Exam 6: The Skeletal System: Axial Division

Figure 6.2 Using the above-referenced figure of the anterior view of the bones of the adult skull, identify the specified labeled items in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure indicated by Label J.

Figure 6.2 Using the above-referenced figure of the anterior view of the bones of the adult skull, identify the specified labeled items in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure indicated by Label B.

The point of attachment for muscles that extend and rotate the head is the ________.

Figure 6.4 Using the above-referenced figures of the anatomy of a typical vertebra (superior, lateral and slightly inferior, and inferior views)and the arrangement of articulations between vertebrae, identify the specified labeled part in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure indicated by Label G.

The ________ processes are vertical projections of the sphenoid bone that are important sites for attachment of muscles that move the lower jaw and soft palate.

The mandible is the upper jawbone.

Which of the following sutures marks the boundary between the temporal bone and the parietal bone of each side of the skull?

In the condition called spina bifida, the most common neural tube defect (NTD), a portion of the spinal cord develops abnormally such that the adjacent ________ do not form.

Ribs 11 and 12 and called ________ ribs.

Which of the following features belongs to the occipital bone?

Which of the following spinal curvatures is/are convex anteriorly?

Figure 6.4 Using the above-referenced figures of the anatomy of a typical vertebra (superior, lateral and slightly inferior, and inferior views)and the arrangement of articulations between vertebrae, identify the specified labeled part in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure indicated by Label B.

The ________ arise at the junction between the vertebral pedicles and laminae, and are divided into a superior type, which projects cranially, and an inferior type, which projects caudally.

Which of the following fontanelels is found at the junctions between the squamous suture and the coronal suture?

The primary curvatures of the spine functions mainly in ________.

Figure 6.4 Using the above-referenced figures of the anatomy of a typical vertebra (superior, lateral and slightly inferior, and inferior views)and the arrangement of articulations between vertebrae, identify the specified labeled part in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure indicated by Label Q.

Which of the following contains the external acoustic meatus?

The temporal processes are part of which bone?

The inferior nasal conchae are paired scroll-like bones, each of which attach to the lateral walls of the nasal cavity on each side of the nasal septum.

Figure 6.2 Using the above-referenced figure of the anterior view of the bones of the adult skull, identify the specified labeled items in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure indicated by Label S.