Exam 14: Axial Skeleton

How many pairs of true ribs are there?

What are the major components of the axial skeleton?

Which part of the vertebral column receives most of the weight of the body?

The suture that connects the temporal bone with the parietal bone is the ________ suture.

The ethmoid bone is made of all the following EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the paranasal sinuses?

What part of the sternum articulates with the clavicle?

Which bone divides the nasal cavity?

Which bones form the floor of the eye orbits and extend inferiorly to form the upper jaw?

What joins the temporal bone's zygomatic process to complete the zygomatic arch?

What is the flat bone between the transverse and spinous processes that forms the vertebral arch?

The hyoid bone is unique because ________.

Thoracic vertebrae are different from other vertebrae in that they have ________.

The pituitary gland is housed in the ________.

All of the following are bones that make up the sternum EXCEPT ________.

The areas of fibrous connective tissue between developing cranial bones are ________.

Which two bones form the roof of the mouth?

What fontanel is present at birth and is between the frontal and parietal bones where the frontal, coronal, and sagittal sutures intersect?

Which bone is the only bone of the skull that moves?

Which of following best describes the function of the vertebral curves?