7/21 Questions Exam 1

Question 1

What is the definition of an osseous process?

Answer 1

A relatively sharp bony projection from the surface of bone with an increased length

Question 2

What are the categories of osseous linear depressions?

Answer 2

Notch or Incisure
Groove
Sulcus

Question 3

What is the definition on an osseous groove?

Answer 3

A long furrow of variable depth on the surface of bone

Question 4

What is the definition of an osseous sulcus?

Answer 4

A wide groove of variable length and depth on the surface of bone

Question 5

What are the categories of rounded osseous depressions?

Answer 5

The fovea and fossa

Question 6

What is the definition of an osseous fovea?

Answer 6

A shallow depression of variable circumference on the surface of bone

Question 7

What is the definition of an osseous fossa?

Answer 7

A deep depression of variable circumference on the surface of bone

Question 8

What are the names given to openings on the surface of bone?

Answer 8

Ostium or Orifice and Hiatus

Question 9

What is the definition of an osseous hiatus?

Answer 9

An irregular opening on the surface of bone

Question 10

What are the names given to osseous ostia which completely penetrate bone?

Answer 10

Foramen or Canal

Question 11

What is the definition of an osseous foramen?

Answer 11

An ostium passing completely through a thin region of bone

Question 12

What is the definition of an osseous canal?

Answer 12

An ostium passing completely through a thick region of bone

Question 13

What is the name given to an ostium which does not completely penetrate through a region of bone but appears as a blind-ended passageway?

Answer 13

Meatus

Question 14

What is the definition of an osseous fissure?

Answer 14

An irregular slit-like or crack-like appearance between the surface of adjacent bones

Question 15

What are the categories of osseous facets?

Answer 15

Flat facets and rounded facets

Question 16

What are the categories of rounded osseous facets?

Answer 16

Articular heads and articular condyles

Question 17

What bones form the axial skeleton?

Answer 17

Skull
Hyoid
Vertebral column
Sternum
Ribs

Question 18

What is the name given to the adult skull minus the mandible?

Answer 18

The cranium

Question 19

What are the names given to the top of the adult skull?

Answer 19

The calvaria or calva

Question 20

What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?

Answer 20

28 bones

Question 21

What bones form the neurocranium of the typical adult skull?

Answer 21

Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Ethmoid

Question 22

How many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?

Answer 22

8 bones

Question 23

How many bones form the facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral skeleton)?

Answer 23

14 bones

Question 24

What is the name given to the presacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?

Answer 24

The spine

Question 25

What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult spine?

Answer 25

24 bones

Question 26

How many bones are present in the typical adult sternum?

Answer 26

1 bone

Question 27

What regions are present along the typical adult sternum?

Answer 27

Manubrium sterni
Corpus sterni
Xiphoid process

Question 28

How many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?

Answer 28

12 pairs or 24 ribs

Question 29

What is the definition of the osseous elevation called “spine”?

Answer 29

A thorn-like elevation from the surface of bone