WONDER #396: What Are Prosthetics?

Question 1 of 3

Artificial body parts are called what?

  1. artilimbs
  2. prosthetics
  3. fakeparts
  4. fauxlegs

Question 2 of 3

Benjamin Franklin Palmer received a patent for the artificial leg in which year?

  1. 1776
  2. 1800
  3. 1846
  4. 1915

Question 3 of 3

The oldest artificial body part ever found (in 2000 in Egypt) was a prosthetic what?

  1. arm
  2. leg
  3. hand
  4. toe

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