Skeletal System Vocab 2

Question 1

small, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 1

facet

Question 2

deep depression or shallow basin

Answer 2

fossa

Question 3

rounded process

Answer 3

condyle

Question 4

opening or hole

Answer 4

foramen

Question 5

projection extension

Answer 5

ramus

Question 6

ridgelike projection

Answer 6

crest

Question 7

slightly raised ridge

Answer 7

line

Question 8

tubelike opening

Answer 8

meatus

Question 9

tiny pit or depression

Answer 9

fovea

Question 10

small, knoblike projection

Answer 10

tubercle

Question 11

thornlike projection

Answer 11

spine

Question 12

rounded enlargement at end of bone

Answer 12

head

Question 13

air-filled cavity within bone

Answer 13

sinus

Question 14

relatively large process

Answer 14

trochanter

Question 15

extra bones that sometime develop between the flat bones of the skull

Answer 15

sutural bones

Question 16

small bones occurring in some tendons

Answer 16

sesamoid bones

Question 17

The cranium and facial bones compose the _______.

Answer 17

skull

Question 18

The hyoid bone supports the _______.

Answer 18

tongue

Question 19

The _______ at the inferior end of the sacrum is composed of several fused vertebrae.

Answer 19

coccyx

Question 20

Most ______ are attached anteriorly to the sternum.

Answer 20

ribs

Question 21

The _________ is composed of twelve pairs of ribs.

Answer 21

thoracic cage

Question 22

The scapulae and clavicles together form the __________.

Answer 22

pectoral girdle

Question 23

Which of the following bones is not part of the appendicular skeleton: clavicle, femur, scapula, sternum?

Answer 23

sternum

Question 24

The wrist is composed of eight bones called ________.

Answer 24

carpals

Question 25

The hip bones (coxal bones) are attached posteriorly to the ________.

Answer 25

sacrum

Question 26

The ______ bones covers the anterior surface of the knee.

Answer 26

patella

Question 27

The bones that articulate with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula are called _______.

Answer 27

tarsals

Question 28

All finger and toe bones are called _________.

Answer 28

phalanges

Question 29

The ___________ includes vertebra, sacrum, and coccyx.

Answer 29

vertebral column

Question 30

The ________ bone is part of the pectoral girdle.

Answer 30

scapula

Question 31

A _______ is a very large projection on a bone.

Answer 31

trochanter

Question 32

A _______ is a shallow basin depression.

Answer 32

fossa

Question 33

Bones that might form in the skull, but are not considered in the total number are _________.

Answer 33

sutural bones

Question 34

The ______ is a bone in the upper limb.

Answer 34

ulna

Question 35

A ______ is a depression type of bone feature (bone marking).

Answer 35

sulcus

Question 36

The vertebral column encloses and protects the ________.

Answer 36

spinal cord

Question 37

The vertebral column extends from the _______ to the ________.

Answer 37

skull & pelvis

Question 38

The seventh cervical vertebra is called the vertebra ________ and has an obvious spinous process surface feature that can be _______.

Answer 38

prominens & palpated

Question 39

The bodies of the vertebrae supports the weight of the ______ and _______.

Answer 39

head & trunk

Question 40

The ___________ separate adjacent vertebrae and they soften the forces created by ________.

Answer 40

intervertebral discs & walking

Question 41

The ___________ provide passageways for spinal nerves.

Answer 41

intervertebral foramina

Question 42

_________ of cervical vertebrae serve as passageways for blood vessels leading to the brain.

Answer 42

transverse foramina

Question 43

The first vertebrae also is called the ______.

Answer 43

atlas

Question 44

When the _____ is moved from side to side, the first vertebra pivots around the dens of the second.

Answer 44

head

Question 45

The _______ vertebrae have the largest and strongest bodies.

Answer 45

lumbar

Question 46

The number of vertebrae that fuse in the adult to form the _____ is five.

Answer 46

sacrum