Question

1. How many total bones are there in all 5 regions?
2. The sternum belongs to which skeletal region?
3. The ilium belongs to which skeletal region?
4. What is another name for patella?
5. Which is the largest bone in the body?
6. What is the flexible, connective tissue called?
7. Ethmoid, frontal, occipital, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal are all part of what?
8. This plate exists at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth takes in the immature skeleton.
9. What is the soft spot between the skull bones of an infant?
10. Opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes is called?
11. What is the upper portion of the sternum called?
12. What is the round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear called?
13. What is the flared portion of a long bone, between the diaphysis and the epiphyseal plate?
14. What is the name of a medical doctor who specializes in bone, joint, and muscle conditions?

Answer 1

1. How many total bones are there in all 5 regions?

Answer: The skeletal system made up of 206 individual bones (in adults).

Vertebral Column consists of 33 vertebrae that are divided into five regions

2. The sternum belongs to which skeletal region?

Answer: Sternum belongs to the axial skeleton.

3. The ilium belongs to which skeletal region?

Answer:The ilium is the widest and largest of the three parts of the hip bone, and is located superiorly. The body of the ilium forms the superior part of the acetabulum (acetabular roof). The pelvic girdle attached to the vertebral column that joins the bones of the lower limbs to the axial skeleton.

4. What is another name for patella?

Answer: The patella is the small bone that is in the front of the knee. It’s another name is kneecap

5. Which is the largest bone in the body?

Answer: Femur or thighbone, is the largest bone in our body.

6. What is the flexible, connective tissue called?

Answer: Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue. It is seen in joints among bones, elbow, ear .etc

7. Ethmoid, frontal, occipital, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal are all part of what?

Answer: Components of neurocranium. Neurocranium consists of 8 parts frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, occipital, two temporal, and two parietal bones.

8. This plate exists at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth takes in the immature skeleton.

Answer: The epiphyseal plate. This is the part of elongation in a long bone

9. What is the soft spot between the skull bones of an infant?

Answer: Fontanelles. It is also called as soft spots

10. Opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes is called?

Answer: Foramen magnum. It has a large oval opening, through which the medulla oblongata passes, connecting the spinal cord and brain.

11. What is the upper portion of the sternum called?

Answer: The manubrium is the wider and upper portion of the sternum

12. What is the round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear called?

Answer: Mastoid process. It is an inferior projection of bone and it is palpable just behind the ear. It also attaches many muscles

13. What is the flared portion of a long bone, between the diaphysis and the epiphyseal plate?

Answer: Metaphysis is flared part of the long bone in between the diaphysis and the epiphyseal plate

14. What is the name of a medical doctor who specializes in bone, joint, and muscle conditions?

Answers: Orthopedic surgeon or Orthopedists