Chapters 6-8 Axial Skeleton

Question 0

Cranium

Answer 0

Protects the brain and is site if attachment for neck and head muscles (there are 8)

Question 1

Skull

Answer 1

Contains 22 bones, formed by the cranium and facial bones

Question 2

Sutures

Answer 2

Immovable interlocking joints of the skull

Question 3

Frontal

Answer 3

Forms foregead and roof of nasal cavity

Question 4

Parietal bones

Answer 4

Forms superior sides of cranium, roof of the cranium

Question 5

Temporal bones

Answer 5

Forms inferior sides of cranium

Question 6

Occipital bone

Answer 6

Forms back portion of skull

Question 7

Mandible

Answer 7

Irregular lower jaw bone, largest and strongest bone of face, moveable

Question 8

Maxilla

Answer 8

Fused bones of upper jaw, articulates all facial bones except mandible

Question 9

Cervical Vertebrae

Answer 9

There are 7 bones of neck include atlas and axis

Question 10

Thoracic vertebrae

Answer 10

12 bones, bones of torso

Question 11

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 11

5 bones of lower back

Question 12

Sacrum

Answer 12

5 fused bones

Question 13

Coccyx

Answer 13

4 fused bones

Question 14

Sternum

Answer 14

Flat bone made up of manubrium body and xiphoid process

Question 15

True Ribs

Answer 15

Ribs 1-7 attatch directly to the sternum by costal cartilage

Question 16

False Ribs

Answer 16

Ribs 8-12, Attach indireectly to sternum (8-10) or lack sternal attachment (11-12)

Question 17

Floating Ribs

Answer 17

Ribs 11-12, have no anterior attachment