Exam 7: The Skeletal System: the Axial Skeleton

Name the seven processes that are found on most vertebrae and state the function of each.

The label on the transverse process of the vertebra is _____.

The illustrated bone is the _____.

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

What type of vertebra is shown in here?

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

What region are these vertebrae from?

Identify the tubercle of the rib.

Of the eight bones that form the cranium, only the _____ and _____ bones are paired bones.

The body of a typical thoracic vertebrae

The illustrated bone is the _____?

What pair of skull bones contributes to the only freely movable joint of the head?

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

The posterior fontanel is at the junction of the future lambdoid and sagittal sutures.

Where is the zygomatic bone?

The maxillae articulate with every facial bone except the mandible.

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

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

The girdles attach the limbs (extremities) to the axial skeleton. The girdles are considered to be part of the axial skeleton.

"Sutures" would be found connecting which bones?