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title: Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 357 «Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs

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The 15 questions of lesson 357 «Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t1/) — «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t2/) — Count them: a skull has 22 bones. A museum shows three human skulls. How many skull bones in all? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t3/) — Count them: a person has 12 pairs of ribs and a mouse has 13 pairs. How many ribs does the person have? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t4/) — In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom stretches his neck long like a giraffe's, then snaps it back short. What is true about real necks? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t5/) — What animal has a very short neck but still has seven neck bones? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t6/) — «I can wiggle my whole skull, look» What is really moving? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t7/) — What would happen if a baby's skull bones were joined tight at birth? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t8/) — «fell on me bum, now it hurts to sit, but there's no bone there right» What is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t9/) — In a cartoon a dog swallows a bone and his neck moves; a boy feels his own throat move when he swallows. What bone helps him swallow? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t10/) — Why might a completely straight spine be worse than an S-shaped one? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t11/) — Why do floating ribs help you bend sideways and breathe? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/e1/) — State the number of bones of which the human skull is composed. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/e2/) — Identify the sole bone of the skull which is capable of movement. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of ribs in men and in women. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cervical vertebrae of the giraffe? — wrong ✗ · exam

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