CH7

Question 1

list a few of your paranasal sinuses..(4)

Answer 1

frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, maxillary

Question 2

list a few of your facial bones..(14)

Answer 2

nasal(2), lacrimal, inferior nasal concha, palatine, zygomatic, maxilla, mandible(1), vomer

Question 3

what occupies the transverse foramina seen in certain vertebrae?

Answer 3

vertebral arteries

Question 4

list groups of vertebrae..(5)

Answer 4

thoracic, cervical, lumbar, sacral, coccyx

Question 5

thoracic vertebrae do not have

Answer 5

transverse foramina

Question 6

which of these bones forms by intramembranous ossification?

Answer 6

a parietal bone (flat bones)

Question 7

the viscerocranium includes..

Answer 7

(face bones) the maxilla

Question 8

the sella turcica contains..

Answer 8

(a saddle shaped depression located in sphenoid bone) air cells

Question 9

name the main sutures..

Answer 9

coronal, lambdoid, sagittal, / squamous, metopic

Question 10

the nasal septum is composed partly of the same bone as..

Answer 10

the cribiform plate

Question 11

gaps between the cranial bones of an infant are called___

Answer 11

fontanels

Question 12

the external acoustic meatus is an opening in the ___ bone

Answer 12

temporal

Question 13

the ___ bone has greater and lesser wings and protects the pituitary gland

Answer 13

ethmoid

Question 14

the ___ bone has greater and lesser wings and protects the pituitary gland

Answer 14

sphenoid

Question 15

a herniated disc occurs when a ring called the ___ cracks

Answer 15

anulus fibrosus

Question 16

the transverse ligament of the atlas holds the ___ of the axis in place

Answer 16

dens

Question 17

the sacroiliac joint is formed where the ___ surface of the sacrum articulates with that of the ilium

Answer 17

auricular

Question 18

we have five pairs of ___ ribs and two pairs of __ ribs

Answer 18

false, floating

Question 19

ribs 1 through 10 are joined to the sternum by way of strips of connective tissue called ___

Answer 19

costal cartilages

Question 20

the point at the inferior end of the sternum is the ___

Answer 20

xiphoid process