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The _____ bones are the smallest bones of the skull
Lacrimal
What movement occurs when the vertebral column bends to the side?
Lateral flexion
Injury to what region of the vertebral column is usually most threatening ?
Lumbar or cervical
The point of attachment for muscles that extend and rotate the head is the
Mastoid process
Which of the following bones bear teeth?
Maxillae and mandible
Which of the following lists includes only facial bones?
Maxillae, palatines, mandible, zygomatic, lacrimals
Someone who is referred to as having a "large chin" likely has a very prominent...
Mental protuberance
Which of the following structures makes up the superior portion of the nasal septum
Perpendicular plate
Which of the following organ systems would most likely be affected by breaking a rib
Respiratory
The structure that houses the pituitary gland is called the
Sella Turcica
Bones of the skull that articulate with the zygomatic bone include the
Sphenoid maxillary bone frontal bone temporal bone
Which of the following is the connection point between the axial and appendicular skeleton?
Sternum - Clavicle
The freely movable joint in the skull occurs between the mandible and the ______ bone
Temporal
what is the significance of the strong bone-to-bone attachments of the girdle of the lower extremity of the axial skeleton?
The almost immobile joint between the sacrum and the iliac region of the pelvis is ensures that the weight from the upper part of the body will be able to pass through the lower limb to the ground efficiently
Compared with the male pelvis the female pelvis has
- a wider, more circular pelvic inlet - an enlarged pelvic outlet - a broder pubic arch
The large "soft spot" on top of an infants head
-is covered in fibrous connective tissue -occurs where the parietal and frontal bones have not yet grown together - is one of several fontanels in an infant skull
The primary curvatures of the spine serves mainly to..
Accommodation of the thoracic and abdomen pelvic viscera
The _______ is superior most portion of the cranial vault, with the frontal bone as its floor
Anterior cranial Fossa
Which of the following vertebral column levels has the thickest intervertebral disc
Between T12 and L1
Which of the following vertebral curvatures is convex anteriorly
Both cervical and lumbar
The parietal, temporal, frontal and occipital bones are part of the
Cranium
How many bones are in the axial skeleton?
Eighty
Which of the following bones supports some of the weight of the brain
Ethmoid
The Pelvic outlet tends to be larger in males than in females
False
The first cervical vertebra is the axis?
False
The lacrimal bones form the cheekbones and some of the lateral wall of the orbit
False
The lowest section of the vertebral column is the sacrum
False
The mandible is the upper jaw bone
False
The opening that permits sounds to reach the middle ear cavity is called internal acoustic meatus
False
The sphenoid bone has two condylar processes
False
The temporal bone contains the foramen magnum and forms part of the wall of the jugular foramen
False
Choose the type of rib and number of ribs that matches
Floating ribs - 4
The coronal suture is the boundary between which bones?
Frontal and parietal
The frontal bone of an infant is separated into two bones by the
Frontal suture
Which of the following organs is protected by the rib cage?
Heart Lungs Thymus
Which of the following is true about the Vomer bone?
It forms part of the nasal septum
Which of the following is true of the foramen magnum
It is located in the inferior surface of the occipital bone
Which type of vertebra has a transverse costal facet
Thoracic
The primary curves of the vertebral column are the
Thoracic and sacral
The ____ are bones contained within the tympani cavity of the temporal bone
Three auditory ossicles
The crural interosseous membrane extends between the
Tibia and Fibula
The major function of the body of the vertebra is ..
Transferring weight along the axis of the vertebral column
The groove in the epiphysis of the ulna that receives the humerus is the_______ which is located on the anterior surface of the epiphysis of the ulna
Trochlear notch
A point of contact between the axial and appendicular skeletons is the manubrium
True
CPR involves forcefully depressing the sternum
True
The ethmoid bone contains a superior projection called the crust galli
True
The ethmoid bone is a light spongy bone that forms much of the inner structure of the nose and attaches to the fall cerebra
True
The inner ear bones or ossicles are located within the temporal bones
True
The mastoid process is part of the temporal bone
True
The sacral curvature tends to arc more in males then in females
True
The sacrum is actually the result of five fused sacral vertebrae
True
The sphenoid bone contains the foramen rotund rum and superior orbital fissure
True
The sternum serves as an anterior attachment site for the true and false ribs
True
The structures that supports the head on the vertebra column are the occipital condyles
True
the infraorbital foramen allows blood vessels and nerves to pass through the maxilla
True
the ligament that spans the space between the coracoid process and the acrmion is the coracoacromial ligament
True
Compression fracture is most likely to occur in which of the following bones?
