Lab 9: The Axial Skeletal System

Question 1

What two bones and landmarks compose the zygomatic arch?

Question 2

What two bones and landmarks compose the nasal septum?

Question 3

What bones, landmarks, and suture forms the hard palate?

Question 4

What bone articulates with the occipital condyles?

Question 5

The hyoid bone is suspended by connective tissue bands of the…

Question 6

Which bone and landmark form the roof of the nasal cavity?

Question 7

Which bone and landmarks form the lateral walls of the nasal cavity?

Question 8

Identify the bones that contribute to the orbital complex

Question 9

What vessels pass through the carotid canal and the jugular foramen?

Question 10

What structure protrudes through the foramen magnum?

Question 11

What brain structure is cradled within the sella turcica?

Question 12

Describe the characteristics used to determine the difference between the right rib from the left rib

Answer 12

Tubericle and costal groove point down

Question 13

What type of connective tissue makes up the intervertebral discs?

Question 14

What structure runs through the vertebral foramen?

Question 15

What structures protrude through the intervertebral foramen?

Question 16

What structure(s) run through the sacral canal?

Question 17

What blood vessels run through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae?

Question 18

The head of the rib articulates with the _______ landmark on the body of the vertebrae

Question 19

The tubercle of the of the rib articulates with the _______ landmark on the transverse process of the vertebrae

Question 20

What is the name of the longest spinous process in the body?

Question 21

Which rib articulates with the manubrium only?

Question 22

Which rib articulates at the manubriosternal junction (a.k.a. sternal angle)?