Chapter 6 Quiz Q's

A process:

a rough projection on the bone

The crista galli is a bone feature found on which of the following bones?

ethmoid bone

The sagittal suture separates the:

parietal bones

A fossa is :

a shallow depression

The sphenoid and ethmoid are part of the:

neurocranium

A foramen is:

round passageway for blood vessels and nerves

This bone feature which is present in all vertebra projects posteriorly and appears thickest and most blunt in lumbar vertebra.

spinous process

There are two joints between the thoracic vertebrae and ribs. Which of the following pairs of bone features articulate with one another to form one of these joints?

costal facet on the centrum; rib head

The bone feature that is part of the ethmoid bone and serves as a passageway to the olfactory nerves is referred to as:

cribriform plate

The lambdoid suture joins the parietal bone to the:

occipital bone

Which of these features is present in the sphenoid bone? sella turcica perpendicular plate crista galli infraorbital fissure foramen magnum

sella turcica

All of the following make up the eye orbit, EXCEPT:

temporal bone