Axial Skeleton

Question 1

What is the axial skeleton comprised of?

Answer 1

Skull/vertebrae/ribs

Question 2

Fuse lines where skull bones meet

Answer 2

Sutures

Question 3

Forehead bone

Answer 3

Frontal bone

Question 4

Top jaw

Answer 4

Maxilla

Question 5

Bottom jaw

Answer 5

Mandible

Question 6

Where left and right mandible meet in the middle

Answer 6

Mandibular symphysis

Question 7

Wings of the mandible

Answer 7

Ramus of the mandible

Question 8

The hole @ occipital site

Answer 8

Foramen magnum

Question 9

Arch of the cheekbone

Answer 9

Zygomatic arch

Question 10

Back of skull, above foramen magnum

Answer 10

Occipital bone

Question 11

L&R spherical structures at bottom of occipital bone

Answer 11

Occipital condyles

Question 12

Bone in between the frontal and occipital bone

Answer 12

Parietal bone

Question 13

Bridge of the nose bone

Answer 13

Nasal bone

Question 14

Palette of the mouth

Answer 14

Palatine bone

Question 15

Symmetrical bulb like bones under occipital condyles

Answer 15

Tympanic bulla

Question 16

Temple area below parietal bone

Answer 16

Temporal bone

Question 17

Deep to the frontal bone

Answer 17

Frontal sinus

Question 18

High in neck above larynx

Answer 18

Hyoid bones

Question 19

Which vertebra is also known as the atlas?

Answer 19

C1

Question 20

Which vertebra is known as the axis?

Answer 20

C2

Question 21

Structures coming off the atlas?

Answer 21

Wings

Question 22

“Nub” structure in the axis?

Answer 22

Dens

Question 23

How many cervical vertebrae do dog&cat have?

Answer 23

7

Question 24

How many thoracic vertebrae do cat&dog have?

Answer 24

13

Question 25

How many lumbar vertebrae do cat&dog have?

Answer 25

7

Question 26

How many sacrum vertebrae do cat&dog have?

Answer 26

3

Question 27

How many cervical vertebra do horses have?

Answer 27

7

Question 28

How many thoracic vertebra do horses have?

Answer 28

18

Question 29

How many lumbar vertebra do horses have?

Answer 29

6

Question 30

How many sacral vertebra do horses have?

Answer 30

5

Question 31

How many cervical vertebra do cows have?

Answer 31

7

Question 32

How many thoracic vertebra do cows have?

Answer 32

13

Question 33

How many lumbar vertebra do cows have?

Answer 33

6

Question 34

How many sacral vertebra do cows have?

Answer 34

5

Question 35

What is the tail vertebrae called?

Answer 35

Coccygeal vertebra

Question 36

What are the processes of the vertebra?

Answer 36

Spinal (dorsal), transverse (lateral), articular (in between each vertebra)

Question 37

Where is the body of the vertebra?

Answer 37

On the ventral side of each individual vertebra

Question 38

Difference between vertebral and intervertebral foramen?

Answer 38

Vertebral is where the spinal cord goes through, intervertebral are the holes formed on the sides when two vertebra are put together

Question 39

What structure “hangs” off the sternum?

Answer 39

Xiphoid process

Question 40

Foramen near the chin of the mandible

Answer 40

Mental foramen

Question 41

Foramen above the eyebrows

Answer 41

Supraorbital foramen

Question 42

Foramen near cheekbone area

Answer 42

Infraorbital foramen