Exam 9: The Axial Skeleton

What is ultimately the fate of fontanels in a child or an adult skull?

Seven pairs of ribs articulate _ with the sternum.

a superior projection on the bone, attaches to the dura mater and secures the brain within the skull.

You pick up a vertebra to identify it and note that the transverse processes contain foramina. This unique feature identifies the vertebra as coming from the region of the vertebral column.

Intervertebral discs are absent between these vertebrae.

These keystone bones of the face contact all other facial bones except the mandible.

Which bone is not a part of the orbit?

The transverse processes of vertebrae point , while the spinous process points .

The foramen magnum is located in which bone of the skull?

This single bone of the skull underlies the area we commonly call the forehead.

The is the only facial bone with a sinus.

These facial bones increase the ability of the nasal passageways to warm and humidify incoming air.

Fontanels are .

An exaggerated curvature of this region of the vertebral column causes lordosis.

Costal facets are found on the _ vertebrae.

This primary curvature of the spine is located in the chest region.

The hypophyseal fossa of the sella turcica, surrounds the pituitary gland, and is a part of the bone.

These are the cheekbones of the face.

The midline suture marking the articulation of the two parietal bones is called the _ suture.

This part of the rib articulates with the appropriate vertebra.