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1
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How many bones form the typical adult skeleton?

A

206 Bones

2
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What are the subdivisions of the skeleton?

A

The Axial skeleton and Appendicular skeleton

3
Q

How many bones form the typical adult appendicular skeleton?

A

126 Bones

4
Q

how many bones form the typical adult axial skeleton?

A

80 Bones

5
Q

What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?

A

28 Bones

6
Q

What bones form the neurocranium of the typical adult skull?

A

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

7
Q

How many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?

A

8 Bones

8
Q

How many bones form the facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral skeleton)?

A

14 Bones

9
Q

By strict definition, what is the splanchnocranium?

A

The bones that support the face MINUS the mandible.

10
Q

How many bones comprise the typical adult auditory ossicles?

A

6 Bones (The stapes, incus and malleus, each paired)

11
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What is the name given to the presacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?

A

The spine

12
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What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult spine?

A

24 Bones

13
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How many bones are present in the typical adult sternum?

A

1 Bone

14
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What regions are present along the typical adult sternum?

A

The manubrium sterni, the corpus sterni and the xiphoid process

15
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How many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?

A

12 Pair or 24 Ribs