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The _____ bones are the smallest bones of the skull

Lacrimal

What movement occurs when the vertebral column bends to the side?

Lateral flexion

Injury to what region of the vertebral column is usually most threatening ?

Lumbar or cervical

The point of attachment for muscles that extend and rotate the head is the

Mastoid process

Which of the following bones bear teeth?

Maxillae and mandible

Which of the following lists includes only facial bones?

Maxillae, palatines, mandible, zygomatic, lacrimals

Someone who is referred to as having a "large chin" likely has a very prominent...

Mental protuberance

Which of the following structures makes up the superior portion of the nasal septum

Perpendicular plate

Which of the following organ systems would most likely be affected by breaking a rib

Respiratory

The structure that houses the pituitary gland is called the

Sella Turcica

Bones of the skull that articulate with the zygomatic bone include the

Sphenoid maxillary bone frontal bone temporal bone

Which of the following is the connection point between the axial and appendicular skeleton?

Sternum - Clavicle

The freely movable joint in the skull occurs between the mandible and the ______ bone

Temporal

what is the significance of the strong bone-to-bone attachments of the girdle of the lower extremity of the axial skeleton?

The almost immobile joint between the sacrum and the iliac region of the pelvis is ensures that the weight from the upper part of the body will be able to pass through the lower limb to the ground efficiently

Compared with the male pelvis the female pelvis has

- a wider, more circular pelvic inlet - an enlarged pelvic outlet - a broder pubic arch

The large "soft spot" on top of an infants head

-is covered in fibrous connective tissue -occurs where the parietal and frontal bones have not yet grown together - is one of several fontanels in an infant skull

The primary curvatures of the spine serves mainly to..

Accommodation of the thoracic and abdomen pelvic viscera

The _______ is superior most portion of the cranial vault, with the frontal bone as its floor

Anterior cranial Fossa

Which of the following vertebral column levels has the thickest intervertebral disc

Between T12 and L1

Which of the following vertebral curvatures is convex anteriorly

Both cervical and lumbar

The parietal, temporal, frontal and occipital bones are part of the

Cranium

How many bones are in the axial skeleton?

Eighty

Which of the following bones supports some of the weight of the brain

Ethmoid

The Pelvic outlet tends to be larger in males than in females

False

The first cervical vertebra is the axis?

False

The lacrimal bones form the cheekbones and some of the lateral wall of the orbit

False

The lowest section of the vertebral column is the sacrum

False

The mandible is the upper jaw bone

False

The opening that permits sounds to reach the middle ear cavity is called internal acoustic meatus

False

The sphenoid bone has two condylar processes

False

The temporal bone contains the foramen magnum and forms part of the wall of the jugular foramen

False

Choose the type of rib and number of ribs that matches

Floating ribs - 4

The coronal suture is the boundary between which bones?

Frontal and parietal

The frontal bone of an infant is separated into two bones by the

Frontal suture

Which of the following organs is protected by the rib cage?

Heart Lungs Thymus

Which of the following is true about the Vomer bone?

It forms part of the nasal septum

Which of the following is true of the foramen magnum

It is located in the inferior surface of the occipital bone

Which type of vertebra has a transverse costal facet

Thoracic

The primary curves of the vertebral column are the

Thoracic and sacral

The ____ are bones contained within the tympani cavity of the temporal bone

Three auditory ossicles

The crural interosseous membrane extends between the

Tibia and Fibula

The major function of the body of the vertebra is ..

Transferring weight along the axis of the vertebral column

The groove in the epiphysis of the ulna that receives the humerus is the_______ which is located on the anterior surface of the epiphysis of the ulna

Trochlear notch

A point of contact between the axial and appendicular skeletons is the manubrium

True

CPR involves forcefully depressing the sternum

True

The ethmoid bone contains a superior projection called the crust galli

True

The ethmoid bone is a light spongy bone that forms much of the inner structure of the nose and attaches to the fall cerebra

True

The inner ear bones or ossicles are located within the temporal bones

True

The mastoid process is part of the temporal bone

True

The sacral curvature tends to arc more in males then in females

True

The sacrum is actually the result of five fused sacral vertebrae

True

The sphenoid bone contains the foramen rotund rum and superior orbital fissure

True

The sternum serves as an anterior attachment site for the true and false ribs

True

The structures that supports the head on the vertebra column are the occipital condyles

True

the infraorbital foramen allows blood vessels and nerves to pass through the maxilla

True

the ligament that spans the space between the coracoid process and the acrmion is the coracoacromial ligament

True

Compression fracture is most likely to occur in which of the following bones?

