HESI Skeletal System

Question 1

number of cranial bones

Answer 1

8

Question 2

number of facial bones

Answer 2

14

Question 3

number of bones in each wrist

Answer 3

8

Question 4

number of bones in each ankle

Answer 4

7

Question 5

immovable interlocking joints that join skull bones

Answer 5

sutures

Question 6

spaces between cranial bones that are filled with fibrous membranes

Answer 6

fontanels

Question 7

very small bones that develop within sutures

Answer 7

sutural or wormian

Question 8

the space that provides skull flexibility during birth

Answer 8

fontanels

Question 9

name for the top, sides, front, and back of the cranium collectively

Answer 9

cranial vault

Question 10

name for the bottom of the cranium

Answer 10

cranium floor

Question 11

3 depressions in the floor of the cranium (anterior, middle, and posterior)

Answer 11

cranial fossae

Question 12

mucus lined cavities that surround the nasal cavity

Answer 12

sinuses

Question 13

the hyoid is connected by ligaments to the styloid process of the _____ bones

Answer 13

temporal

Question 14

number of bones in vertebral column

Answer 14

26

Question 15

muscles and ligaments attach to these parts of the vertebra

Answer 15

spinous process and transverse processes

Question 16

the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae are special because they have

Answer 16

transverse foramen for blood vessels to pass through

Question 17

vertebrae articulate at the _____ ______ _____ and the _____ _____ _____

Answer 17

superior articular process and inferior articular process

Question 18

part of the spine that is USUALLY 4 fused vertebrae

Answer 18

coccyx

Question 19

part of the spine that is 5 fused vertebrae

Answer 19

sacrum

Question 20

C1 is nicknamed

Answer 20

atlas

Question 21

C2 is nicknamed

Answer 21

axis

Question 22

space where nerves pass through

Answer 22

intervertebral foramina

Question 23

3 fused bones of the sternum

Answer 23

manubrium
body
xiphoid process

Question 24

Type of ribs that attach directly to the sternum via costal cartilage

Answer 24

true ribs

Question 25

number of true ribs

Answer 25

7 pairs

Question 26

the hyaline cartilage that connects ribs to sternum is called

Answer 26

coastal cartilage

Question 27

fancy name for true ribs

Answer 27

vertobrosternal ribs

Question 28

fancy name for false ribs

Answer 28

vetobrochondral ribs

Question 29

the ____ is the end of the rib that attaches to the spine

Answer 29

head

Question 30

the sharp turn of the rib is called the ____ _____

Answer 30

costal angle

Question 31

the area between each rib is called the ______ space

Answer 31

intercostal

Question 32

the outer fibrocartilaginous ring of the intervertebral disk is called the ______ ____

Answer 32

annulus fibrosus