Exam 7: The Skeletal System: the Axial Skeleton

Paired spinal nerves pass through _____ foramina to carry information between the spinal cord and other parts of the body.

Which best describes the palatine bone?

Which of the following is false for paranasal sinuses? They are

If a squamous suture were separated (opened up), a parietal bone would be pulled away from a _____ bone.

Identify the tubercle of the rib.

Which best describes a typical cervical vertebra?

Which best describes a lumbar vertebra?

Which cranial bone does not contain a paranasal sinus?

The depressions on the superior border of the manubrium are called the _____ notch and the _____ notches.

The first rib has grooves on its superior surface for the subclavian artery, subclavian vein and the inferior trunk of the brachial plexus.

The depression in the sphenoid bone known as the _____ is the location of the pituitary gland.

Where is the pituitary gland located?

The _____ are convex surfaces on either side of the foramen magnum that articulate with the atlas.

What type of vertebra is shown in here?

The _____ process of the temporal bone is a rounded projection posterior to the external auditory meatus that is a site of attachment for several neck muscles.

The lateral walls of the nasal cavity are formed by the ethmoid, maxillae, and inferior nasal conchae.

What region are these vertebrae from?

The maxillae articulate with every facial bone except the mandible.

The _____ bone does not articulate with any other bones, but is a site of attachment for muscles of the tongue, pharynx and neck.

The body of a typical thoracic vertebrae