Phys Ch 5

Question 1

What is a foramen?

Answer 1

an opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass

Question 2

What is a meatus?

Answer 2

a tube-like passageway running within a bone

Question 3

What is a sinus?

Answer 3

air cavity within the bone connected to the nasal cavity

Question 4

What is a fossa?

Answer 4

a depression in or on the bone

Question 5

What is a condyle?

Answer 5

a large rounded articular prominence

Question 6

What is a head?

Answer 6

a rounded articular projection supported on the constricted portion

Question 7

What is a facet?

Answer 7

a smooth, flat surface

Question 8

What is a tuberosity?

Answer 8

large, round roughened process

Question 9

What is the spinous process?

Answer 9

sharp, slender projections

Question 10

What is the trochanter?

Answer 10

large, blunt, and sticks out on the femur

Question 11

What is a crest?

Answer 11

a prominent border or ridge

Question 12

What is vertebrae?

Answer 12

the series of bones in the vertebral column

Question 13

What is the thorax?

Answer 13

the chest; the boney cage by the sternum, costal cartilage, ribs, and the thoracic vertebrae

Question 14

What is the sternum?

Answer 14

the center of the anterior thoracic wall

Question 15

What is the pectoral girdle?

Answer 15

shoulder; the attachment of the extremities in the upper body to the axial skeleton

Question 16

What is pelvimetry?

Answer 16

the measurement of the pelvis

Question 17

What are sutures and why are they needed?

Answer 17

seams in the bones that allow for flexibility in babies

Question 18

What are fontanels?

Answer 18

soft spots in the skull

Question 19

What are the purpose of surface markings?

Answer 19

special features to allow attachments

Question 20

How many bones are in an adult?

Answer 20

206

Question 21

How many bones are in the spine?

Answer 21

26

Question 22

How many bones are in the axial skeleton?

Answer 22

80

Question 23

How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 23

126

Question 24

What are the regions of the spine from top to bottom?

Answer 24

Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, and Coccyx

Question 25

How many bones are in each region of the spine?

Answer 25

Cervical- 7
Thoracic- 12
Lumbar- 5
Sacrum- 5 (fuse to 1)
Coccyx- 4 (fuse to 1)

Question 26

Why does the spine have curves?

Answer 26

to support weight

Question 27

What provides cushion in the spine?

Answer 27

intervertebral disk

Question 28

What is the atlas and axis?

Answer 28

C1 and C2 vertebrae allow for the motion of the head. C1 yes, C2 no

Question 29

What are common features of the vertebrae?

Answer 29

foramen and body weight

Question 30

What are the parts of the sternum?

Answer 30

manubrium, body, and xiphoid process

Question 31

What are true ribs?

Answer 31

directly connected to the sternum

Question 32

What are false ribs?

Answer 32

connected to the sternum through webbing

Question 33

What are floating ribs?

Answer 33

ribs not connected to the sternum

Question 34

How many of each type of rib are there?

Answer 34

True- 1-7
False- 8-10
Floating- 11-12

Question 35

What are the spaces in between the ribs called?

Answer 35

intercostal spaces

Question 36

What bones make up the pectoral girdle?

Answer 36

clavicale and scapula

Question 37

What is the major marking on the humerus that helps it attach to the deltoid muscle?

Answer 37

deltoid tuberosity

Question 38

What type of bone are the hips?

Answer 38

compact bone

Question 39

What is the heel of the foot called?

Answer 39

calcaneus

Question 40

What is the kneecap called?

Answer 40

patella