Question

Skeleton composed of rib cage, skull, and vertebral column is known as

• A. Axial skeleton
• B. Appendicular skeleton
• C. Perpendicular skeleton
• D. Transverse skeleton

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Axial skeleton

The axial skeleton is the part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate. In the human skeleton, it consists of 80 bones and is composed of six parts; the skull bones, the ossicles of the middle ear, the hyoid bone, the rib cage, sternum and the vertebral column.