Bones of the Visceral Skeleton

Question 1

the bones of the visceral skeleton were derived from?

Answer 1

the gill arches

Question 2

visceral skeleton consists:

Answer 2

lower jaw
hyoid apparatus

Question 3

bones of the lower jaw:

Answer 3

Mento-meckelian
Dentary
Angulo-splenial

Question 4

the anterior small bone of the lower jaw

Answer 4

mento-meckelian

Question 5

this bone unites with the other half of the lower jaw

Answer 5

mento-meckelian

Question 6

the thin, longer portion that forms the whole middle surface of the lower jaw

Answer 6

dentary

Question 7

the stout and most posterior part of the lower jaw

Answer 7

angulo-splenial

Question 8

this bone articulates with the upper jaw of the skull

Answer 8

angulo-splenial

Question 9

a flattened structure made up of cartilage except for the pair of thyroid processes at the posterior part which is a bony structure

Answer 9

hyoid apparatus

Question 10

supports the floor of the mouth and larynx

Answer 10

hyoid apparatus

Question 11

a pair of long, slender, horn-like cartilage arising from the anterolateral border of the hyoid

Answer 11

anterior cornua

Question 12

the flattened, four anged, ventral cartilage of the hyoid

Answer 12

body of the hyoida

Question 13

a pair of pointed and short processes which arise from the postero-lateral borders of the hyoid

Answer 13

posterior cornua

Question 14

a bony prcoess arising from the middle part of the posterior margin of the bdy of the hyoid. this supports the posterior part of the larynx

Answer 14

thyroid processes

Question 15

A pair of small lateral expansion on the anterior side of the body of the hyoid

Answer 15

Alary processes