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Bones of the skeleton and their counts — NEET & JEE Questions

Bones of the skeleton and their counts is a topic in Locomotion and Movement, a Class 11 Biology chapter of the NEET-UG syllabus. TestBudy holds 14 published NEET-UG questions on Bones of the skeleton and their counts, each with the marking scheme of the real paper.

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  1. Question 1 · difficulty L1 · recall

    The skeleton including skull, vertebral column and rib cage:

    • A. appendicular skeleton
    • B. visceral skeleton only
    • C. exoskeleton
    • D. axial skeleton

  2. Question 2 · difficulty L1 · recall

    The skeleton of limbs and their girdles:

    • A. cranial skeleton only
    • B. appendicular skeleton
    • C. axial skeleton
    • D. vertebral skeleton

  3. Question 3 · difficulty L1 · recall

    How many bones are normally present in the adult human skeleton?

    • A. 206
    • B. 126
    • C. 80
    • D. 300

  4. Question 4 · difficulty L2 · understanding

    How many bones make up the axial skeleton in an adult human?

    • A. 126
    • B. 80
    • C. 206
    • D. 60

  5. Question 5 · difficulty L2 · understanding

    How many bones are present in the appendicular skeleton of an adult human?

    • A. 22
    • B. 80
    • C. 126
    • D. 26

  6. Question 6 · difficulty L2 · understanding

    The adult human skeleton contains approximately

    • A. 206 bones
    • B. 126 bones
    • C. 80 bones
    • D. 300 bones

  7. Question 7 · difficulty L3 · application

    The adult human skull contains 22 bones. How are these divided?

    • A. 12 cranial and 10 facial bones
    • B. 14 cranial and 8 facial bones
    • C. 10 cranial and 12 facial bones
    • D. 8 cranial and 14 facial bones

  8. Question 8 · difficulty L3 · application

    How many bones are present in one upper limb, excluding the pectoral girdle?

    • A. 30
    • B. 20
    • C. 26
    • D. 60

  9. Question 9 · difficulty L3 · understanding

    Match the following columns and select the correct option. Column-I Column-II (a) Floating Ribs (i) Located between second and seventh ribs (b) Acromion (ii) Head of the Humerus (c) Scapula (iii) Clavicle (d) Glenoid cavity (iv) Do not connect with the sternum

    • A. (A) → \to (ii), (B) → \to (iv), (C) → \to (i), (D) → \to (iii)
    • B. (A) → \to (i), (B) → \to (iii), (C) → \to (ii), (D) → \to (iv)
    • C. (A) → \to (iv), (B) → \to (iii), (C) → \to (i), (D) → \to (ii)
    • D. (A) → \to (iii), (B) → \to (ii), (C) → \to (iv), (D) → \to (i)

  10. Question 10 · difficulty L3 · application

    The axial skeleton contains 80 bones. If the adult skeleton contains 206 bones, how many bones belong to the appendicular skeleton?

    • A. 126
    • B. 80
    • C. 206
    • D. 286

Common mistakes in Bones of the skeleton and their counts

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  • Remembering both numbers but assigning them to the wrong divisions.
  • Forgetting that the three auditory ossicles occur in each ear, giving six in total.
  • Places girdles in the axial skeleton because they are near the trunk.
  • Adds girdle bones despite the question explicitly excluding them.

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