The Skeleton

Question 1

Axial Skeleton

Answer 1

Protects the major organs of the nervous, respiratory, and circulatory systems

Question 2

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 2

portion of the skeleton that includes the limbs and their supporting structures

Question 3

Cranium

Answer 3

portion of the skull that encloses and protects the brain

Question 4

Frontal Bone

Answer 4

anterior portion that forms the forehead, houses frontal sinuses and forms the roof of the ethmoid sinuses

Question 5

Parietal Bones

Answer 5

pair of large flat quadrilateral bones that form the top and sides of the cranium

Question 6

Occipital Bone

Answer 6

forms back part of skull and base of the cranium

Question 7

Temporal Bones

Answer 7

form sides and base of the cranium

Question 8

External Auditory Meatus

Answer 8

opening of the external auditory canal of the outer ear within the temporal bone

Question 9

Sphenoid Bone

Answer 9

wedge shaped bone, makes contact with all of the cranium bones to form the base, sides, and floors and sides of the eye socket

Question 10

Ethmoid Bone

Answer 10

at the roof and