Vertebra

The part of the vertebra that transfers weight along the long axis of the vertebral column is

Vertebral body

The _____ is a bone that forms the inferior position of the nasal septum and articulated with both the maxillae and palatines along the midline

Vomer

The facial bone that is mid-sagittal structure is the

Vomer

Features of the maxillae include

alveolar processes orbital surfaces sinuses inferior orbital foramina

What event causes the cervical curve to begin development

an infant beings to lift their head

The Pectoral girdle, upper limb bones, pelvic girdle, and lower limb bones make up the

appendicular skeleton

The posters tubercle is a part of the

atlas

The proper name for C1 is the

atlas

The true ribs

attach to the sternum by separating cartilaginous extensions

Bones within the temporal bone that are important to hearing are called

auditory ossicle

Which of the following describes the occipital bone

contains the foramen magnum

The divisions of the skeletal system include the

cranial, caudal, and anterior

How does the number of skeletal elements in the body change with age?

decreases

Problems with proper growth of the skull can be caused by

early closure of the sagittal and coronal sutures

which of the following bones makes up most of the medial wall of the orbit

ethmoid bone

The bony structure of the orbit is composed of which of the following

ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal,lacrimal,maxilla,zygomatic, and palatine

The ligament that binds the acromion to the clavicle is the coracohumeral ligament

false

Which of the following sutures is found in the infant but sometimes has no evident marking in the adult?

frontal

Inter carpal joints are

glidings joints

Most bones in the appendicular skeleton develop from

hyaline cartilage models and the process of endochondral ossification

Which bone is not part of the skull

hyoid

Which of the following bones might be broken during strangulation

hyoid bone

Which of the following features belongs to the occipital bone

hypoglossal canal

Differences between a young childs skeleton and that of a small adult include which of the following

in the childs skeleton a frontal suture is present

The space between the greater and the lesser tubercles of the humerus is called the

inter tubercular sulcus

what is the road of the fibula in articulation of the leg?

it articulates both proximal

The knee joint differs from other large complex synovial joints of the body in which of the following features?

it does not have a single unified capsule or a common synovial cavity

Bones of the axial skeleton form the ___ axis of the body

long

Pregnancy can cause which of the following abnormal curvatures of the back

lordosis

The small depression on the temporal bone that the mandibular condyle fits into is called the

mandibular fossa

Which bones makes up most of the floor orbit?

maxilla

which of the following bones contain the infraorbital foramen

maxilla

The largest of the paranasal sinuses is located within which of the following bones

maxillae

Which of the following features belongs to the mandibular bone

mental foramen

In the hand, _____ bones articulate with distal carpal bones and support the palm

metacarpal

Which of the following can be found on cervical vertebrae only?

multiple for amina

The Squamous suture is the boundary between which bones

parietal and temporal

The thumb is more appropriate called the ____

pollex

The bones of the os coax include the ilium, ischium, and

pubis

On the scapula, the acromion in continuous with the

scapular spine

The lumbar and cervical curves of the vertebral column are called

secondary curves

Which of the following contains the foramen ovale

sphenoid

The vertebral arches surround and protect

spinal cord

Which of the following structures can most easily be felt on the dorsum

spinous process

The only point of the articulation between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton is at the

sternal end of the clavicle

Which of the following openings is found within the frontal bone

supra-orbital foramen

Which of the following are ligaments that stabilize the hip joint is intra-capsular?

the ligament of the femoral head

The temporo-mandibular joint is

the site of the articulation between the cranium and mandible

Ribs 1-10 articulate with the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae ad the

transverse processes of the thoracic vertebrae

which of the following associations is the shoulder?

triaxial- ball and socket

The temporomandibular ligament is also called the lateral ligament

true

How many intervertebral discs are there?

twenty-three

The most inferior position of the sternum is called the

xiphoid process

The temporal processes are part of what bone?

zygomatic