Lesson 6- Axial and Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

What does the axial skeleton consist of?

Answer 1

-skull
-vertebral column
-thoracic cage

Question 2

What does the appendicular skeleton consist of?

Answer 2

-pectoral girdle
-upper limb
-pelvic girdle
-lower limb

Question 3

What are the bones in the skull?

Answer 3

frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone, lacrimal bone, nasal bone, zygomatic bone, maxilla, mandible, vomer, palatine bone

Question 4

What are the cranial bones?

Answer 4

frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, greater wing

Question 5

What are cranial fossae?

Answer 5

depressions in the base of the skull that house the brain

Question 6

Name the cranial fossae

Answer 6

anterior cranial fossa, middle cranial fossa, posterior cranial fossa, posterior

Question 7

Name the fontanelles

Answer 7

anterior fontanelle, posterior fontanelle, mastoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanelle

Question 8

What are the paranasal sinuses?

Answer 8

ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, sphenoid

Question 9

What do sinuses do?

Answer 9

make the skull lighter, resonate sound, linked with mucous membranes, mucous that drains into the nasal cavity warms and humidifies air

Question 10

How many cervical vertebra are there?

Answer 10

7

Question 11

How many thoracic vertebrae are there?

Answer 11

12

Question 12

How many lumbar vertebrae are there?

Answer 12

5

Question 13

How many fused sacrum vertrbrae are there?

Answer 13

5

Question 14

How many fused coccyx vertebrae are there?

Answer 14

4

Question 15

What does the sacral curvature consist of?

Answer 15

the sacrum and coccyx

Question 16

What is a spine curvature abnormality called?

Answer 16

scoliosis

Question 17

What are the weight-bearing structures in a vertebrae?

Answer 17

vertebral body and intervertebral disc

Question 18

What is in the vertebral arch that surround and protects the spinal cord?

Answer 18

pedicle and lamina

Question 19

What are the processes in vertebrae?

Answer 19

transverse, spinous, and articular

Question 20

What is in the foramina?

Answer 20

vertebral foramen and intervertebral foramen

Question 21

What are the vertebral column ligaments?

Answer 21

posterior longitudinal ligament, ligamentum flavum, interspinous ligaments, supraspinous ligament, anterior longitudinal ligament

Question 22

What is the middle of the vertebral body called?

Answer 22

nucleus pulposis

Question 23

What is the outer part of the vertebral body called?

Answer 23

annulus fibrosis

Question 24

What is inbetween vertebral bodies?

Answer 24

annulus fibrosis

Question 25

How many true ribs are there?

Answer 25

7

Question 26

How many false ribs are there?

Answer 26

5

Question 27

What is the pectoral girdle?

Answer 27

-clavicle and scapula -bones are light and thin -connects to the axial skeleton at the sternoclavicular joint

Question 28

What bones are in the upper limb?

Answer 28

humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

Question 29

What is the pelvic girdle?

Answer 29

-os coxae (ilium, ischium, pubis) -bones are heavy and thick -connects to the axial skeleton at the sacroiliac joint

Question 30

What are the bones in the lower limb?

Answer 30

femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges,

Question 31

How many tarsals are there?

Answer 31

7

Question 32

How many carpals are there?

Answer 32

8