Exam 9: The Axial Skeleton

Which statement is true?

-What bone is labeled "k"?

If a bone feels like it is flat from end to end, it is most likely ________.

Which bone would feel like a small, thin, flat plate in one plane and then have an even smaller thin, flat plate perpendicular to the main plate?

On what bone is the sella turcica found?

-What bone is labeled "c"?

Your patient was in a car accident and has been diagnosed with a dislocation of C1 and C2. Which specific structure could cause damage to the spinal cord because of this dislocation?

Where is the anterior fontanel located?

How many left ribs do humans have?

-What bone is labeled "d"?

On what bone are the superior nasal conchae found?

-What bone feature is labeled "c"?

On what bone is the coronoid process found?

-What bone feature is labeled "m"?

-What suture is labeled "b"?

Which bone feature is only found on cervical vertebrae?

In the early days of medicine, frontal lobotomies were performed to treat psychiatric disorders. This archaic procedure was typically done using a sharp instrument to poke through a thin bone in the skull that would allow access to the frontal lobe of the brain. Based on your knowledge of the cranial bones, which bone of the orbit of the eye do you think physicians would "poke through"?

-Identify the structure labeled "j."

-What bone feature is labeled "k"?

Which of the following vertebrae lacks a body?