Exam 7: The Skeleton

The occipital ________ are where the occipital bone articulates with the first cervical vertebra.

While volunteering in an outpatient clinic for underprivileged families in your neighborhood, you observe the nurse assessing an infant. The mother had complained about the baby not eating and having several episodes of diarrhea lasting three days. You know the nurse suspects possible dehydration when she

A bent nasal septum that slows or prevents sinus drainage is known clinically as a ________ septum.

The parietal bones and occipital bone articulate at the ________ suture.

The bones that form the palm are the

The carpus contains ________ bones.

________ curves of the spine develop late in fetal development.

Another name for the first toe is

Which of the following is a not characteristic of the female pelvis?

Which of the following statements about the coccyx is True ?

The frontal and parietal bones articulate at the ________ suture.

Which of these constitutes the pectoral girdle?

The sacrum protects these organs.

Which of the following is not an upper limb bone?

The odontoid process is found on the

The largest component coxal bone is the

The ________ of the radius helps stabilize the wrist joint.

The vertebral column contains ________ thoracic vertebrae.

The weight of the body is supported by the

As you proceed from the head down the vertebral column,