Module 25 - Skeletal System: Axial Skeleton

Question 1

How many bones are in the human body

Answer 1

206

Question 2

what is the division of the skeletal system

Answer 2

axial and appendicular skeleton

Question 3

give # of bones and portions that make up the axial skeleton

Answer 3

• 80 bones
  – lie along longitudinal axis
  – Skull, hyoid bone, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, auditory ossicles

yellow area in pic

Question 4

give # of bones and portions that make up the appendicular skeleton

Answer 4

• 126 bones
  – Upper & lower limbs and pelvic and
  pectoral girdles

green area in pic

Question 5

what are the surface features of bones and their specific functions?

Answer 5

Surface features: ridges, projections, openings, depressions

Specific functions:
– Passageway for blood vessels and nerves
– Joint formation
– Muscle, tendon and ligament attachment

Question 6

how many bones, auditory ossicles and hyoid bones are there in the skull

Answer 6

22
6
1

Question 7

what are the 2 portions of the skull

Answer 7

cranial bones and facial bones

Question 8

give the 6 cranial bones

Answer 8

parietal, temporal, occipital, frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid bones

Question 9

give the 8 facial bones

Answer 9

zygomatic, lacrimal, nasal, palatine bones and the maxilla, mandible, vomer, inferior nasal concha

Question 10

what makes up the zygomatic arch

Answer 10

zygomatic process + temporal process

Question 11

the mandible is attached to the skull through…

Answer 11

mandibular fossa

Question 12

what bone is butterfly shaped

Answer 12

sphenoid bone

Question 13

what is the only moveable bone in the skull

Answer 13

mandible

Question 14

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Question 17

what processes make space for teeth?

Answer 17

alveolar process of maxilla and alveolar process of mandible

Question 18

function of jugular foramen

Answer 18

where veins exit

Question 19

function of carotid foramen

Answer 19

entrance of arteries into cranial cavity

Question 20

function of occipital condyle

Answer 20

allows for movement of the skull

Question 21

function of styloid process

Answer 21

attachment point for muscles of the tongue

Question 22

the hard palate is made up of…

Answer 22

palatine process and palatine bone (horizontal plate)

Question 23

give the 7 bones of the orbit

Answer 23

frontal, sphenoid, palatine, zygomatic, lacrimal, ethmoid bones and the maxilla

Question 24

describe the hyoid bone

Answer 24

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