Exam 12: Axial Skeleton

Fontanels are immovable joints between skull bones.

What is mastoiditis?

Match each bone marking term with its corresponding description. -A curved portion of a bone

There are five pairs of false ribs.

The dens is found on the first cervical vertebra, or atlas.

The blunt, cartilaginous lower tip of the sternum is called the xiphoid process.

Most of the facial bones are single (unpaired) bones.

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -The material that attaches the rib, directly or indirectly, to the sternum

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Eleventh and twelfth ribs, which have no attachment to the sternum

The two bones of the face that are not paired are the:

The palatine bones have horizontal portions that are part of the hard palate.

Match each bone with its location. -Lower jaw

The joint connecting the two parietal bones and the frontal bone is called the coronal suture.

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

In a newborn, the face is a much smaller part of the skull than it is in an adult.

Match each bone with its location. -Bat-shaped skull bone

The hyoid is unique in that it is the only bone in the body that does not form a joint with any other bone.

The face contains more bones than the cranium.

The number of thoracic vertebrae is:

The thoracic cage (the thorax) includes all of the following bones except: