This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was fair. In part (a) some candidates wrote wrong answers for the definition of skeleton as the body of muscle that holds a person while some candidates defined the skeleton as material joining the body to run around instead of saying that the skeleton is the framework of bone in the human body.

In part (b) many candidates correctly named bones of axial and appendicular skeletons meanwhile, some candidates mixed up axial for appendicular and vise versa

However, the expected answers are as follows:

8 (a) SKELETON A skeleton is the frame work of bones in the human body

(b)(i) BONES OF THE AXIAL SKELETON
- skull/cranium
- cervical
- thoracic
- ribs
- sternum
- lumbar vertebra
- sacral vertebra
- coccyx/coccygeal

(ii) BONES OF THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON
- Clavicle
- pelvic girdle/named e.g. pelvis
- tibia
- ulna
- radius
- femur
- humerus
- tarsals - carpals
- scapula
- fibula
- metatarsals
- metacarpals - phalanges - patella