Axial Skeletal System Quiz

How many bones are in the axial skeleton of the human body?

• 206

• 126

• 80

• 22

The keystone facial bone is

• sphenoid

• mandible

• maxillae

• frontal

Cranial and facial bones make up the bones of

(a)  

A hole in bone is called a/an

• magnum

• foramen

• fissure

• process

This is the only moveable bone on the skull

(a)  

The human skeleton is composed of the

• axial

• appendicular

• axis

• atlas

There are ____ bones in the facial bones of the skull.

• 14

• 8

• 22

• 80

What bone is shown?

(a)  

Immoveable joints are called

(a)  

In an infant skull, the membranes or soft spots are called

• fontanels

• sutures

• ligaments

• holes