Osteology | MCQs

Explanation

The number of bones in a human skull is 22

The human skull is generally considered to consist of twenty-two bones

• eight cranial bones
• fourteen facial skeleton bones

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while

300 bones are there in a newborn infant.

The human hand has 27 bones

Explanation

New born child has 300 bones.

Longest bone: Femur (thigh bone)

Shortest: Stapes (one of the 3 small bones inside the ear)

Human head has 22 bones