Chapter 7 HW

You have a young patient with severe lordosis in the lumbar region. How would you explain to her why her leg often goes numb?

"The excessive curvature of your lower spine is putting pressure on the nerves that go to your leg."

The sella turcica is best described as:

A depression

Which region of the hip bone articulates with the sacrum?

Auricular surface of the ilium

Which part of the leg does the tibia form?

Medial leg

Which region of the scapula is found on the anterior surface?

Subscapular fossa

The suprascapular notch is found on:

Superior border

Identify a lateral projection of a vertebra.

Transverse process

supra-

above, higher than or dorsal

inter-

between, among

The hip bone is part of the axial skeleton.

false

Name the vertebral projection oriented in a median plane.

spinous process

The adult hip bone consists of _____ regions.

3

Identify the region of the scapula that articulates with the clavicle.

Acromion process

Identify the articulation site that allows us to rotate our head, e.g. shaking the head "no".

Atlas - axis

Which part of a vertebra is known as the centrum?

Body

Identify the process on the scapula that does not articulate with another bone.

Coracoid process

A patient is brought to the trauma center with head and facial injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. You note a constant flow of clear fluid from her nose. Which bone may be fractured?

Ethmoid

Name bone that articulates with the proximal end of the tibia.

Femur

On a busy orthopedic service, you encounter several patients, each of whom has broken a different bone in the lower extremity. Which complete fracture will probably allow the earliest resumption of normal walking?

Fibular

Identify the location of the sphenoid bone

Floor of the skull

Which of the following bones is unpaired?

Frontal

Identify the indentation that is inferiorolateral to the auricular surface.

Greater sciatic notch

The ridge like superior edge of the ilium is known as the _____.

Iliac crest

Which of the following is the largest region of the hip bone?

Ilium

Individual vertebrae articulate with each other forming the vertebral column. Identify the part of a vertebra that articulates immediately with the vertebra below it.

Inferior articular processes

Which of the following structures would not be found within a vertebral foramen?

Intervertebral discs

Which landmark of the hip bone can be felt on a hard chair?

Ischial tuberosity

Which bone is NOT considered to be part of the cranium?

Lacrimal bone

Which of these regions of the vertebral column would be most accessible from a posterior surgical approach?

Lamina

Identify the region of the sphenoid bone that contains the optic canal.

Lesser wings

Identify the landmark found on the diaphysis of the femur.

Linea aspera

The flat surface of the tibia that articulates with the femur is the superior surface of which landmark?

Medial and lateral condyles

Identify the best description for the location of the head of the femur.

Medial and proximal

Identify the anatomical landmark resulting in a noticeable bump found on the medial surface of the ankle.

Medial malleolus

Which of the following bones do not contain a sinus?

Nasal

Identify the large hole found in this bone.

Obturator foramen

Identify the articulation site that allows us to nod our head "yes".

Occipital bone - atlas

Identify the region of the skull that articulates with the atlas.

Occipital condyles

Identify the landmark that is not part of the sphenoid bone.

Olfactory foramina

Which landmark is found on the anterior surface of the femur?

Patellar surface

Which bony landmarks can be palpated on the anterior surface of the body, close to the midline?

Pubic tubercles

What region of the vertebral column does the hip bone articulate with?

Sacral region

Identify the suture found between the 2 parietal bones.

Sagittal suture

Identify the region of the sphenoid bone in contact with the pituitary gland.

Sella turcica

Which cranial bone spans the width of the cranial floor?

Sphenoid

Which of the following landmarks is found on the posterior surface of the scapula

Spine

Identify the blunt elevation found on the anterior surface of the tibia between the lateral and medial condyles

Tibial tuberosity

Identify the articulation site for the femur.

acetabulum

meta-

after, along, behind

What is the name of the first cervical vertebra?

atlas

Which vertebra lacks both a body and spinous process?

atlas

What is the name of the second cervical vertebra?

axis

acro-

end, tip

The palpable hip bone projections in the front of the body felt when you put your hands on your hips are the posterior inferior iliac spines.

false

Identify the bone found lateral to the tibia.

fibula

Identify the socket of the shoulder joint.

glenoid fossa

Identify the region of the femur that forms part of the hip joint.

head

Fetal vertebrae develop through endochondral ossification from a preexisting __________ model. The second step of repair of a fracture of these bones is the formation of a(n) __________ callus.

hyaline cartilage; fibrocartilaginous

Since mastoid infections may spread to the brain, surgical removal of the mastoid process was once considered to be the best way to prevent brain inflammation. Unfortunately, this also had the side-effect of causing ____________.

impaired head and neck movements

isch-

ischium, hip joint

A cleft palate arises when the right and left _____________ bones fail to fuse medially during fetal development.

maxillae

The condition known as a "fractured hip" is most often a break in the femur. Where is the femur particularly susceptible to a fracture?

neck

Identify the landmark that is unique to the femur

trochanter

The projection at the inferior end of the greater sciatic notch is the ischial spine.

true

The sphenoid bone contains a sinus

true