AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The smallest bone in your body is inside your ear. Which is the biggest bone?
A
a rib in your ribcage
B
the thighbone in your leg
C
the jawbone in your skull
D
a wrist bone in your wrist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: In the human body, the femur is the longest bone, and the bone situated in the middle ear is the stapes, the shortest bone in our body. The longest bone femur can be recognised from the outside by noticing the thighs, and the thigh bone is its popular name.

Detailed explanation-2: -The stapes is the body’s smallest bone! Sometimes called the stirrup, this delicate bone works with two others in the ear to send sound vibrations into the inner ear.

Detailed explanation-3: -The femur is one of the most researched bones in the human anatomy and forensic medicine. As the longest bone in the human body, it is well preserved in skeletal remains.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of these, the stirrup is the smallest bone in our body. It is as small as a grain of rice and is hollow. Its shape is like that of a stirrup. In the human body, the longest and strongest bone is the thigh bone or the femur.

Detailed explanation-5: -Once there, the sound waves vibrate three bones known as the ossicles, which are made up of the malleus, the incus, and the stapes. The stapes is the smallest bone in the human body.

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