Bones Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is the most commonly broken bone in the human body?

The sternum

The mandible

The clavicle

2. How many bones are human babies born with?

300

185

150

3. Yellow bone marrow mostly consists of what type of cells?

Skin Cells

Nerve Cells

Fat Cells

4. What tough tissue grows over a broken bone during the healing process

Trabecular Bone

Collagen

Concellous Bone

5. When is the patella located?

A thigh

A palm

A knee

6. Bones that make up your fingers are called:

Carpals

Metacarpals

Phalanges

7. What is inside the hollow cavity of the bone shaft?

Periosteum

Marrow

Compact bone

8. What are joint surfaces called?

Condyle

Articular surfaces

Heads

9. What is the process on the femur called?

Tuberosity

Trochanter

Spine

10. How many bones form the cranium?

9

12

8

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