Chp. 9: The Axial Skeleton (incomp)

Question 1

Axial Skeleton

Answer 1

Skull, vertebral column, and the thoracic cage; forms longitudinal axis of the body and protects the brain, spinal cord, heart, and lungs.

Question 2

Skull

Answer 2

Composed of cranium and facial bones

Question 3

Cranium

Answer 3

8 bones that enclose and protect the fragile brain tissue

Question 4

Facial bones

Answer 4

14 bones that support the eyes and position them anteriorly; provide attachment for facial muscles.

Question 5

Sutures

Answer 5

interlocking fibrous joints that join the bones of the skull.

Question 6

Frontal

Answer 6

Forms the forehead, superior part of the orbit, and the floor of the anterior cranial fossa.

Question 7

Parietal

Answer 7

Form the superior and lateral aspects of the skull.

Question 8

Temporal

Answer 8

Forms the inferolateral and lateral aspects of the skull and contribute to the middle cranial fossa; each has squamous, tympanic, and petrous parts.