axial skeleton

Question 1

fissure

Answer 1

narrow slit/cleft in bone for blood vessels and nerves

Question 2

foramen

Answer 2

opening or hole for vessels or nerves

Question 3

fossa

Answer 3

shallow depression for muscle attachment or articulation

Question 4

meatus

Answer 4

tube like passageway for blood vessel or nerves

Question 5

condyle

Answer 5

smooth rounded articular process (joint)

Question 6

ramus

Answer 6

small branch for articulation

Question 7

spine

Answer 7

pointed process for articulation

Question 8

main parts of axial skeleton

Answer 8

skull, hyoid bone, auditory ossicles, vertebral column, thoracic cage

Question 9

coronal joint

Answer 9

between frontal and parietal

Question 10

sagittal joint

Answer 10

between parietal bones

Question 11

lambdoid

Answer 11

joins parietal bones with occipital bone

Question 12

squamous joint

Answer 12

joins temporal and parietal bones

Question 13

hyoid bone

Answer 13

secured by ligaments and muscles in anterior neck region between mandible and larynx

Question 14

types of vertebrae

Answer 14

cervical (7) thoracic (12) lumbar (5) sacrum and coccyx

Question 15

8 bones of the cranium

Answer 15

frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid

Question 16

6 bones of the face

Answer 16

maxillae, zygomatic, lacrimal, nasal, nasal conchae, mandible, vomer

Question 17

2 main parts of thoracic cage

Answer 17

sternum and ribs

Question 18

how many pairs of ribs

Answer 18

12