Deck 7: Bones, Part 1: the Axial Skeleton

Question 1

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 1

C

Question 2

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates a bony projection from the ethmoid bone?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the inferior orbital fissure?

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

Question 5

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 6

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

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

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

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 9

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 10

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the palatine bone that forms part of the hard palate?

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

Question 11

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 12

Which of these bones has a squamous and petrous region?

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

Question 13

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 14

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

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

Question 15

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the zygomatic bone?

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

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the jugular foramen?

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

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

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

Question 21

Which of these bones has "wings" and a body?

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

Question 22

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

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

Question 23

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

A) the frontal bone
B) the ethmoid
C) the maxilla
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 cranial bones meet at the lambdoid suture?

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

Question 26

Which bone listed below has cribriform foramina?

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

Question 27

Which bony landmark below is most similar to a meatus?

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

Question 28

Which of these bones has a ramus and angle?

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

Question 29

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

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

Question 30

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

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

Question 31

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

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

Question 32

The difference between cranium and skull is that

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

Question 33

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

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

Question 34

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

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

Question 35

The primary bone underlying the cheek is the

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

Question 36

Which is not a region of the temporal bone?

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

Question 37

The superior and inferior nuchal lines are located on the ________ bone.

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

Question 38

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

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

Question 39

The anterior cranial fossa is formed by the

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

Question 40

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

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

Question 41

Which bone articulates with the dens?

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

Question 42

Which of the bones listed below does not articulate with the zygomatic bone?

A) frontal
B) maxilla
C) temporal
D) parietal

Question 43

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

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

Question 44

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

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

Question 45

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

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

Question 46

The largest paranasal sinus is the

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

Question 47

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

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

Question 48

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

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

Question 49

Which bones are divided by the sagittal suture?

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

Question 50

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

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

Question 51

The jugular foramen is located

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

Question 52

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

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

Question 53

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

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

Question 54

The sella turcica of the sphenoid bone

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

Question 55

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

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

Question 56

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

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

Question 57

The alveolar regions of the mandible and maxillae are the

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

Question 58

Which of the facial bones listed below is unpaired?

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

Question 59

The laminae of the vertebrae

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

Question 60

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

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

Question 61

The manubrium articulates with all of the bones listed below except

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

Question 62

The sternal angle is at the same level as rib number

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

Question 63

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

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

Question 64

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

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

Question 65

The vomer is an unpaired bone located superior to the palate.

Question 66

Quasimodo, the main character in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, suffered from

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

Question 67

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

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

Question 68

The most anterior ridge of the sacrum is the

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

The thoracic vertebrae articulate with ribs at the

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

The glabella is a region of the occipital bone.

Question 73

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

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

Question 74

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

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

Question 75

The superior orbital fissure is part of the sphenoid bone.

Question 76

The largest fontanelle, forming the largest soft spot on a baby's head, is the

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

Question 77

The superior and inferior nasal conchae are part of the ethmoid bone.

Question 78

Which type(s) of vertebrae have transverse processes and pedicles?

A) cervical
B) thoracic
C) lumbar
D) cervical, thoracic, and lumbar

Question 79

What does the costal tubercle of a rib articulate with?

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

Question 80

The foramen ovale is anterior to the foramen spinosum, and is posterior to the foramen rotundum.