Ch 7

Question 1

Skeletal system facts

Answer 1

composed of bones, cartilages, joints and ligaments; 20% of body mass

Question 2

Axial Skeleton

Answer 2

consists of 80 bones; 3 major regions skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage

Question 3

2 types of Skull bones

Answer 3

Cranial bones and facial bones

Question 4

cranial fossa in the base

Answer 4

anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossae

Question 5

Anterior cranial fossa

Answer 5

Frontal lobes

Question 6

Middle cranial fossa

Answer 6

temporal and lateral lobes

Question 7

Posterior cranial fossa

Answer 7

cerebellum

Question 8

Concha

Answer 8

very vascular, they warm the air as you breathe

Question 9

Inferior nasal concha

Answer 9

a standalone bone

Question 10

vomer

Answer 10

lowest part of the nasal septum. It is separate from the ethmoid. plow shaped

Question 11

Mandibular condyle

Answer 11

the joint for the jaw; has the fossa as well

Question 12

four sutures in the cranium

Answer 12

Squamous suture, Coronal suture, Lambdoid suture, saggital suture

Question 13

Squamous suture

Answer 13

separates the temporal bone from the parietal

Question 14

Coronal sutur

Answer 14

separates the frontal from the parietal

Question 15

Lambdoid suture

Answer 15

separates the parietal and occipital

Question 16

saggital suture

Answer 16

separates the left and right parietal bone

Question 17

Frontal sinus

Answer 17

hollow chamber filled with air lined with mucous membrane and open to the outside. it makes your skull lighter and your voice more pleasant

Question 18

Sinusitis

Answer 18

inflammation of sinuses because of infection

Question 19

christa galli

Answer 19

cock’s comb” part of the ethmoid bone. It separates the two frontal lobes of the brain

Question 20

How many named openings are there in the cranium

Answer 20

85