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Bones in the Human Body Quiz Questions

1. What's the main constituent of bone?
2. What's the longest bone in the body?
3. What's the name of the bone in the throat?
4. How many bones are there in the adult human body?
5. What's the name of the smallest bone in the human body?
6. Name the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally?






7. What name is given to the digital bones in the hands and feet?
8. In anatomy, which bone is also known as the shoulder bone?
9. If the mandible is the lower jawbone, what is the upper jawbone?
10. Which two bones are found in the forearm?
11. What is another name for the breast bone?
12. Which bone is also known as the shinbone or shankbone?
13. What is another name for the knee-cap?
14. What is the bone at the bottom of your spine?
15. Exactly, in what part of the body would you find the carpal bones?
16. Name the long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow?
17. How many bones are there in the human foot?
18. A typical human rib cage consists of how many ribs?
19. What part of the body is the hallux?
20. The tailbone is the less technical term for what?/li>

Answers:

1. Collagen
2. Femur
3. Hyoid bone
4. 206 bones
5. Stapes
6. Clavicle or collarbone
7. Phalanges
8. Scapula
9. Maxilla
10. Radius and ulna
11. Sternum
12. Tibia
13. Patella





14. Sacrum
15. The wrist
16. Humeras
17. 26 bones
18. 24 ribs (12 pairs)
19. Big toe
20. Coccyx