Chapter 9

Question 1

can be divided into three parts, the skill, the vertebral column, and the thoracic cage

Answer 1

axial skeleton

Question 2

composed of the cranium and facial bones

Answer 2

skull

Question 3

encloses and protect the fragile brain tissue

Answer 3

cranium

Question 4

the cranium consists of _ bones

Answer 4

8

Question 5

support the eyes and position them anteriorly

Answer 5

facial bones

Question 6

there are _ facial bones

Answer 6

14

Question 7

most of the bones of the skull are joined by interlocking fibrous joints called

Answer 7

sutures

Question 8

is attached to the rest of the skull by a freely moveable joint

Answer 8

mandible

Question 9

is divided into the cranial vault and the cranial base

Answer 9

cranium

Question 10

forms the superior, lateral, and posterior walls of the skull

Answer 10

cranial vault

Question 11

forms the bottom of the skull

Answer 11

cranial base

Question 12

occurs where the left and right parietal bones meet superiorly in the midline of the cranium

Answer 12

sagittal suture

Question 13

running in the frontal plane, where the parietal bones meet the frontal bone anteriorly

Answer 13

coronal suture

Question 14

occurs where a parietal bone and temporal bone meet on the lateral aspect of the skull

Answer 14

squamous suture

Question 15

occurs where the parietal bones meet the occipital bone posteriorly

Answer 15

lambdoid suture

Question 16

located in the throat above the larynx, serves as a point of attachment for many tongue and neck muscles

Answer 16

hyoid bone

Question 17

mucus-lined, air-filled cavities

Answer 17

paranasal sinuses

Question 18

inflammation of the sinuses due to allergy or bacterial invasion

Answer 18

sinusitis

Question 19

extending from the skull to the pelvis, forming the body’s major axial support

Answer 19

vertebral column

Question 20

the vertebral column consists of _ single bones

Answer 20

24

Question 21

the vertebral column consists of 24 single bones and the ___ and ___-

Answer 21

sacrum ; coccyx

Question 22

seven bones of the neck are called

Answer 22

cervical vertebrae

Question 23

under the cervical vertebrae there are _ thoracic vertebrae

Answer 23

12

Question 24

there are _ cervical vertebrae

Answer 24

7

Question 25

there are _ lumbar vertebrae

Answer 25

5

Question 26

vertebrae that support the the lower back

Answer 26

lumbar vertebrae

Question 27

the vertebrae are separated by pads of fibrocartilage called

Answer 27

intervertebral discs

Question 28

cushion the vertebrae and absorb shocks

Answer 28

intervertebral discs

Question 29

a ruptured disc

Answer 29

herniated disc

Question 30

thoracic and sacral curvatures of the spine are referred to as the ___ curvature

Answer 30

primary