Skeletal System 2

Question 1

What is the organization of the axial skeleton?

Answer 1

-skull, vertebral column and thoracic cage

Question 2

What is the organization of the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 2

• pectoral girdle and upper limb

- pelvic girdle and lower limb

Question 3

Skull includes

Answer 3

cranial bones, facial bones and sutures

Question 4

Cranial bones are

Answer 4

occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid

Question 5

Facial bones include

Answer 5

maxillae, palatine, nasal, vomer, mandible, zygomatic, lacrimal

Question 6

Boundaries between skull bones

Answer 6

sutures

Question 7

Hollow spaces that help warm, moisture and filter air

Answer 7

Paranasal sinuses

Question 8

What are the paranasal bones?

Answer 8

-frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, maxillary

Question 9

which bone does not articulate with other bones?

Answer 9

the hyoid bone

Question 10

vertebral column consists of

Answer 10

-Vertebrae (24)
-cervical (7)
-Thoracic (12)
-Lumbar(5)
Sacrum (1)
coccyx

Question 11

Vertebral Column contains Intervertebral Discs

Answer 11

-cushion pad made of ligaments and fibrocartilage to absorb as you move

Question 12

what is a herniated disc?

Answer 12

a rupture of the disc

Question 13

Thoracic cage includes

Answer 13

• ribs (12 pairs)

- sternum

Question 14

What is the costal cartilage ?

Answer 14

hyaline cartilage that connects ribs to sternum

Question 15

Disorders of axial skeleton (cleft palate)

Answer 15

right and left palatine bones don’t join medially

Question 16

Examples of abnormal spinal curvatures

Answer 16

• scoliosis
• Kyphosis
• Lordosis

Question 17

gaps in skull bones to allow for growth and develop into sutures

Answer 17

fetal fontanelles

Question 18

Pectoral Girdle

Answer 18

-clavicle, scapula,

Question 19

Upper limb

Answer 19

humerus, ulna, radius, carpal bones, metacarpal bones, phalanges

Question 20

Lower limb

Answer 20

-hip bone, femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsal bones, metatarsal bones, phalanges

Question 21

Pelvic Girdle

Answer 21

-hip bones (coxal bones) [ilium, pubis, ischium]