Basic Info of Skeletal System II

Question 1

axial skeleton

Answer 1

-the human body minus its limbs

Question 2

components of the axial skeleton

Answer 2

-skull, vertebral column, and rib cage

Question 3

foramen

Answer 3

-a opening or hole passing into or through a bone

Question 4

process

Answer 4

-a boney projection that comes in a variety of shapes

Question 5

fossa

Answer 5

• a concave impression

- in larger bones, it gives the appearance of a bowl

Question 6

facet

Answer 6

• similar to a fossa, but smaller

- usually the site where two or more bones articulate with each other