In crowded Asian regions such as Hong Kong, there is not enough room for cemeteries. However, the dead can be temporarily buried and their bones can later be exhumed and stored in an ossarium, a wall made of small concrete boxes (about eight inches by eight inches by two feet long) just large enough to contain all the human bones. These dimensions are defined by the ________, which is the longest bone and the ________, which is the bone with the largest volume in the human body.

A. femur; skull
B. radius; scapula
C. clavicle; metatarsals
D. vertebrae; pelvis
E. humerus; vertebrae


Answer: A

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