Axial Skeloton

Question 1

skeleton

Answer 1

dried up body, composed of bones, cartilages, joints and ligaments

Question 2

Skeleton accounts for what percentage of body mass?

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

What is the skeleton’s main component?

Answer 3

bones

Question 4

Function of ligaments

Answer 4

connects bones and reinforce joints

Question 5

Joints

Answer 5

the junction between bones

Question 6

Two parts of skeleton

Answer 6

Axial and appendicular

Question 7

Axial

Answer 7

80 bones
skull
vertebral column
thoracic cage

Question 8

Appendicular

Answer 8

bones of the limbs and their girdles

Question 9

Three regions of the axial skeleton?

Answer 9

skull
vertebral column
thoracic cage
bony thorax

Question 10

How many bones in axial ?

Answer 10

80 bones are in the axial skeleton

Question 11

Skull

Answer 11

the body’s most complex bony structure

Question 12

What is the skull formed by?

Answer 12

the cranium and facial bones

Question 13

How many bones are in the cranium?

Answer 13

8

Question 14

how many bones are in the facial bones?

Answer 14

14

Question 15

Cranium

Answer 15

protects brain and is the site of attachment for head and neck muscles

Question 16

Facial bones supply the frame work of what?

Answer 16

face, sense organs, and the teeth

Question 17

Facial bones provide what?

Answer 17

openings for the passage of air and food

Question 18

Facial bones anchor?

Answer 18

the facial muscles of expression (smiling)

Question 19

What are the eight cranial bones comprised of?

Answer 19

2 parietal    
 Ethmoid
2 temporal  
Sphenoid
frontal
occipital

Question 20

Cranial Bones are desrcibed as what?

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thin and strong for their weight

Question 21

foramen

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opening in bones for nerves and blood vessels to pass through

Question 22

frontal bone forms what?

Answer 22

the anterior portion of the cranium

Question 23

frontal bone articulates ?

Answer 23

posteriorly with the parietal bones via the coronal suture

Question 24

processes mean?

Answer 24

point of muscle attachment

Question 25

suture

Answer 25

an immobile joint

Question 26

How many sutures that mark the articulations of the parietal bones?

Answer 26

4

Question 27

What are the four sutures for parietal bones?

Answer 27

Coronal, Sagittal, Lamboid, and squamosal sutures

Question 28

coronal suture

Answer 28

articulation between parietal bones and frontal bone anteriorly

Question 29

sagittal suture

Answer 29

where right and left parietal bones meet superiorly

Question 30

lambdoid suture

Answer 30

where parietal bones meet the occipital bone posteriorly

Question 31

squamosal suture

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where parietal and temporal bones meet

Question 32

How many parietal bones in skull?

Answer 32

2

Question 33

How many occipital bones?

Answer 33

1

Question 34

occipital bones forms?

Answer 34

most of skulls posterior wall and base

Question 35

Occipital bones major markings?

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posterior cranial fossa, foramen magnum, and occipital condyles

Question 36

condyles

Answer 36

round smooth surface

Question 37

Temporal Bones form

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the inferolateral aspects of the skull and parts of the cranial floor

Question 38

temporal floor is divided into four regions:

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squamous, tympanic, mastoid, and petrous

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Major markings of temporal bones

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zygomatic, styloid, and mastoid processes, and the mandibular and middle cranial fossae

Question 40

temporal bones major openings

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stylomastoid and jugular foramina, the external and internal auditory meatuses, and the carotid canal

Question 41

sphenoid bone

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butterfly-shaped bone that spans the width of the middle cranial fossa

Question 42

sphenoid bone forms?

Answer 42

the central wedge that articulates with all other cranial bones

Question 43

sphenoid bones has?

Answer 43

central body
greater wings
lesser wings

Question 44

Ethmoid Bone

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Most deep of the skull bones; lies between the sphenoid and nasal bones

Question 45

Ethmoid bone forms

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most of the bony area between the nasal cavity and the orbits

Question 46

Facial Bones

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14 bones of which only the mandible and vomer are unpaired

Question 47

Facial bones paired bones are?

Answer 47

maxillae, zygomatics, nasals, lacrimals, palatines, and inferior conchae

Question 48

Mandible

Answer 48

Lower jawbone

largest, strongest bone on the face

Question 49

Mandible major markings

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coronoid process
mandibular condyle
alveolar margin
mandibular and mental foramina

Question 50

Maxillary bones

Answer 50

medially fused bones that make up the upper jaw and the central portion of the facial skeleton

Question 51

Maxillary bones facial keystone bones that articulate with?

Answer 51

all other facial bones except the mandible

Question 52

Zygomatic Bones

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irregularly shaped bones (cheekbones) that form the prominences of the cheeks and the inferolateral margins of the orbits

Question 53

Nasal Bones (facial)

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thin medially fused bones that form the bridge of the nose

Question 54

(facial)lacrimal bones

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contribute to the medial walls of the orbit and contain a deep groove called the lacrimal fossa

Question 55

(facial)Palatine bones

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two bone plates that form portions of the hard plate, the posterolateral walls of the nasal cavity, and a small part of the oribits

Question 56

Vomer (facial)

Answer 56

plow-shaped bone that forms part of the nasal spetum

Question 57

Inferior Nasal Conchae

facial

Answer 57

paired

curved bones in the nasal cavity that form part of the lateral walls of the nasal cavity