Skeletal System QUIZ Flashcards
Small, nearly flat articular surface
Facet
Deep depression or shallow basin
Fossa
Rounded process
Condyle
Opening or hole
Foramen
Projection xtension
Ramus
Ridgelike projection
Crest
Slightly raised ridge
Line
Tubelike opening
Meatus
Tiny pit or depression
Fovea
Small, knoblike projection
Tubercle
Thornlike projection
Spine
Rounded enlargement at the end of bone
Head
Air-filled cavity within bone
Sinus
Relatively large process
Trochanter
The extra bones that sometimes develop between the flat bones of the skull are called _______.
sutural
Small bones occuring in some tendons are called ______ _______.
sesamoid bones
The cranium and facial bones compose the _____.
skull
The hyoid bone supports the _____.
tongue
The _______` at the inferior end of the sacrum is composed of several fused vertebrae.
coccyx
Most ribs are attached ______ to the sternum
anteriorly
The thoracic cage is composed of twelve pairs of_____
ribs
The Scapulae and clavicles together form the _____ _____
pectoral girdle
Which of the following bones is not part of the appendicular skeleton: Clavicle, femur, scapula, sternum?
Sternum
The wrist is composed of eight bones called _____
carpals
The hip bones (Coxal Bones) are attached _____ to the sacrum
posteriorly
The patella bone covers the anterior surface of the ___
knee
The bones that articulate with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula are called ______.
tarsals
All finger and toe bones are called _____
phalanges
The _____ column includes vertebra, sacrum, and coccyx
vertebral
The ______ bone is part of the pectoral girdle
scapula
A ______ is a very large projection on a bone
trochanter
A _____ is a shallow basin depression
fossa
Bones that might form in the skull, but are not considered in the total number are_____ bones
sutural
The ____ is a bone in the upper limb
ulna
A ____ is a depression type of bone feature (bone marking)
sulcus
The vertebral column encloses and protects the____ ____
spinal cord
The vertebral column extends from the skull to the ____
pelvis
The seventh cervical vertebra is called the vertebra ______ and has an obvious spinous process surface feature that can be palpated
prominens
The bodies of the vertebrae support the ______of the head and trunk
weight
The_____ ______ separate adjacent vertebrae and they soften
intervertebral discs
The intervertebral foramina provide _________ for spinal nerves
passageways
Transverse_________ of cervical vertebrae serve as passageways for blood vessels leading to the brain
foramina
The first vertebra also called the _____
atlas
When the head is moved from side to side, the vertebra ______ around the dens of the second vertebra
pivots
The _____ _____ have the largest and strongest bodies
Lumbar vertebrae
The number of vertebrae that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum is ______
five
