Exam 12: Axial Skeleton

The extrinsic muscles of the tongue attach to the base of the mandible.

What is the only bone of the body that does not articulate with another bone?

The skull contains more than 25 bones.

Differentiate among true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs.

The largest of the paranasal sinuses is found in which bone?

Match each bone with its location. -Forehead

The frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones are all considered cranial bones.

The number of true pairs of ribs in the body is:

The structure that furnishes the axis for the rotation of the head from side to side is the:

Match each bone with its corresponding bone marking. -Transverse process

The cheek is shaped by the zygomatic bone underlying it.

Which bones make up the lower side of the cranium, part of its floor?

The floating ribs articulate with the:

The parietal bone is involved in three sutures-the lambdoidal, the squamous, and the coronal.

The upper part of the sternum is called the:

Which of the following bones is not a part of the face?

Identify the two main divisions of the human skeleton, and list the total number of bones found in each division.

The almost paper-thin bone that is shaped and sized similar to a fingernail and lies posterior and lateral to each nasal bone is the _____ bone.

Which bone is a part of the axial skeleton?

The adult skeleton is composed of _____ bones.