Week 3 Quiz: Chapter 7

The primary curvatures of the vertebral column ________.

are remnants of the original fetal curvature

True ribs are ________.

attached via their costal cartilage directly to the sternum

The axial skeleton ________.

forms the vertical axis of the body

The sternum ________.

has the sternal angle located between the manubrium and body

A fontanelle ________.

is the area of fibrous connective tissue found at birth between the brain case bones

The lambdoid suture joins the parietal bone to the ________.

occipital bone

Which of the following is a bone of the brain case?

parietal bone

The cervical region of the vertebral column consists of ________.

seven vertebrae

Which of the following is a function of the axial skeleton?

supports trunk of body

Which of the following is part of the axial skeleton?

vertebral column