 18

A downward movement of a part of the body is called

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depression.

Question 19

what is Eversion

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is a movement of the soles laterally so that they face away from each other.

Question 20

Ballet dancers often stand on their toes, this movement at the ankle is known as .

Answer 20

plantar flexion

Question 21

Movement of the forearm when the palm is turned upwards as if to receive something is known as

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supination.

Question 22

The bowling action in cricket of your arm indicates

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circumduction at the shoulder joint.

Question 23

Name the 7 tarsal bones:

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Talus, calcaneous, cuboid, 3 cuniform (medial,intermediate,lateral) and navicular

Question 24

How does rotation differ from circumduction?

Answer 24

Rotation is rotation of the bone on its long axis, circumduction is successive, flexion, extension, abduction followed by adduction.