name the six cranial bones that are visible on the lateral view of a skull

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Bones Lab Exam

Question	Answer
The two divisions of the skeleton are the ___ and ___skeletons	axial, appendicular
The extra bones that sometimes develop between the flat bones of the skull are called	sutural
The cranium and facial bones compose the	skull
The ___ bone supports the tongue	hyoid
The ___ at the inferior end of the sacrum is composed of four fused vertebrae	coccyx
Most ribs are attached anteriorly to the ___	sternum
The thoracic cage is composed of ___ pairs of ribs	12
The scapulae and clavicles together form the ____ girdle	pectoral girdles
The humerus, radius, and ____ articulate to form the elbow joint	ulna
The wrist is composed of eight bones called	carpals
The hip bones are attached posteriorly to the	sacrum
The ____ covers the anterior surface of the knee	patella
The bones that articulate with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula are called	tarsals
All finger and toe bones are called	phalanges
small, nearly flat articular surface	facet
shallow basin	fossa
rounded process	condyle
opening or hole	foramen
knoblike rough elevation	tubercle
ridgelike projection	spine
slightly raised edge	line
tubelike passageway	meatus
tiny pit or depression	fovea
small, knoblike process	tubercle
thornlike projection	spine
rounded enlargement at end of bone	head
air-filled cavity within bone	sinus
relatively large process	trochanter
name the six cranial bones that are visible on the lateral view of a skull	parietal, occipital, temporal, frontal, zygomatic, sphenoid
The ___ suture joins the frontal bone to the parietal bones	coronal
The parietal bones are firmly interlocked along the midline by the ___suture	sagittal
The ___ suture joins the parietal bones to the occipital bone	lambdoid
The temporal bones are joined to the parietal bones along the ___ sutures	squamous
Name the three cranial bones that contain sinuses	frontal, sphenoid, and ethmoid
Name a facial bone that contains a sinus	maxilla
forms sagittal, coronal, squamous, and lambdoid sutures	parietal bone
cribriform plate	ethmoid bone
crista galli	ethmoid bone
external acoustic meatus	temporal bone
foramen magnum	occipital bone
mandibular fossa	temporal bone
mastoid process	temporal bone
middle nasal concha	ethmoid bone
occipital condyle	occipital bone
sella turcica	sphenoid bone
styloid process	temporal bone
supraorbital foramen	frontal bone
forms bridge of nose	nasal bone
only movable bone in facial skeleton	mandible
contains coronoid process	mandible
creates prominence of cheek inferior and lateral to the eye	zygomatic bone
contains sockets of upper teeth	maxilla
forms inferior portion of nasal septum	vomer bone
forms anterior portion of zygomatic arch	zygomatic bone
scroll-shaped bone	inferior nasal concha
forms anterior roof of mouth	maxilla
contains mental foramen	mandible
forms posterior roof of mouth	palatine bone
small medial bone of each orbit	lacrimal bone
the vertebral column encloses and protects the	spinal cord
the number of seperate bones in the vertebral column of an adult is	26
the ____ of the vertebrae support the weight of the head and trunk	vertebral column
the intervertebral foramina of cervical vertebrae serve as passageways for ___	spinal nerves
transverse foramina of cervical vertebrae serve as passageways for	vertebral arteries leading to brain
the first vertebrae is also called the	atlas
the second vertebrae is also called the	axis
when the head is moved from side to side, the first vertebrae pivots around the ___ of the second vertebrae	dens
the ___ vertebrae have the largest and strongest bodies	lumbar
the typical number of vertebrae that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum is	5
the upper, anterior margin of the sacrum that projects forward is called the	sacroiliac
an opening called the ___ exists at the tip of the sacral canal	sacral promontory
the last two pairs of ribs that have no cartilaginous attachments to the sternum are sometimes called	floating ribs
there are ___ pairs of true ribs	7
castal cartilages are composed of ___ tissue	hyaline
the manubrium articulates with the ___ on its superior border	clavicles
three functions of thoracic cage	protects heart lungs abdominal , suppoorts bones of pectoral girdle, visceral organs
the pectoral girdle is an incomplete ring because it is open in the back between the ___	scapula
the medial end of a clavicle articulates with the ___ of the sternum	manubrium
the lateral end of a clavicle articulates with the ___ process of the scapula	acromian process
the ___ is a bone that serves as a brace between the sternum and the scapula	clavicle
the ___ divides the posterior side of the scapula into unequal portions	spine
the lateral tip of the shoulder is the ___ process of the scapula	acromian
near the lateral end of the scapula, the ___ process curves anteriorly and inferiorly from the clavicle	coracoid
the glenoid cavity of the scapula articulates with the ___ of the humerus	head
capitate	carpals
coronoid fossa	humerus
deltoid tuberosity	humerus
greater tubercle	humerus
five palmar bones	metacarpals
fourteen bones in digits	phalanges
intertubercular sulcus	humerus
lunate	carpals
olecranon fossa	humerus
radial tuberosity	radius
trapezium	carpals
trochlear notch	ulna
the pelvic girdle consists of two	coxae
the head of the femur articulates with the ___ of the hip bone	acetabulum
the ___ is the largest portion of the hip bone	ilium
the distance between the __ represents the shortest diameter of the pelvic outlet	ischial spines
the pubic bones come together anteriorly to form a cartilaginous joint called the	pubic synthesis
the ___ is the portion of the ilium that causes the prominence of the hip	iliac crest
when a person sits, the ___ of the ischium supports the weight of the body	tuberosity
the angle formed by the pubic bones below the pubic synthesis is called the	pubic arch
the ___ is the largest foramen in the skeleton	obturator foramen
the ilium joins the sacrum at the ___ joint	sacroiliac
middle phalanx	phalanges
lesser trochanter	femur
medial melleolus	tibia
fovea capitis	femur
calcaneus	tarsals
lateral cuneiform	tarsals
tibial tuberosity	tibia
talus	tarsals
linea aspera	femur
lateral melleolus	fibula
sesamoid bone	patella
five bones that form the instep	metetarsals

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