axial skeleton

Axial Skeleton

MAIN BONES OF THE SKULL: ANTERIOR VIEW

Frontal bone

Mandible

Zygomatic bone

Maxilla

Nasal bone

WHAT RIDGES OF THE FRONTAL BONE ARE LOCATED JUST SUPERIOR TO THE EYES?

Superciliary arches

WHAT SUTURE CONNECTS THE PARIETAL BONE TO THE TEMPORAL BONE?

Squamous suture

WHAT SUTURE CONNECTS THE FRONTAL BONE TO THE PARIETAL BONES?

Coronal suture

BASE OF THE SKULL:SUPERIOR VIEW

Foramen ovale

Foramen spinosum

Jugular foramen

Cribriform plate

THROUGH WHAT OPENING IN THE SKULL DOES THE MANDIBULAR BRANCH OF THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE PASS?

Foramen ovale

THROUGH WHAT OPENING IN THE SKULL DOES THE SPINAL CORD PASS?

Foramen magnum

TEMPORAL BONE

Styloid process

External acoustic meatus

Mastoid process

Squamous part

WHAT PORTION OF THE TEMPORAL BONE CONNECTS TO THE ZYGOMATIC BONE?

Zygomatic process

WHAT HARD PORTION OF THE TEMPORAL BONE CONTAINS THE INNER EAR?

Petrous part

MANDIBLE

Condylar process

Mental foramen

Coronoid process

WHAT PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE HOLDS THE TEETH?

Alveolar process

WHAT IS THE ANATOMICAL TERM FOR SOFT SPOTS ON A BABY’S SKULL?

Fontanelles

Frontal fontanelle

Occipital fontanelle

SUPERIOR VIEW OF THE SPHENOID BONE

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Greater wing

Lesser wing Sella

turcica

WHAT BONE IS LOCATED INFERIOR TO THE MAIN PORTION OF THE SKULL AND IS NOT IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ANY OTHER BONE OF THE SKELETON?

Hyoid bone

HOW MANY VERTREBAE MAKE UP

THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN?

33

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Vertebra

WHAT IS THE INNER, CIRCULAR REGION OF AN INTERVERTEBRAL DISK?

Intervertebral Foramen

WHAT LATERAL PROJECTIONS OCCUR ON EACH VERTEBRA?

Transverse Process

WHAT ARE THE PADS OF FIBROCARTILAGE BETWEEN VERTEBRAE?

WHAT IS ANOTHER ANATOMICAL TERM FOR C1?

What is another anatomical term for C2?

C1 LACKS A BODY AND A SPINOUS PROCESS

WHICH ONES ARE TRUE RIBS? RIBS 1-7WHICH ONES ARE FALSE RIBS? RIBS 8-12WHICH ONES ARE FLOATING RIBS? RIBS 11-12

Rib Cage

The Thoracic Cage

Manubrium- Is the widest & most superior portion of the sternum(the “handle” of the bony sword)

Body- Is the longest part of the sternum & forms its bulk (the “blade” of the bony sword).

Xiphoid process-represents the very tip of the “sword blade.”

Thoracic Cage Sternum

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