Exam 7: The Skeletal System: the Axial Skeleton

Which portion of a vertebra DOES NOT surround the spinal cord to keep it protected from injury?

List and number the bones in each region of the vertebral column.

Which of the following exhibits an abnormal kyphotic curvature of the spine?

The hard palate is a bony partition formed by the _____ and the _____ bones.

Define, number, and locate vertebrosternal ribs, vertebrochondral ribs, and vertebral ribs.

The _____ of the sacrum provides an inferior entrance into the vertebral canal, a site often used for injection of anaesthetic agents during labor.

The frontal bone

The two bones that form the zygomatic arch are the _____ and the _____ bones.

The fifth cranial nerve (trigeminal nerve) provides sensory information from the face. The three branches of the trigeminal nerve pass from the periphery of the face to the brain through three separate foramina. Which cranial bone contains the foramina for passage of branches of the trigeminal (V) nerve?

Intercostal spaces

Alveolar processes are features of three skull bones, namely the two _____ and the _____.

Which best describes the atlas?

Which skull bone contains the mandibular fossa, mastoid process, styloid process, and zygomatic process?

Which best describes the term spina bifida?

"Sutures" would be found connecting which bones?