Skeletal

Question 1

lower jaw bone

Answer 1

mandible

Question 2

paired bones of the skull

Answer 2

parietal and temporal

Question 3

lateral side of the orbits

Answer 3

Sphenoid

Question 4

medial malleolus

Answer 4

inside ankle bone (tibia)

Question 5

lateral malleolus

Answer 5

outside ankle bone (fibula)

Question 6

only bone that doesn’t articulate with any other bone in the body

Answer 6

sacrum

Question 7

tear duct bone

Answer 7

lacrimal

Question 8

cheekbone/arch

Answer 8

zygomatic

Question 9

inferior process of the sternum

Answer 9

xiphoid

Question 10

superior section of the sternum

Answer 10

manubrium

Question 11

heel

Answer 11

calcaneous

Question 12

largest and strongest bone in the body

Answer 12

femur

Question 13

location of smallest bones of the body

Answer 13

inner ear

Question 14

roof of the mouth

Answer 14

palatine bones

Question 15

hyoid attached to

Answer 15

tongue and neck muscles

Question 16

posteriormost skull

Answer 16

occipital

Question 17

suture separating parietal and temporal regions of the skull

Answer 17

squamous

Question 18

C1

Answer 18

atlas

Question 19

C2

Answer 19

axis

Question 20

tailbone

Answer 20

coccyx

Question 21

five fused vertebrae

Answer 21

sacrum

Question 22

top seven vertebrae

Answer 22

cervical

Question 23

lowest five vertebrae (not fused)

Answer 23

lumbar

Question 24

12 vertebrae of the chest

Answer 24

thoracic

Question 25

two structures that create the vertebral arch

Answer 25

pedicle and lamina

Question 26

vertebral column originally contained ___ irregular bones

Answer 26

33

Question 27

after some of the vertebrae fuse the number of vertebrae are reduced to

Answer 27

26

Question 28

lateral aspects of the vertebral arch

Answer 28

transverse process

Question 29

single midline posterior process of a vertebra

Answer 29

spinous process

Question 30

blood-cell forming tissue

Answer 30

hematopoietic

Question 31

Large, rounded projection

Answer 31

tuberosity

Question 32

Narrow ridge of bone, prominent

Answer 32

crest

Question 33

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Answer 33

trochanter

Question 34

Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than crest

Answer 34

line

Question 35

Small rounded projection

Answer 35

tubercle

Question 36

Raised area above on or above condyle

Answer 36

epicondyle

Question 37

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Answer 37

spine

Question 38

Any bony prominence

Answer 38

process

Question 39

Bony expansion carried on narrow neck

Answer 39

head

Question 40

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 40

facet

Question 41

Rounded articular projection

Answer 41

condyle

Question 42

Armlike bar of bone

Answer 42

ramus

Question 43

Canal-like passageway

Answer 43

meatus

Question 44

Cavity within a bone

Answer 44

sinus

Question 45

Shallow, basin like depression in bone

Answer 45

fossa

Question 46

Furrow

Answer 46

groove

Question 47

Narrow, slitlike opening

Answer 47

fissure

Question 48

Round or oval opening through bone

Answer 48

foramen

Question 49

bone breaks in many fragments

Answer 49

comminuted

Question 50

broken bone ends are forced into each other

Answer 50

impacted

Question 51

incomplete break

Answer 51

greenstick

Question 52

bone is crushed

Answer 52

compression

Question 53

ragged break due to excessive twisting forces

Answer 53

spiral

Question 54

osteocytes

Answer 54

mature osteoblasts that have become trapped within the very bone matrix they produced. Osteocytes continue to form bone

Question 55

How many pairs of true ribs?

Answer 55

7