Axial Skeleton - Vertebral Column & Thoracic (P1)

Question 1

Name the 4 curvatures of the spine.

Answer 1

1) Cervical
2) Thoracic
3) Lumbar
4) Sacral

Question 2

How many cervical vertebrae?

Answer 2

7

Question 3

How many thoracic vertebrae?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

How many lumbar vertebrae?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

The curvatures allow for { } & { }.

Answer 5

1) Flexibility
2) Resilience

Question 6

What kind of connective tissue makes up the intervertebral discs?

Answer 6

Fibrocartilage

Question 7

What animal does this look like?

Answer 7

Anteater

Question 8

What animal does this look like?

Answer 8

Giraffe

Question 9

What animal does this look like?

Answer 9

Moose

Question 10

Name the numbered structures on this superior view of the atlas.

Answer 10

1) Superior articular process
2) Transverse process
3) Vertebral foramen
4) Superior articular facet

Question 11

Name the numbered structures on this inferior view of the atlas.

Answer 11

1) Inferior articular process
2) Inferior articular facet
3) Vertebral foramen
4) Transverse foramen
5) Transverse process

Question 12

Name the numbered structures on this superior view of the axis.

Answer 12

1) Dens
2) Superior articular process
3) Superior articular facet
4) Transverse process
5) Spinous process (forked)

Question 13

Name the numbered structures on this inferior view of the axis.

Answer 13

1) Body
2) Transverse foramen
3) Inferior articular facet
4) Inferior articular process
5) Spinous process (forked)
6) Transverse process

Question 14

The dens of { } fits into the groove of the { } to allow { } rotation.

Answer 14

1) Axis (C2)
2) Atlas (C1)
3) Neck

Question 15

Name the numbered structures on this superior view of cervical disks C3-C7.

Answer 15

1) Body
2) Transverse foramen
3) Vertebral foramen
4) Spinous process
5) Superior articular facet
6) Superior articular process

Question 16

Name the numbered structures on this superior view of the thoracic vertebrae T1-T12.

Answer 16

1) Vertebral foramen
2) Superior articular process
3) Transverse process
4) Spinous process
5) Superior articular facet

Question 17

Name the numbered structures on this superior view of the lumbar vertebrae L1-L5.

Answer 17

1) Transverse process
2) Spinous process
3) Superior articular facet
4) Superior articular process

Question 18

Name the numbered structures on this posterior view of the sacrum.

Answer 18

1) Sacral canal
2) Superior articular process
3) Sacral foramina
4) Coccyx
5) Medical sacral crest

Question 19

How many pairs of true ribs are there?

Answer 19

7

Question 20

How many pairs of false ribs are there?

Answer 20

5

Question 21

Of the false ribs, how many pairs of them are floating?

Answer 21

2

Question 22

What are the 4 structures of the sternum?

Answer 22

1) Jugular notch
2) Body
3) Manubrium
4) Xiphoid process

Question 23

The junction formed between the body and the manubrium of the sternum.

Answer 23

What is the sternum angle?

Question 24

The sternum angle can be used to find the { } rib.

Answer 24

2nd

Question 25

The sternum angle also allows you to listen to the { } with a stethoscope.

Answer 25

Heartbeat

Question 26

The only floating bone, anchored only by muscles.

Answer 26

What is the hyoid bone?

Question 27

What are the 2 purposes of the hyoid bone?

Answer 27

1) Tongue movement
2) Swallowing

Question 28

What can the hyoid bone tell us about a victim’s cause of death?

Answer 28

Whether they were strangled or hanged