GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IN NURSING
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
206 bones - Answer-How many bones are in the adult human body?
639 - Answer-number of muscles in the human body
24 (12 pairs) - Answer-How many ribs are there (include number of pairs)?
20 - Answer-number of deciduous teeth
between 7.35 and 7.45 - Answer-normal pH of blood
33 - Answer-number of vertebrae in the spine (7 cervical, 12 thoracic, and 5 lumbar)
6 - Answer-number of bones in the middle ear
14 - Answer-number of facial bones
22 - Answer-number of bones in the skull
8 cranial bones - Answer-1 frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, 1 occipital, 1 sphenoid, 1
ethmoid
25 - Answer-number bones in chest
6 - Answer-number of bones in arms
72 - Answer-number of muscles in human arm
2 - Answer-number of pumps in heart (ventricles)
skin - Answer-largest organ
liver - Answer-largest gland
ovum - Answer-biggest cell
Sperm - Answer-smallest cell in the body
stapes (stirrup) - Answer-smallest bone in the body; involved in the conduction of sound
vibrations to the inner ear
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
206 bones - Answer-How many bones are in the adult human body?
639 - Answer-number of muscles in the human body
24 (12 pairs) - Answer-How many ribs are there (include number of pairs)?
20 - Answer-number of deciduous teeth
between 7.35 and 7.45 - Answer-normal pH of blood
33 - Answer-number of vertebrae in the spine (7 cervical, 12 thoracic, and 5 lumbar)
6 - Answer-number of bones in the middle ear
14 - Answer-number of facial bones
22 - Answer-number of bones in the skull
8 cranial bones - Answer-1 frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, 1 occipital, 1 sphenoid, 1
ethmoid
25 - Answer-number bones in chest
6 - Answer-number of bones in arms
72 - Answer-number of muscles in human arm
2 - Answer-number of pumps in heart (ventricles)
skin - Answer-largest organ
liver - Answer-largest gland
ovum - Answer-biggest cell
Sperm - Answer-smallest cell in the body
stapes (stirrup) - Answer-smallest bone in the body; involved in the conduction of sound
vibrations to the inner ear