As Dry as a Bone Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mandible

Tie it all together, why don't you? The sutures of the cranium differ from the connection between the mandible and the rest of the skull, mainly because cranium bones suture together with connective tissue early in a person's life, forming close ties.

The frontal lobe leads the charge to combine the two bones in the front of the cranium; the sphenoid connects front and center; the occipital bone takes the rear, right at the back of the cranium. While the cranium solidifies over time, the mandible, otherwise known as the jawbone, connects near the ear to the tempero mandibular joints, which do not solidify in the same way.

Answer: Ossicles

Here's an earful for you-- ossicles are tiny bones, some of the smallest in you right now, but without them, you wouldn't hear the smallest thing. The ossicles are comprised of three bones: the Anvil, the Hammer, and the blacksmith...erm...the Stirrup. Your eardrum is connected to your malleus, the Hammer, which is very important for sound to transmit. The inner ear then transmits sound through a labyrinth. Lost yet?
The Hammer is known as the malleus, the Anvil is the incus, and the Stirrup is known as the stapes. The last of these is the smallest bone in the human body.

Answer: Two

Found above the cartilage located in the bulk of the nose, the two nasal bones form the bridge, stretching upward to the forehead and fusing together. These are also fused together with the maxilla, better known as the upper maxilla, which reaches as far down as the top row of teeth.
The nasal bones curve to be able to contain nerves and veins. The placement of the bridge of the nose on the face can be indicative of birth-related disorders amongst other things.

Answer: Shoulder

Both the scapula and the humerus are bones connecting in the shoulder -- the scapula is actually the shoulder blade, so hopefully you were sharp enough to get this one right. The scapula actually connects the humerus and the clavicle (the arm and the neck), ultimately creating a strong joint.

Many muscles connect at this point and have a great amount of influence in upper body mobility; a pulled muscle in the upper arm can be felt all throughout the body, and another in the neck could put you out of commission.

In other words, keep the shoulder blade sharp and tended to, but dull out any strain.

Answer: Carpal Tunnel

The Carpal Tunnel is an important hole through the hand because certain muscles and tendons necessary for operating the lower arm pass through it. As such, in our modern, technologically-advanced world, it's easy to let ourselves get carried away and injure the darn thing with repetitive strain. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the name for the painful strain injury accrued through awkward movement and prolonged tension in the hands and wrists...saaaaay from writing quizzes...or surfing FunTrivia.

Not that I'm telling you not to. Just drawing some comparisons.

Answer: Two

The human body contains twenty-four total ribs in the rib cage and these are counted in sets of two (downwards) since they run parallel to one another down the torso. The top seven 'true' ribs enclose the lungs and upper organs while the next three are considered 'false' since they do not connect to the sternum like the upper seven.

The eleventh and twelfth sets don't get that privilege-- they're called floating ribs since they only connect to the spine. And if you don't remember after that you'll get a sternum warning.

Answer: Ball and socket

It's hip to be square? Nah. There are only a few ball and socket (spheroidal) joints on the human body, and aside from the shoulder, you're likely to use the hip bone's quite often -- in the hip bone, the femur connects with a joint to create motion in your lower body...by walking.

The hip bone is actually three bones fused together over time, combining to form a solid structure to support the weight of the upper body. This part of the skeleton also houses several important muscle groups including the abdominal and back muscle groups-- the latter of which can face a great deal of strain.

Answer: Knee

The knee causes the bend in your leg -- it connects the femur and the tibia and is protected by the patella, better known as the kneecap. Unlike the elbow in the arm, the knee is constantly supporting the rest of the body (unless, for some reason, you support your entire body with your arms).

While the femur stretches from the hip, through the thigh, down to the patella and tibia, the tibia (and fibula) stretches down the calf reaching to the foot. The femur is the longest bone in the body; the tibia is the second-longest.

The knee sits between, acting as a hinge allowing the body to walk. Can you stand the pressure of the quiz yet?

Answer: Heel

Part of the tarsus (along with the talus, better known as the ankle bone), the calcaneus is the thick bone at the back of the foot at the very bottom-- it's the heel. It is a very strong bone considering its spot at the very bottom of the body and it is also the lowest bone below the leg.

It connects to nine muscles and the Achilles tendon, all of which are crucial to mobility. If you can't get this one straight, maybe you should start walkin'.

Answer: The largest one

The toes are the last bones at the bottom of the skeleton (unless you're hanging your skeletons upside-down, I guess) and pending any instances of morton's toe (which means that your second toe is actually longer than your 'big toe'), the biggest of the phalanges in your foot should be the hallux -- the big toe.

The eternally-stubbed and the possibly-snubbed, your big toe is regarded as the first toe while the others are numbered outward from it. Did the question keep you on your toes?