Question | Answer |
What 3 parts is the axial skeleton divided into? | vertebral column, bony thorax, skull |
What set of bones is the skull divided into? | cranium & facial bones |
What does the cranium protect? | brain tissue |
What is the cranial vault & the cranial floor? | lateral, posterior, superior walls of skull/ skull bottom |
What is a foramen & give an example of where one is found | a small hole/ (Mental foramen) found on chin on either sides of the face |
What is the lower jawbone | mandible |
What are the bones of the skull connected by? | sutures |
What is the external nose largely made out of? | cartilage |
What forms the body's major axial support? | vertebral column |
How many single bones is the vertebral column made out of? How many fused bones? | 24, 2 (Coccyx & Sacrum) |
There are 3 curvatures in the vertebral column, not counting the sacrum & coccyx. Name them and how many bones they're composed of. | Cervical (C1-C7), Thoracic (T1-T12), Lumbar (L1-L5) |
What are the vertebrae separated by and what does it do? | pads of fibrocartilage (intervertebral discs), absorb shock |
What are abnormal spinal curvatures? | Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Lordosis |
What is the bone that is usually broken when doing CPR and what is it attached to? | xiphoid process, sternum |
Another name for C1 and C2 is? | atlas, axis |
What is the bony thorax and what bones is it made up of? | skeleton of the chest/ ribs, sternum, thoracic vertebrae, costal cartilage |
How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body? | 12 pairs |
How many true ribs are there in the human body? | 7 (ribs 1-7) |
What is the space between the ribs called? | intercostal space |
What type of cartilage is used to attach the ribs to the sternum? | hyaline |
How many parts is the sternum made up of & name them. | manubrium, body, xiphoid process |
How many false ribs are there in the human body? | 5 (ribs 8-12) |
How many floating ribs are there in the human body? | 2(ribs 11-12) |
How many ribs are there in all in the human body? | 24 |
Name the four common types of bones found in the human body. | long, flat, irregular, short |
How many bones are there in an adult skeleton? | 206 |
What are the two special types of bones found in the skeleton? | sesamoid, wormian (sutural bones) |