Deck 7: Bones, Part 1: the Axial Skeleton

Question 1

Which of these bones has a foramen that encircles the superior aspect of the spinal cord?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Figure 7.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the styloid process of the temporal bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Figure 7.2
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Which letter indicates the zygomatic bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Figure 7.3
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Which letter indicates the palatine bone that forms part of the hard palate?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 5

Figure 7.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 6

Which of these bones has a squamous and petrous region?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 7

On which of these bones would the mental foramen be found?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 8

Figure 7.2
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Which letter indicates the mastoid process of the temporal bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 9

Figure 7.3
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Which letter indicates the jugular foramen?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 10

Figure 7.1
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Which letter indicates a bony projection from the ethmoid bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 11

Figure 7.1
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Which letter indicates the inferior orbital fissure?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 12

Figure 7.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the mental foramen?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 13

Which of these bones together with the maxilla, functions in chewing?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 14

Which of these bones forms part of the interior of the nasal cavity and the orbit for the eye?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 15

Figure 7.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the occipital condyle of the occipital bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 16

Figure 7.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the bone that forms the inferior part of the nasal septum?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 17

Figure 7.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the foramen magnum of the occipital bone?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 18

Figure 7.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the supraorbital foramen?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 19

Figure 7.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the coronal suture?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 20

Figure 7.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the coronoid process of the mandible?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 21

Which of the bones listed below is not part of the calvaria?

A) occipital
B) mandible
C) temporal
D) parietal

Question 22

Which of these bones has both the cribriform plate and the crista galli?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 23

Which of the bones listed below does not contain air sinuses?

A) the frontal bone
B) the maxilla
C) the ethmoid
D) the mandible

Question 24

Which of these bones has a mastoid process and a styloid process?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 25

Which of the bones listed below is not part of the orbit?

A) the zygomatic
B) the frontal
C) the temporal
D) the palatine

Question 26

Which of these bones has pterygoid processes and the optic canal?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 27

Which bony landmark below is most similar to a meatus?

A) facet
B) suture
C) foramen
D) groove

Question 28

The sella turcica of the sphenoid bone

A) holds the pituitary gland.
B) anchors the brain into the anterior cranial fossa.
C) attaches neck muscles the skull.
D) forms the superior portion of the nasal septum.

Question 29

Quasimodo, the main character in Victor Hugoʹs The Hunchback of Notre Dame, suffered from

A) kyphosis.
B) rickets.
C) lordosis.
D) scoliosis.

Question 30

Which of the bones/bony collections listed below is not part of the axial skeleton?

A) the sacrum
B) the skull
C) the sternum
D) the pelvis

Question 31

Which is not a region of the temporal bone?

A) tympanic
B) petrous
C) squamous
D) hypophyseal

Question 32

Which of these bones has a ramus and angle?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 33

The ribs that are attached posteriorly to the thoracic vertebrae but are not attached anteriorly are known as

A) the floating ribs.
B) the false ribs.
C) the true ribs.
D) vertebrosternal ribs.

Question 34

Which of the facial bones listed below is unpaired?

A) vomer
B) zygomatic
C) lacrimal
D) palatine

Question 35

Which of the bones listed below does not have a zygomatic process?

A) frontal
B) maxillary
C) zygomatic
D) temporal

Question 36

The jugular foramen is located

A) within the greater wing of the sphenoid.
B) posterior to the occipital condyles.
C) between the temporal and occipital bones.
D) anterior to the foramen lacerum.

Question 37

Which of these bones has ʺwingsʺ and a body?

A) mandible
B) sphenoid bone
C) occipital bone
D) temporal bone
E) ethmoid bone

Question 38

A condyle is a bone marking that is

A) a long, narrow ridge of bone.
B) a large projection for bone to bone articulation.
C) a large opening through a bone.
D) a sharp, slender, pointed projection.

Question 39

The anterior cranial fossa is formed by the

A) frontal, sphenoid, and temporal bones.
B) frontal and temporal bones.
C) frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid bones.
D) frontal bone.

Question 40

This bone has nuchal lines, the hypoglossal canal, and condyles.

A) sphenoid
B) mandible
C) occipital
D) temporal

Question 41

What does the costal tubercle of a rib articulate with?

A) vertebral body of thoracic vertebrae
B) costal cartilage of thoracic cage
C) transverse process of thoracic vertebrae
D) vertebral lamina of thoracic vertebrae

Question 42

When in life does the lumbar curvature of the vertebral column appear?

A) at the time of birth
B) in the 2-month embryo
C) in the toddler (about 1 year old)
D) in old age

Question 43

Which of the bones listed below does not contribute to the cranial floor?

A) sphenoid
B) frontal
C) occipital
D) palatine

Question 44

Which part of the temporal bone projects medially and contains organs of the inner ear?

A) squamous
B) zygomatic
C) styloid
D) petrous

Question 45

The bone of the skull that has pterygoid processes, greater wings, and a hypophyseal fossa is the

A) palatine.
B) sphenoid.
C) temporal.
D) ethmoid.

Question 46

The difference between cranium and skull, if any, is that

A) the cranium contains the orbits, but the skull does not.
B) the skull contains facial bones and cranial bones.
C) the cranium does not include the floor of the skull.
D) the skull contains the hyoid bone but the cranium does not; otherwise they are the same.

