ZOO 3731 quiz 3

The _____ suture separates the frontal and parietal bones of the skull.

coronal

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

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

spinous process

The distinguishing characteristics of a thoracic vertebrae are:

superior, inferior and transverse costal facets

Which carpal bone, based on its location, would articulate with the metacarpal of the thumb?

trapezium