BIO 117 EXAM 2 2026 CELL BIOLOGY AND
GENETICS PRACTICE SET ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
◉ The skull, spine, sternum, and ribs are part of what division of the
skeletal system?
Answer: Axial
◉ The girdles, arms, and legs are part of what division of the skeletal
system?
Answer: Appendicular
◉ The tympanic cavity is located in the...
Answer: Ear
◉ What part of the skull contains the ossicles
Answer: Tympanic Cavity
◉ These bones of the skull; frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and
maxillary are called the...
Answer: Paranasal Sinuses
,◉ Another name for the spine is...
Answer: Vertebral Column
◉ The vertebral column consists of how many regions?
Answer: 5 regions
◉ The 5 regions of the spine are...
Answer: 1. Cervical Vertebrae 2. Thoracic Vertebrae, 3. Lumbar
Vertebrae, 4. Sacrum, 5. Coccyx
◉ The Cervical Vertebrae consists of how many bones?
Answer: 7
◉ The Thoracic Vertebrae consists of how many bones?
Answer: 12
◉ The Lumbar Vertebrae consists of how many bones?
Answer: 5
◉ The Sacrum consists of how many bones?
Answer: 1 sacrum in the vertebral column ; consists of 5 bones
,◉ The Coccyx consists of how many bones?
Answer: 1 coccyx in the vertebral column ; consists of 4 bones.
◉ The special cartilage discs which helps protect each vertebrae are
called...
Answer: Intervertebral discs
◉ How many pairs of ribs are there
Answer: 12
◉ Ribs are connected to sternum by
Answer: costal cartilage
◉ The ribs are connected to what part of the vertebral column?
Answer: Thoracic
◉ What are the four regions of the sternum?
Answer: 1. Manubrium 2. Body 3. Sternomanubrial joint 4. Xiphoid
process
◉ Ribs 1-7 are called
Answer: true ribs
, ◉ Ribs 8-10 are called
Answer: false ribs
◉ Ribs 11 and 12 are called
Answer: floating ribs
◉ What are the two Girdles of the appendicular skeleton that are
responsible for attachment of the arms and legs?
Answer: Pectoral and Pelvic
◉ Which bones make up the pectoral girdle?
Answer: clavicle and scapula
◉ Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column?
Answer: Vertebral column
◉ What bones make up the pelvic girdle?
Answer: ilium, ischium, pubis
◉ Where do you find long bones?
Answer: In the appendicular skeleton / arms and legs
GENETICS PRACTICE SET ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
◉ The skull, spine, sternum, and ribs are part of what division of the
skeletal system?
Answer: Axial
◉ The girdles, arms, and legs are part of what division of the skeletal
system?
Answer: Appendicular
◉ The tympanic cavity is located in the...
Answer: Ear
◉ What part of the skull contains the ossicles
Answer: Tympanic Cavity
◉ These bones of the skull; frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and
maxillary are called the...
Answer: Paranasal Sinuses
,◉ Another name for the spine is...
Answer: Vertebral Column
◉ The vertebral column consists of how many regions?
Answer: 5 regions
◉ The 5 regions of the spine are...
Answer: 1. Cervical Vertebrae 2. Thoracic Vertebrae, 3. Lumbar
Vertebrae, 4. Sacrum, 5. Coccyx
◉ The Cervical Vertebrae consists of how many bones?
Answer: 7
◉ The Thoracic Vertebrae consists of how many bones?
Answer: 12
◉ The Lumbar Vertebrae consists of how many bones?
Answer: 5
◉ The Sacrum consists of how many bones?
Answer: 1 sacrum in the vertebral column ; consists of 5 bones
,◉ The Coccyx consists of how many bones?
Answer: 1 coccyx in the vertebral column ; consists of 4 bones.
◉ The special cartilage discs which helps protect each vertebrae are
called...
Answer: Intervertebral discs
◉ How many pairs of ribs are there
Answer: 12
◉ Ribs are connected to sternum by
Answer: costal cartilage
◉ The ribs are connected to what part of the vertebral column?
Answer: Thoracic
◉ What are the four regions of the sternum?
Answer: 1. Manubrium 2. Body 3. Sternomanubrial joint 4. Xiphoid
process
◉ Ribs 1-7 are called
Answer: true ribs
, ◉ Ribs 8-10 are called
Answer: false ribs
◉ Ribs 11 and 12 are called
Answer: floating ribs
◉ What are the two Girdles of the appendicular skeleton that are
responsible for attachment of the arms and legs?
Answer: Pectoral and Pelvic
◉ Which bones make up the pectoral girdle?
Answer: clavicle and scapula
◉ Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column?
Answer: Vertebral column
◉ What bones make up the pelvic girdle?
Answer: ilium, ischium, pubis
◉ Where do you find long bones?
Answer: In the appendicular skeleton / arms and legs