Question 47

Which bone listed below has cribriform foramina?

A) nasal
B) ethmoid
C) lacrimal
D) concha

Question 48

Which of the bones listed below is not a facial bone?

A) parietal
B) lacrimal
C) zygomatic
D) mandible

Question 49

Which bone articulates with the dens?

A) occipital
B) axis
C) atlas
D) temporal

Question 50

The sella turcica is a bony landmark of which bone listed below?

A) parietal
B) sphenoid
C) frontal
D) ethmoid

Question 51

The largest fontanelle, forming the largest soft spot on a babyʹs head, is the

A) mastoid.
B) anterior.
C) sphenoidal.
D) posterior.

Question 52

For each vertebrae, the laminae

A) lie ventral to the vertebral foramen.
B) are where the ribs attach.
C) occur in two pairs, so there are four of them.
D) are major components of the vertebral arches.

Question 53

Which type of movement is not possible between the lumbar vertebrae?

A) lateral flexion
B) circumduction
C) extension
D) flexion

Question 54

The function of the anterior longitudinal ligament on the vertebral bodies is

A) to prevent hyperextension of the back.
B) to protect the spinal nerve cord.
C) to hold the vertebral laminae together.
D) to allow for extensive lateral movement and rotation of adjacent vertebrae.

Question 55

The external and internal acoustic meatuses are in the and regions of the temporal bone, respectively.

A) tympanic; petrous
B) squamous; sphenoid
C) mastoid; petrous
D) squamous; mastoid

Question 56

The ridge-like bone or bones that separate(s) the posterior from the middle cranial fossa is (are) the

A) temporal bones.
B) sphenoid bone.
C) frontal bone.
D) occipital bone.

Question 57

Which bones are divided by the sagittal suture?

A) occipital and parietal
B) temporal and parietal
C) right and left parietal bones
D) frontal and parietal

Question 58

Which of the bones listed below is not part of the nasal cavity?

A) palatine bone
B) temporal bone
C) inferior nasal concha
D) ethmoid bone

Question 59

The largest paranasal sinus is the

A) ethmoid.
B) maxillary.
C) sphenoid.
D) frontal.

Question 60

In referring to the alveolar regions of the mandible and maxillae, the alveoli are

A) the palate.
B) glands (salivary glands).
C) lips.
D) tooth sockets.

Question 61

The sternal angle is at the same level as rib number

A) 1.
B) 2.
C) 3.
D) 5.

Question 62

All of the bony landmarks listed below are found within the orbit except the

A) inferior orbital fissure.
B) optic canal.
C) infraorbital foramen.
D) superior orbital fissure.

Question 63

The cranial vault forms the superior, inferior, and lateral aspects of the skull.

Question 64

The lesser and greater wings of the sphenoid are in the and cranial fossae, respectively.

A) posterior; middle
B) anterior; middle
C) middle; posterior
D) anterior; posterior

Question 65

The primary bone underlying the cheek is the

A) zygomatic.
B) frontal.
C) temporal.
D) maxillary.

Question 66

The foramen ovale is bounded posteriorly by the foramen spinosum and anteriorly by the foramen rotundum.

Question 67

Scoliosis is an accentuated lumbar curvature of the spine.

Question 68

The thoracic vertebrae articulate with ribs at the

A) inferior and superior articular facets.
B) spinous processes.
C) body and transverse processes.
D) head and articular tubercle.

Question 69

The vertebra that lacks a body and helps allow one to nod the head is the

A) axis.
B) atlas.
C) coccyx.
D) vertebra prominens.

Question 70

The first 10 pairs of ribs are true ribs.

Question 71

The manubrium articulates with all of the bones listed below except

A) the clavicle.
B) rib 2.
C) rib 1.
D) the xiphoid.

Question 72

The collagen-rich limits expansion of the nucleus pulposus when the spine is compressed.

A) annulus fibrosus
B) ligamentum flavum
C) lateral masses
D) costal cartilage

Question 73

Which cranial bones meet at the lambdoid suture?

A) frontal and nasal
B) frontal and parietal
C) parietal and occipital
D) parietal and temporal

Question 74

An example of a false rib that is also a floating rib is

A) rib 7.
B) rib 8.
C) rib 1.
D) rib 11.

Question 75

Which of the vertebral characteristics described below, would not distinguish a lumbar vertebra from a thoracic vertebra?

A) presence of an inferior vertebral notch
B) absence of costal facets
C) triangular-shaped vertebral foramen
D) posteromedial facing superior facets

Question 76

Which of the bones of the axial skeleton listed below is paired?

A) fifth thoracic vertebra
B) the sacrum
C) rib 3
D) the sphenoid

Question 77

Swayback, which sometimes occurs in obese individuals, is also called

A) scoliosis.
B) hunchback.
C) kyphosis.
D) lordosis.

Question 78

The most anterior ridge of the sacrum is the

A) sacral hiatus.
B) third dorsal sacral foramen.
C) sacral promontory.
D) median sacral crest.

Question 79

The axial skeleton includes the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage.

Question 80

Whereas the inferior concha is a projection from the maxilla, the superior and middle nasal conchae are projections of the bone.

A) sphenoid
B) ethmoid
C) vomer
D) palatine