Hyoid Bone, Vertebral Column, Sternum, Ribs, Heart Review

Question 1

This is a singular U-shaped or horseshoe shaped bone located in the neck

Answer 1

What is the hyoid bone?

Question 2

This singular U-shaped, or a horseshoe shaped bone, is located anterior to C4, in the cervical region inferior to the mandible and superior to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx

Answer 2

What is the hyoid bone?

Question 3

This U-shaped, a horseshoe shaped bone is suspended from the styloid process of the temporal bone by ligaments and muscles

Answer 3

What is the hyoid bone?

Question 4

This u shaped bone located anterior to C4 supports the tongue, provides attachment sites of the tongue and necks muscles and does not articulate with any other bone in the body

Answer 4

What is the hyoid bone?

Question 5

This strong flexible group of bones allows us to move anteriorly, posteriorly and laterally and encloses and protects the spinal cord, supports the head and serves as a point of attachment for ribs

Answer 5

What is the vertebral column?

Question 6

How many bones are there in the adult vertebral column?

Answer 6

26

Question 7

How many bones are there in the infant vertebral column?

Answer 7

33

Question 8

The cervical region of the vertebral column has how many bones for infant and adult?

Answer 8

Seven

Question 9

The thoracic section of the vertebral column has how many bones for infants and adults

Answer 9

12

Question 10

Lumbar section of the vertebral column has how many bones for infants and adults

Answer 10

5

Question 11

This region of the vertebral column has five bones for infant, but only one bones for adults

Answer 11

What is the sacrum?

Question 12

This region of the vertebral column has 4 bones for infants, the only one solid one for adults

Answer 12

What is the coccyx?

Question 13

Name the five regions of the vertebral column

Answer 13

What is cervical, thoracic, lumbar sacrum, and coccyx?

Question 14

The bodies of the vertebrae are large, disc- shape portion of the bone. Thus, as we move down the vertebral column, the bodies get bigger so the bodies of the cervical vertebrae, with the exception of C1 are___________ than the bodies of the other sections of the vertebrae
A. Larger
B. Smaller

Answer 14

What’s is b. smaller

Question 15

How many Foramen’s do all cervical vertebrae have?

Answer 15

What is three

Question 16

This large Foreman in the middle of the back allows for the passage of the spinal cord

Answer 16

What is the vertebral foremen?

Question 17

This vertebrae is the first cervical vertebrae, which supports the skull and articulates with the Occipital condyles of the Occipital bone

Answer 17

What is C1 a.k.a. the atlas

Question 18

This cervical vertebrae has no body and no spinous process, and is described as being a ring of a bone

Answer 18

What is C1 a.k.a. the atlas

Question 19

This cervical vertebrae is known to have a body, a bifid spinous process and the Dens process

Answer 19

What is C2 a.k.a. the Axis

Question 20

This tooth or Peg-like Process located in the second cervical vertebrae projects, upwards, and articulates with (the C1 a.k.a. the atlas)

Answer 20

What is the dens process a.k.a. the odontoid process?

Question 21

This process located on the second cervical vertebrae allows the head to pivot and permits, the side to side movement of the head when you move your head to say no

Answer 21

What is the dens process a.k.a. the odontoid process?

Question 22

These processes of the cervical vertebrae, each have a bifid spinous process, but no special name

Answer 22

What is C3 - C6

Question 23

This cervical region is the most prominent of the cervical vertebrae, because it possesses a large, non-bifid spinous process

Answer 23

What is C7 a.k.a. the cervical prominens?

Question 24

This portion of the vertebrae is larger in size than the cervical vertebrae and the spinous process projects inferiorly, with all ribs, articulating posteriorly with this part of the vertebrae

Answer 24

What is the thoracic region T1 - T12

Question 25

This region of the vertebrae is known to be the largest and the strongest, and it’s equipped for full weight bearing, and the various projections are known to be “short and thick”

Answer 25

What is the lumbar region L1 through L5?

Question 26

This vertebrae is located in the posterior portion of the pelvic cavity, medial to the two hip bones, and serves as a strong foundation for the pelvic girdle where lower extremities attach to the trunk of the body

Answer 26

What is the sacral region (S1) (S1 - S5 in infants)

Question 27

This triangular bone formed by the union a five vertebrae is located on the lower portion of vertebrae and serves as a strong foundation for the pelvic girdle…

Answer 27

What is the sacral region S1 (in infants S1 through S5)

Question 28

Formed by the fusion of four vertebrae, This region is known to as the tailbone, and is the most inferior portion of the vertebral column.

Answer 28

What is the Coccygeal region C 01 (and infants C 01 to C 04)

Question 29

These pieces of fibrous cartilage are located between the bodies of each vertebrae from C2 to the sacrum, and act a shock absorbers

Answer 29

What are Intervertebral Discs?

Question 30

Informally known as the breast bone this singular bone is described as a flat sword or dagger-shaped bone, located in the anterior midline of the chest

Answer 30

What is the sternum?

Question 31

This bone informally known as the breast bone articulates with the first right and left ribs and the clavicle , (a.k.a. collarbone)

Answer 31

What is this sternum

Question 32

Name the three parts of the sternum

Answer 32

The manubrium, the body, a.k.a. gladIolus and this xiphoid Process, a.k.a. the ensiform process

Question 33

This superior triangle portion of the sternum is where the clavicle in the first rib articulates

Answer 33

What is the manubrium

Question 34

This part at the sternum is the middle and largest part of the sternum

Answer 34

What is the body a.k.a. gladiolus

Question 35

This part of the sternum forms, the most inferior part of the sternum, and it’s a smaller portion of the sternum

Answer 35

What is the xiphoid process a.k.a. Ensiform process

Question 36

This notch is located in the sternum, and is a depression in the medial superior portion of the manubrium

Answer 36

What is the jugular notch a.k.a. suprasternal notch?

Question 37

Is notch is located on each side of the jugular notch and articulates with the medial end of the clavicle, forming the sternoclavicular articulation

Answer 37

What are the clavicular notches?

Question 38

This part of the sternum is where the manubrium meets the body and where the second rib articulates

Answer 38

What is the sternal angle or the angle of Louis?

Question 39

How many ribs are there in the human body?

Answer 39

There are 24 ribs (not 12 pair) 24 ribs…

Question 40

These bones protect the vital organs of the thorax

Answer 40

What are ribs?

Question 41

These ribs are the first seven pairs, and attached directly to the sternum by there on coastal cartilage

Answer 41

What are true ribs?

Question 42

These ribs costal cartilage does not attach directly to the sternum and instead attached to each other, and then attach to the cartilage of the seventh rib (indirectly to the sternum)

Answer 42

What are false ribs? (Ribs 8 -10)

Question 43

These special kind of false ribs do not attached to the sternum at all, and the only point of attachment is the thoracic vertebrae

Answer 43

What are floating ribs? (Rib 11-12)