Vertebra
The part of the vertebra that transfers weight along the long axis of the vertebral column is
Vertebral body
The _____ is a bone that forms the inferior position of the nasal septum and articulated with both the maxillae and palatines along the midline
Vomer
The facial bone that is mid-sagittal structure is the
Vomer
Features of the maxillae include
alveolar processes orbital surfaces sinuses inferior orbital foramina
What event causes the cervical curve to begin development
an infant beings to lift their head
The Pectoral girdle, upper limb bones, pelvic girdle, and lower limb bones make up the
appendicular skeleton
The posters tubercle is a part of the
atlas
The proper name for C1 is the
atlas
The true ribs
attach to the sternum by separating cartilaginous extensions
Bones within the temporal bone that are important to hearing are called
auditory ossicle
Which of the following describes the occipital bone
contains the foramen magnum
The divisions of the skeletal system include the
cranial, caudal, and anterior
How does the number of skeletal elements in the body change with age?
decreases
Problems with proper growth of the skull can be caused by
early closure of the sagittal and coronal sutures
which of the following bones makes up most of the medial wall of the orbit
ethmoid bone
The bony structure of the orbit is composed of which of the following
ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal,lacrimal,maxilla,zygomatic, and palatine
The ligament that binds the acromion to the clavicle is the coracohumeral ligament
false
Which of the following sutures is found in the infant but sometimes has no evident marking in the adult?
frontal
Inter carpal joints are
glidings joints
Most bones in the appendicular skeleton develop from
hyaline cartilage models and the process of endochondral ossification
Which bone is not part of the skull
hyoid
Which of the following bones might be broken during strangulation
hyoid bone
Which of the following features belongs to the occipital bone
hypoglossal canal
Differences between a young childs skeleton and that of a small adult include which of the following
in the childs skeleton a frontal suture is present
The space between the greater and the lesser tubercles of the humerus is called the
inter tubercular sulcus
what is the road of the fibula in articulation of the leg?
it articulates both proximal
The knee joint differs from other large complex synovial joints of the body in which of the following features?
it does not have a single unified capsule or a common synovial cavity
Bones of the axial skeleton form the ___ axis of the body
long
Pregnancy can cause which of the following abnormal curvatures of the back
lordosis
The small depression on the temporal bone that the mandibular condyle fits into is called the
mandibular fossa
Which bones makes up most of the floor orbit?
maxilla
which of the following bones contain the infraorbital foramen
maxilla
The largest of the paranasal sinuses is located within which of the following bones
maxillae
Which of the following features belongs to the mandibular bone
mental foramen
In the hand, _____ bones articulate with distal carpal bones and support the palm
metacarpal
Which of the following can be found on cervical vertebrae only?
multiple for amina
The Squamous suture is the boundary between which bones
parietal and temporal
The thumb is more appropriate called the ____
pollex
The bones of the os coax include the ilium, ischium, and
pubis
On the scapula, the acromion in continuous with the
scapular spine
The lumbar and cervical curves of the vertebral column are called
secondary curves
Which of the following contains the foramen ovale
sphenoid
The vertebral arches surround and protect
spinal cord
Which of the following structures can most easily be felt on the dorsum
spinous process
The only point of the articulation between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton is at the
sternal end of the clavicle
Which of the following openings is found within the frontal bone
supra-orbital foramen
Which of the following are ligaments that stabilize the hip joint is intra-capsular?
the ligament of the femoral head
The temporo-mandibular joint is
the site of the articulation between the cranium and mandible
Ribs 1-10 articulate with the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae ad the
transverse processes of the thoracic vertebrae
which of the following associations is the shoulder?
triaxial- ball and socket
The temporomandibular ligament is also called the lateral ligament
true
How many intervertebral discs are there?
twenty-three
The most inferior position of the sternum is called the
xiphoid process
The temporal processes are part of what bone?
zygomatic
