AXIAL SKELETON

Question 1

longer than they are wide
and have clubby ends

Answer 1

Long bones

Question 2

are cubelike. Example: carpal
bone

Answer 2

Short bones

Question 3

look like they are a sheet of clay
that has been molded. Example: parietal
bone.

Answer 3

Flat bones

Question 4

have many projections and
spines. Example: vertebrae.

Answer 4

Irregular bones

Question 5

grow in tendons where
there is a lot of friction. Example: patella.

Answer 5

Sesamoid bones

Question 6

CRANIAL BONES

Answer 6

Frontal bone
Parietal bones
Occipital bones
Temporal bone
Sphenoid bone
Ethmoid bone

Question 7

FACIAL BONES

Answer 7

Maxillae
Palatine bones
Zygomatic bones
Lacrimal bones
Inferior nasal conchae
Mandible

Question 8

skull bones contain sinuses:

Answer 8

• Sphenoid sinus
• Frontal sinus
• Ethmoid sinus
• Maxillary sinus

Question 9

Anterior part of cranium

Answer 9

Frontal bone

Question 10

• Sides and roof of cranium

Answer 10

Parietal bones

Question 11

• Posterior portion and floor of cranium

Answer 11

Occipital bones

Question 12

• Inferior to parietal bones on each side of the
  cranium
• Temporomandibular joint

Answer 12

Temporal bones

Question 13

portions of eye orbit

Answer 13

Sphenoid bone

Question 14

medial surface of eye orbit and roof of nasal

Answer 14

Ethmoid bone

Question 15

• Form upper jaw

Answer 15

Maxillae

Question 16

• Form posterior portion of hard palate

Answer 16

Palatine bones

Question 17

• Cheek bones

Answer 17

Zygomatic bones

Question 18

• Medial surfaces of eye orbits

Answer 18

Lacrimal bones

Question 19

• Form bridge of nose

Answer 19

Nasal bones

Question 20

Forms nasal septum with the ethmoid bone

Answer 20

Vomer

Question 21

• Attached to lateral walls of nasal cavity

Answer 21

Inferior nasal conchae

Question 22

• Lower jawbone
• Only movable skull bone

Answer 22

Mandible

Question 23

• Extends from skull to pelvis

Answer 23

Spinal Column

Question 24

• Scoliosis: lateral curvature
• Kyphosis: hunchback
• Lordosis: swayback

Answer 24

Abnormal spinal curvatures

Question 25

Structure of a Vertebrae

Answer 25

• Vertebral foramen
• Spinous process
• Transverse process
• Body

Question 26

• Support neck
• Possess unique transverse foramen

Answer 26

Cervical Vertebrae

Question 27

• Articulates occipital condyles of occipital
bone
• Supports head

Answer 27

Atlas: cervical vertebra 1

Question 28

• Possesses the odontoid process (dens)
• Serves as a pivot point for atlas

Answer 28

Axis: cervical vertebra 2

Question 29

• Larger vertebra with longer spinous process
  then cervical vertebrae
• Ribs articulate on the facets of the
  transverse processes and bodies

Answer 29

Thoracic Vertebrae

Question 30

• Heavy, thick bodies to support greater stress
  and weight
• Larger processes for attachment of back
  muscles

Answer 30

Lumbar Vertebrae

Question 31

• Five fused sacral bones
• Forms posterior wall of pelvic girdle

Answer 31

Sacrum

Question 32

• Tailbone
• Three to five fused rudimentary vertebrae

Answer 32

Coccyx

Question 33

The axial skeleton contains the following bones:

Answer 33

Sternum
Ribs
Hyoid bone

Question 34

• Attached to thoracic vertebrae

Answer 34

Ribs

Question 35

• Attached to sternum directly by costal
cartilages

Answer 35

True ribs (#1-7)

Question 36

• Attach to costal cartilage of superior ribs

Answer 36

False ribs (#8-12)

Question 37

• Do not attach anteriorly, no costal
cartilages

Answer 37

Floating ribs (#11-12)

Question 38

• Found in anterior portion of neck, inferior to
  mandible
• Does not articulate with any other bones
• Used as attachment site for tongue muscles

Answer 38

Hyoid bone