anatomy skeleton lab 2

Question 1

What is the axial skeleton?

Answer 1

Composed of bones along central body axis

Question 2

Skull 2 sets of bone?

Answer 2

Cranial bone (8) and Facial bone (14)

Question 3

What is the only free bone attached to the skull?

Answer 3

Mandible (lower jawbone)

Question 4

What is sagittal suture?

Answer 4

Connects left and right parietal bones

Question 5

What is coronal suture?

Answer 5

Connection between frontal and parietal bones

Question 6

What is squamous suture?

Answer 6

Connection between temporal bone and parietal bone on
each side of skull

Question 7

What is lambdoid suture?

Answer 7

Connection of occipital bone with parietal bones

Question 8

What are the only two single facial bones?

Answer 8

Vomer and mandible

Question 9

What is cervical vertebral?

Answer 9

Form bones of neck; 7 vertebrae

Question 10

What are thoracic vertebrae?

Answer 10

Form superior region of the back to ribs; 12 vertebrae

Question 11

What is lumbar vertebral?

Answer 11

Form inferior concave region (“small”) of the back; 5 vertebrae

Question 12

What is sacral vertebral?

Answer 12

Laterally articulates with 2 hip bones; 5 vertebrae

Question 13

What is coccyx vertebral?

Answer 13

Tailbone; 4 vertebrae