Nat. Review chpt. 5a

Description:	Bones of the axial skeleton
Category:	Massage Therapy
Created by:	skpoem on 2004-06-30

Question	Answer
The frontal bone is located	Forehead
The parietal bones are located	Directly behind the frontal bone
The temporal bones are located	Behind the ears
The occiput is located	Back of the head
The sphenoid bone is located	Above the zygomatic bone
The coronal suture seperates	The frontal bone and the parietal bones
The sagittal suture seperates	Parietal bones
Lambdoid suture seperates	Parietal and temporal bones from the occiput
Squamous suture seperates	Parietal and temporal bones
External auditory meatus is located	Temporal bone
Mastoid process is located	Under the ear
Styloid process is located	In front of the mastoid process
Zygomatic arch is	The cheek bone
Nasal bones form	Form the upper bridge of the nose
Lacrimal bones	Form the medial wall of the eye socket and the side wall of the nasal cavity
Zygomatic bones	Form the cheek and help form the orbit
Maxillary bones	Upper jawbones
Sphenoid bone	Form the central part of the floor of the cranium
Sella turcica	Small depression in the spheniod bone that the pituitary is located in (turkish saddle)
Pterygoid plates	Muscles attatch here
External occipital protuberance	Large bump on the back of the head
Occipital condyles	Smaller bump below eop
Foramen magnum	Large hole that the spinal cord enters the cranium through
Palatine process	Roof of the mouth
Mandible	Lower jaw
Condyloid process	Articulates with Temporal bone here
Coronoid process of the mandible	Front of jaw articulation
Ramus of the mandible	Back part of the jawbone
Angle of the mandible	Angle of the jaw
Hyoid bone	U shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
Ear ossicles	Ear bones
Malleus	Hammer of the ear bones
Incus	Anvil of the ear bones
Stapes	Stirrup of the ear bones
Vertebral column	Spinal column
Vertebrae	Make up the vertebral column
Body of the vertebrae	Circle part of the vertebrae
Vertebral foramen	Hole in the vertebrae
Spinous process of the vertebrae	Bone you can feel in your back
Transverse process of the vertebrae	Oriented 90 degrees from the spinous process
Ethmoid bone	Forms part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity
Crista galli	Cock's comb, part of the ethmoid bone
Superior and middle concha	Hooks inside the nose that slow down airflow
Vomer	Forms the back and lower part of the nasal septum
Lamina of the vertebrae	Join to form the spinous process of the vertebrae and form part of the vertebral foramen
Pedicle of the vertebrae	Form the transverse process and part of the vertebral foramen
Superior articular processes of the vertebrae	Articulates with the vertebrae above it. Face toward the spinous process.
Inferior articular processes of the vertebrae	Articulates with the vertebrae below it. Face away from the spinous process.
There are ____ cervical vertebrae	7
Atlas	C1
Axis	C2
Dens	Only on c2. Protrudes into formen on c1 to provide pivot action
Odontoid process	Dens
Transverse foramen	Found only in the cervical vertebrae. A hole in the transverse process
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?	12
Articular facets	Facets on the articular process
How many lumbar vertebrae are there?	5
How many vertebrae make up the coccyx?	3-5
How many sacral vertebrae are there?	5
How many pair of ribs are there?	12
How many pair of true ribs are there?	7
How many pair of false ribs are there?	3
How many pair of floating ribs are there?	2
Rib	Curved arches of bone
Sternum	Breastbone
Clavicular notch	A hollow on either side of the upper surface of the manubrium sterni which articulates with the clavicle
Manubrium	The broad upper division of the sternum with which the clavicle and first two ribs articulate
Body of the sternum	Middle part of the sternum
Xiphoid process	Small bony pointed extension on the base of the sternum
Cervical curve is	Lordotic
Thoracic curve is	Kyphotic
Lumbar curve is	Lordotic
Sacrum curve is	Concave anterioinferiorly
Annulus fibrosus	Outer fibrous rings
Nucleus pulposus	Toothpaste like middle of vertebral disk
Ibibition	How disks receive nutrients and water
Anterior spinous ligament	Front ligament
Vertebral disk	AKA intervertebral disk, between the vertebrae except occiput-c1 and c1-c2
Vertebral herniation	Nucleus pulposes leaks out of the annulus fibrosus
Jefferson burst fracture	C1 bursts from a compression fracture (Christopher Reeves)
Most herniation is	Laterally
Anterior is ____ funtion in spinal nerves	Motor
Posteriorly is ____ function in spinal nerves	Sensory
Axial skeleton consists of	Ribs, vertebrae, and skull
Appendicular skeleton consists of	All that isn't axial