Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. Using

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The correct choices are B) two and D) four. The couple brought in a total of eight elements: metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow), right adult human tibia, left adult human humerus, 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae, complete mandible of what looks like a dog, and right distal epiphysis to a human femur. Of these, the metapodials from a large animal and the complete mandible of what looks like a dog are not human bones. Therefore, the couple brought in a total of six human bones: right adult human tibia, left adult human humerus, 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae, and right distal epiphysis to a human femur.

Every First Monday of the Month, Your University Holds a Bone