Chapter 8 Test Bank Questions

From superior to inferior, how many individual vertebrae are there of each type?

7;12;5;5;4

Which of the following bones is a single unpaired bone?

Ethmoid bone

Which cranial bone(s) are separate right and left bones at birth but generally fuse by the age of 5?

Frontal bone and mandible

Rib 7 is a __________ rib.

True

In a herniated disc, the ring of fibrocartilage called the _________ ruptures and the _________ oozes out.

anulus fibrosus; nucleus pulposus

The spinous process has a bifid tip in most _______ vertebrae.

cervical

Which of the following is only found on the axis vertebra?

dens (odontoid process)

The ________ is a U-shaped bone that sits above the larynx yet does not articulate with any other bone.

hyoid bone

What are the three auditory ossicles?

malleus, incus, stapes

Which of the following bones forms the bulk of the hard palate?

maxilla

Which of the following is a sesamoid bone?

patella

All of the following are found on the temporal bone except the _______

sella turcica

The _____ houses the pituitary gland (hypophysis) and is found in the _______

sella turcica, sphenoid bone

Fontanelle are __________ in an infant.

spaces between the unfused cranial bones

The _______ suture separates the temporal bone from the parietal bone.

squamous

The manubrium is part of what bone?

sternum

Most of the bones of the skull are connected by immovable joints called

sutures

Sinuses are absent from which bone?

temporal