Skeleton

Question 1

The ilium consists of a body and a superior wing like portion called the ____

Answer 1

ala

Question 2

This bones form the posteroinferor part of the hip bone

Answer 2

Ischium

Question 3

This bones forms the anterior portion of the hip bone

Answer 3

Pubis

Question 4

Name the three characteristics that define a female pelvis

Answer 4

• Tilted Forward
• True pelvis defines birth canal
• Cavity of true pelvis is broad, shallow and greater capactiy

Question 5

Name the three characteristics that define a male pelvis

Answer 5

• Tilted less forward
• Adapted to support heavier male build
• True pelvis is narrow and deep

Question 6

Name the three segments of the lower limb

Answer 6

• Thigh
• Leg
• Foot

Question 7

This bone is the sole bone of the thigh, also the largest and strongest bone in the body

Answer 7

Femur

Question 8

Name the two bones that form the skeleton of the leg

Answer 8

Tibia, Fibula

Question 9

Name the membrane that connects the tibia and fibula

Answer 9

Interosseous Membrane

Question 10

What bone in the lower body recieves the weight from the femur and transmits it to the foot

Answer 10

Tibia

Question 11

This bone is sticklike with slightly expanded ends located laterally to the tibia

Answer 11

Fibula

Question 12

Name the three main parts of the skeleton of the foot

Answer 12

• Tarusu
• Metatarsus
• Phalanges

Question 13

This structure is composed of seven bones that form the posterior half of the foot

Answer 13

Tarsus

Question 14

What two bones support most of the body weight on the foot

Answer 14

-Talus and Calcaneus

Question 15

What bone forms the heel of the foot

Answer 15

Calcaneus

Question 16

This stucture forms the five long bones that articulate with the proximal phalanges

Answer 16

Metatarsals

Question 17

These are the 14 bones of the toes

Answer 17

Phalanges

Question 18

The axial skeleton is composed of _______ bones segregated into three regions _______, ________, and _________

Answer 18

• Eighty Bones

- Skull, Vertebral Column, and Bony Thorax

Question 19

What is the bodys most complex bony structure. What is it formed by

Answer 19

• Skull

- Cranium and Facial Bones

Question 20

What bones supply the framework of the face, the sense organs and teeth

Answer 20

Facial Bones

Question 21

What are the eight cranial bones

Answer 21

Two parietal, Two temporal, frontal, occipital, sphenoid and ethmoid

Question 22

Cranial bones are _______ and remarkably _______ for their weight

Answer 22

Thin, Strong

Question 23

Frontal bones from the _______ _________ of the _________

Answer 23

Anterior portion of the cranium

Question 24

What are the three major markings on the frontal bone

Answer 24

Supraorbital margins, anterior cranial fossa, and the frontal sinuses

Question 25

What bones from most of the superior and lateral aspects of the skull

Answer 25

Parietal Bone

Question 26

Coronal suture

Answer 26

Articulation between parietal bones and frontal bone anteriorly

Question 27

Sagittal suture

Answer 27

Where right and left parietal bones meet superiorly

Question 28

Which bone forms most of skulls posterior wall and base

Answer 28

Occipital Bone

Question 29

What are the four major markings on the Occipital bone

Answer 29

-Posterior cranial fossa, Foramen magnum, occipital condyles and hypoglossal canal

Question 30

Which bones form the inferolateral aspects of the skull and parts of the cranial floor

Answer 30

Temporal Bones

Question 31

What are the four major regions of the temporal bones

Answer 31

-Squamous, tympanic, mastoid, and petrous

Question 32

What are the five major markings of the temporal bones

Answer 32

-Zygomatic, styloid, mastoid processes, mandibular, and middle cranial fossae

Question 33

What are the five major openings of the temporal bones

Answer 33

-Stylomastoid, jugular foramina, external and internal meatuses, and carotid canal

