chapter 7 & 8 midterm

Question 1

cranial bones

Answer 1

Occipital
sphenoid
frontal
2 parietal
2 temporal
ethmoid

Question 2

Facial bones

Answer 2

2 nasal
2 maxillae
zygomatic
mandible
lacrimal
palatine
2inferior nasal conchae
vomer

Question 3

coronal suture

Answer 3

unites frontal and parietal bones

Question 4

Sagittal

Answer 4

unites the two parietal bones

Question 5

Lambdoid

Answer 5

unites the two parietal bones to the occipital bone

Question 6

Squamous

Answer 6

unite the parietal and temporal bones

Question 7

fontanels

Answer 7

provide flexibility to the fetal skull, allowing the skull to change shape as it passes through the birth canal, and they permit rapid growth of the brain.

Question 8

vertebral column

Answer 8

surrounds and protects the nervous tissue of the spinal cord.

Question 9

thoracic vertebrae

Answer 9

larger and stronger than cervical vertebrae, and are easily identified by their costal facets which articulate with the tubercles of ribs.

Question 10

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 10

the largest and strongest of the unfused vertebrae in the vertebral column.

Question 11

sacrum

Answer 11

5 fused

Question 12

coccygeal

Answer 12

4 fused

Question 13

Ribs

Answer 13

1-7 have a direct anterior attachment to the sternum, and are called true, or vertebrosternal ribs.
8-12 have an indirect attachment to the sternum, and are called false, or vertebrochondral ribs.
11-12 have no attachment to the sternum at all, and are called floating ribs.

Question 14

pubic arch

Answer 14

male-larger and heavier
pubic arch is less than 90 degrees
Female-wider and shallower
arch is greater than 90 degrees