Exam 12: Axial Skeleton

Which of the following is not associated with the vertebral column?

Which is not a part of the appendicular skeleton?

Match each bone with its location. -Posterior of hard palate

Match each bone marking term with its corresponding description. -Depression; often receives an articulating bone

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -Eleventh and twelfth ribs, which have no attachment to the sternum

Explain the clinical significance of the cribriform plate.

Bones of the appendicular skeleton form the brain case and vertebral column.

In a newborn, the face is a much smaller part of the skull than it is in an adult.

Match each bone marking term with its corresponding description. -A groove or an elongated depression

The five sacral vertebrae remain separate until about 40 years of age; at that point they fuse to form one wedge-shaped bone.

Match each bone with its location. -Bat-shaped skull bone

The occipital bone forms how many joints with other bones?

Which of the following is a true statement?

Infectious material can accumulate in the air space within the mastoid bone, because it does not drain into the nose like other sinuses.

The sphenoid bone acts as the keystone for the cranium. Which bone acts as the keystone for the face?

The maxilla and the temporal bone form the only movable joint within the structure of the face.

Between the manubrium and the xiphoid process is the:

What is mastoiditis?

The upper parts of the nasal septum and the side walls of the nasal cavity are formed by which bone(s)?

Which skull bone articulates with the first vertebra?