Bones (Names/Decriptions)

Question 1

Frontal

Answer 1

Forehead

Question 2

Parietal

Answer 2

2 bones
Sides and roof of cranial cavity

Question 3

Temporal

Answer 3

2 bones
Lower sides of cranium, part of cranial floor

Question 4

Zygomatic arch

Answer 4

Arch between temporal and zygomatic bones

Question 5

Mandibular fossa

Answer 5

Part of the temporomandibular joint (where mandible & temporal meet)

Question 6

Mastoid & styloid processes

Answer 6

Muscle attachments

Question 7

External auditory canal

Answer 7

Transmits sound to eardrum

Question 8

Petrous portion

Answer 8

Contains middle and inner ear

Question 9

Internal auditory canal

Answer 9

CN VIII to brain

Question 10

Occipital

Answer 10

Posterior cranium (most of base)

Question 11

Sphenoid

Answer 11

Middle of base of skull
Touched all other cranial bones
Has hypophyseal fossa (houses pituitary)
Has sinuses

Question 12

Ethmoid

Answer 12

Anterior cranial floor (between orbits)
Superior nasal septum
Has sinuses

Question 13

Nasal conchae

Answer 13

2
Increases vascular and mucous membrane surface area

Question 14

Nasal

Answer 14

2 bones
Bridge of nose

Question 15

Maxilla

Answer 15

2 bones
Upper jaw
Has sinuses

Question 16

Zygomatic

Answer 16

2 bones
Cheekbones (and part of orbit)

Question 17

Mandible

Answer 17

Lower jaw
Largest, strongest facial bone

Question 18

Lacrimal

Answer 18

2 bones
In the eyes (tear ducts)
Smallest bones of face

Question 19

Palatine

Answer 19

2 bones
Posterior hard palate, nasal cavity

Question 20

Vomer

Answer 20

Inferior nasal septum

Question 21

Sutures

Answer 21

Immovable joints

Question 22

Coronal sutures

Answer 22

Frontal to 2 parietals

Question 23

Sagittal suture

Answer 23

2 parietals

Question 24

Lambdoid sutures

Answer 24

2 parietals to occipital

Question 25

Squamous sutures

Answer 25

2 sutures for parietals and temporals

Question 26

Hyoid

Answer 26

In the throat Not attached to any other bone

Question 27

Cervical

Answer 27

7 vertebrae Convex curve Most delicate Articular facets face up/down for speed Has 2 transverse foramina (for artery)

Question 28

Atlas

Answer 28

C1 Ring without body or spinous process Allows “yes” motion

Question 29

Axis

Answer 29

C2 Has dens Allows “no” motion

Question 30

C7

Answer 30

Largest spinous process

Question 31

Thoracic

Answer 31

12 vertebrae Larger/stronger than cervical Articular facets angled for ribs Limited movement due to attachment to ribs/sternum

Question 32

Lumbar

Answer 32

5 vertebrae Largest/strongest of infused vertebrae Articular facets face sides (limits motion) Ruptured intervertebral discs common here

Question 33

Sacrum

Answer 33

Fusion of 5 bones Foundation for pelvic girdle 4pairs of sacral foramina (vessels & nerves)

Question 34

Coccyx

Answer 34

Fusion of 4 bones Tailbone Small, easily broken No processes or foramina

Question 35

Bony landmark between manubrium and body of sternum, demarcates T4 vertebral level 

Answer 35

Sternal angle

Question 36

What protrude from the lower end of the sternum? 

Answer 36

Xiphoid process

Question 37

Rib classification

Answer 37

1-7: true 8-10: false 11-12: float

Question 38

Glenoid cavity

Answer 38

Part of the shoulder joint

Question 39

Where is the olecranon process found?

Answer 39

Ulna

Question 40

Where is the deltoid tuberosity found?

Answer 40

Humerus

Question 41

Where does the biceps brachii attach to? 

Answer 41

Radial tuberosity

Question 42

What are knuckles the head of? 

Answer 42

Metacarpals

Question 43

Wrist bones in order

Answer 43

So long top part here comes the thumb Superior row, lateral to medial (Proximal row, radial to ulnar side) Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrium, pisiform Inferior row, medial to lateral (Distal row, ulnar to radial side) Hamate, capitate, trapezoid, trapezium

Question 44

Scaphoid

Answer 44

“Boat shaped” wrist bone 70% of carpal bone breaks

Question 45

Lunate

Answer 45

“Moon shaped” wrist bone

Question 46

Triquetrium

Answer 46

“3 cornered” wrist bone

Question 47

Pisiform

Answer 47

“Pea shaped” wrist bone Can use in massage

Question 48

Hamate

Answer 48

Hook of hamate process (wrist bone)

Question 49

Capitate

Answer 49

“Head shaped” wrist bone Largest wrist bone

Question 50

Trapezoid

Answer 50

Two parallel sides (wrist bone)

Question 51

Trapezium

Answer 51

No parallel sides (wrist bone)

Question 52

Metacarpals

Answer 52

5 bones in hand

Question 53

Phalanges

Answer 53

Fingers/toes 14 bones in each hand/foot

Question 54

At the hip joint, the head of the femur is received by what? 

Answer 54

Acetabulum

Question 55

What happens at the pubic symphysis?

Answer 55

The hip bones join each other 

Question 56

Where does the weight rest when we sit? 

Answer 56

Ischial tuberosity

Question 57

What do the medial and lateral condyles join? 

Answer 57

Tibia and femur

Question 58

What is the bone that most often breaks and a “broken hip”? 

Answer 58

Femur (the neck)

Question 59

What bone is the medial malleolus? 

Answer 59

Tibia

Question 60

What bone is the lateral malleolus?

Answer 60

Fibula

Question 61

Calcaneus

Answer 61

The heel bone Largest and strongest tarsal bone

Question 62

Cuneiform

Answer 62

Three wedge shaped bones in the ankle 

Question 63

Metatarsals

Answer 63

5 bones in the foot

Question 64

Talus

Answer 64

Tarsal bone that joint both the tibia and the fibula Bears the initial weight of walking

Question 65

List of tarsal bones

Answer 65

Talus, calcaneus, cuboid, navicular, 3 cuneiform

Question 66

Femur

Answer 66

Upper leg Longest, heaviest, strongest bone in the body