Use the numbers of NCERT: 8 cranial bones, 14 facial bones, 1 hyoid, 6 ear ossicles, 26 vertebral…
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Use the numbers of NCERT: cranial bones, facial bones, hyoid, ear ossicles, vertebral units, sternum and ribs.
- How many bones are in the skull, when the hyoid and the ear ossicles are counted with it?
- How many bones are in the vertebral column, the sternum and the ribs together?
- How many bones are in the axial skeleton?
Need a reminder? The key ideaShow
The skeleton has bones. The axial skeleton has bones: the skull ( cranial and facial bones), the hyoid (), the ear ossicles (), the vertebral column ( units: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal), the sternum () and pairs of ribs (). Ribs: pairs true, pairs false, pairs floating.
The worked solution
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Given. The numbers above.
Plan. Add the parts in groups.
Step 1. The skull. bones.
Step 2. The trunk. bones.
Step 3. The axial skeleton. bones.
Answer: bones; bones; bones.
Check. is the number that NCERT gives for the axial skeleton.
Watch out. NCERT calls only the cranial and the facial bones, in all, the skull proper, and adds the hyoid and the ear ossicles to the count. A question that asks for the skull bones may mean . Read the question for which parts it counts.
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