primate osteology

Question 1

standard anatomical position

Answer 1

standing
feet together
palms forward
looking forward

Question 2

skull on its own (anatomical terminology)

Answer 2

cranial skeleton

Question 3

skull is

Answer 3

cranium + mandible

Question 4

post-cranial skeleton

Answer 4

everything else

Question 5

proximal

Answer 5

towards the body

Question 6

distal

Answer 6

away from the body

Question 7

proximal & distal only applied…

Answer 7

to appendicular skeleton

Question 8

cranial features

Answer 8

temporal line
orbit (
nasal aperture (shape of nasal bones + maxila)
brow ridge (on frontal bone)
external auditory meatus (on temporal bone)
internal auditory meatus
foramen magnum (where spinal cord exits)
external occipital protuberance
nuchal area (includes ^ + muscle attachments for neck)
ascending ramus (on mandible)
mental eminence (chin)
alveolus (bone parts where teeth roots sit on)

Question 9

hyoid bone

Question 10

true ribs

Answer 10

1-7; connects directly to ____

Question 11

false ribs

Answer 11

8-10; connects to rib above it

Question 12

floating ribs

Answer 12

11-12; doesn’t connect to ____

Question 13

digitigrade

Answer 13

walking on toes

Question 14

terrestrial quadrupeds

Answer 14

walking with four legs on the ground

Question 15

plantigrade

Answer 15

heel touches the ground

Question 16

arboreal quadruped

Answer 16

walking on four legs on the trees

Question 17

canine dimorphism

Answer 17

males have bigger canines than females