Lab Quiz Flashcards
The human skull had ______ bones, _______ which are paired
22, 8
What is prognathism?
The extent to which the face and jaw protrude toward when viewed from the side
What is a gap between teeth called?
Diastema
What is the mass of bone over the eye socket called?
Brow ridge
What is the ridge of bone atop and down the middle of the Brian case called?
Sagittal crest
The site of attachment for chewing muscles?
Sagittal crest
How could you tell with only the skull of a hominid had upright posture?
The position of the formen magnum
The basic unit of mass
Kilogram
What is density?
Mass per unit volume
Mass divided by volume
Two types of light microscopes
Steriomicroscope (dissecting)
Compound
Designed to study entire objects in three dimensions at low magnification
Stereomicroscope (dissecting)
Used for examining small or thinly sliced sections of objects under higher magnification
Two sets of lenses
Compound
Two types of scanning electron microscopes
Transmission and scanning