Question 34

Which bone is butterfly-shaped that shapns the width of the middle cranial fossa

Answer 34

Sphenoid Bone

Question 35

What are the four things the sphenoid bone consists of

Answer 35

Central body, greater wings, lesser wings and pterygoid processes

Question 36

What are the three major markings of the sphenoid bone

Answer 36

-Sella turcia, hypophyseal fossa, and the pterygoid process

Question 37

What are the four major openings of the sphenoid bone

Answer 37

-Foramina rotundum, ovale, spinosum, optic canal, superior orbital fissure

Question 38

Which bone is the most deep of the skull bone; lies between the sphenoid and nasal bone

Answer 38

Ethmoid Bone

Question 39

Which bone forms most of the bony area between the nasal cavity and the orbits

Answer 39

Ethmoid Bone

Question 40

These bones are irregularly shaped, that form the prominences of the cheeks and the inderolateral margins of the orbits

Answer 40

Zygomatic Bones

Question 41

These bones are thin mideally fused bones that from the bridge of the nose

Answer 41

Nasal Bones

Question 42

These bones contribute to the mdeial walls of the orbit and contain a deep grove called the lacrimal fossa that houses the lacrimal sac

Answer 42

Lacrimal Bones

Question 43

These are two bone plates that form portions of the hard palate, the posterolateral walls of the nasal cavity, and a samll part of the orbits

Answer 43

Palatine Bones

Question 44

These bones are plow shaped bones that forms the part of the nasal septum

Answer 44

Vomer

Question 45

These bones are paired, curved bones in the nasal cavity that form part of the lateral walls of the nasal cavity

Answer 45

Inferior nasal conchae

Question 46

what is the roof of the nasal cavity formed by

Answer 46

Formed by the cribriform plate of the ethmod

Question 47

what is the lateral walls of the nasal cavity formed by

Answer 47

the superior and middle conchae of the ethmoid, the perpendicular plate of the palatine and the inferior nasa conchae

Question 48

What are the five skull bones where the paranasal sinuses are found

Answer 48

Frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid and paired maxillary bones

Question 49

Describe the workings of the paranasal sinuses

Answer 49

Air enters the sinuses from the nasal cavity and mucus drains into the nasal cavity from the sinuses

Question 50

How many bones form the vertebral column

Answer 50

26 irregular bones

Question 51

How many bones form the cervical vertebrae and where is it located

Answer 51

7 bones, and the neck

Question 52

How many bones form the Thoracic vertebrae and where is it located

Answer 52

12 bones, and the torso

Question 53

How many bones form the Lumbar Vertebrae and where is it loacted

Answer 53

5 bones, and the lower back

Question 54

What is the name of the bone that is inferior to the lumbar vertebrae that articulates with the hip bones

Answer 54

Sacrum

Question 55

What bones of the vertebrae cause posteriorly concave curvatures

Answer 55

Cervical and lumbar

Question 56

What bones of the vertebrae cause posteriorly convex curvatures

Answer 56

Thoracic and sacral

Question 57

Anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments

Answer 57

Continuous bands down the front and back of the spine from the neck to the sacrum

Question 58

What is the vertebral foramina

Answer 58

Makes up the vertebral canal through which the spinal cord passes

Question 59

Intervertebral foramina

Answer 59

lateral openings formed from notched areas on the superior and inferior borders of adjacent pedicles

Question 60

What three bones are fused together in the sternum

Answer 60

- Superior manubrium - Body - Inferior Xiphoid

Question 61

What membrane connects the forearm and ulna

Answer 61

Interosseous

Question 62

This bone lies medially in the forearm and its slightly longer then the radius

Answer 62

Ulna

Question 63

What bone forms the major portion of the elbow joint with the humerus

Answer 63

Ulna

Question 64

This bone lies opposite to the ulna and is think at it proximal end

Answer 64

Radius

Question 65

The skeleton of the hand contains these three bones

Answer 65

- Wrist Bones (Carpals) - Palm (Metacarpals) - Fingers (Phalanges)

Question 66

Name the four proximal bones of the carpus

Answer 66

- Scaphoid - Lunate - Triquetral - Pisiform

Question 67

Name the four distal bones of the carpus

Answer 67

- Trapezium - Trapezoid - Capiate - Humate

Question 68

This is the large flaring bone that forms the superior region of the coxal bone

Answer 68

Ilium