Science quiz
Bones of the skull: cranial or facial?
The skull has cranial bones that house the brain and facial bones that shape the face. A bone appears and you click its group.
- Format
- Sort into groups
- Items
- 14 to sort
- Limit
- 0:56
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Items
- 14
- Groups
- 2
- Time limit
- 0:56
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each bone appears in turn. Click its part of the skull, or press its number.
- The groups never move, so the number keys are quick.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the part of the skull each bone belongs to. The groups appear when you start.
About this quiz
A sorting round built on the list behind Ribbia's Bones of the skull quiz: 14 entries in 2 groups. A miss never passes in silence: the right group is shown before the next entry.
- Six cranial bone names and eight facial bone names are in the set.
- Press 1 for cranial and 2 for facial.
Sources
- [1]National Cancer Institute, SEER Training. Axial skeleton (80 bones).
Note on the data. Entries and groups are read from that quiz, row for row. Bone names and counts follow the National Cancer Institute's SEER table of the axial skeleton, checked on 3 October 2026. Each name is accepted with or without the word bone, and jawbone is accepted for mandible.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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