Z97 USB Help

[Apollo Refugio]

So I was on Intel ARK and i was looking at my motherboard's chipset (Z97), and it had a USB section and it was "Number of USB Ports" and it said "14." Does that mean I can only have 14 USB Ports readily available or I can use up to 14 USB Ports at once. Right now I'm using 6 USB 3.0 ports on my motherboard's I/O with 2 USB 2.0 ports currently unused., but lets say I wanted to use my front panel connectors on my case, and also note that I have 2 USB 3.0 ports on my case and another 2 USB 3.0 ports on my 5.25" card reader with 4 USB 2.0 ports that are currently not in used. Let's say I somehow manage to plug in a USB Device into all of those connectors, does that mean at I can use all of those USB Devices at once? My idea sparked is when my USB 3.0 Header on my motherboard broke (pins fell off, literally), and I saw USB 3.0 PCI-E cards with built in USB 3.0 headers built into the PCI-E cards. So can I get a USB 3.0 splitter and split that signal into my 5.25" card reader and my case's USB 3.0 header? I know that I will never use all those USB headers, but I was the functionality of being able to use any USB Port I can use on my computer. Thanks!

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/82012 (Z97 Intel Ark page)

P.S. Sorry for this lengthy thread, I made the grammar better than usual to hopefully please your reader's needs.