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Skeletal system
Question | Answer |
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How many ribs are in the body? | 24 |
How many cervical vertebrae do we have? | 7 |
How many thoracic vertebrae do we have? | 12 |
How many lumbar vertebrae do we have? | 5 |
How many true ribs do we have? | 14 |
How many false ribs do we have? | 10 |
But the last two pairs of the false ribs are called... | Floating ribs |
How many carpels are there in the body? | 16 |
How many metacarpels are there in the body? | 10 |
How many phalanges are there in the body? | 56 |
Projection | off of bones that are sites of muscle or ligament attachment |
Crest | Narrow ridge of bone |
Trochanter | very large, blunt, irregular process |
Tuberosity | Large rounded, roughened process |
Tubercle | small rounded process |
Condyle | rounded, articular process |
Foramen | round or oval opening through a bone |
Fossa | shallow depression in bone |
Meatus | Canal like opening |
Articulation | where 2 or more bones come together |
Fontanel | soft spot on the skull |
How many tarsals are there in the body? | 14 |
How many metatarsals are there in the body? | 10 |