AXIAL SKELETON - SKULL
This cranial bone is part of the skull directly above the eye sockets.
What is the frontal bone?
This vertebrae is specialized and allows us to nod our heads "no."
What is the axis (C2)?
This landmark is found on the frontal bone and is the location of the eyebrows.
What is the supraorbital margin?
These are the two bones of the pectoral girdle.
What are the clavicle & scapula?
The glenoid cavity of the scapula articulates with this bone & landmark.
What is the head of the humerus?
This cranial bone forms the base of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
Which bones of the vertebral column are fusions of 3-5 individual bones?
What are the sacrum & coccyx?
This landmark is found at the base of the skull & allows the passage of the spinal cord.
What is the foramen magnum of the occipital bone?
This is the heaviest & strongest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
The olecranon fossa of the humerus articulates with this bone & landmark.
What is the olecranon process of the ulna?
What are the maxilla & mandible?
Which ribs of the thoracic cage are "true" ribs?
What are ribs #1-7?
This landmark protects the pituitary gland of the brain.
What is the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone?
Within the lower leg, this is the larger, medial of the two bones.
What is the tibia?
The mandibular fossa of the temporal bone articulates with this bone & landmark.
What is the condylar process of the mandible?
This suture marks the division between the parietal & temporal bones.
What is the squamous suture?
How many of each of the three types of vertebrae are present in humans?
cervical - 7
thoracic - 12
lumbar - 5
What are the sphenoid, ethmoid & frontal bones?
This bone supports most of our bodyweight when standing.
What is the talus bone of the foot?
The medial & lateral condyles of the femur articulate with this bone & landmark.
What are the lateral & medial condyles of the tibia?
This bone is a single facial bone that makes up part of the nasal septum.
What is the vomer?
Which of the three types of vertebrae exhibit a heart-shaped body, round vertebral foramen & inferiorly directed spinous process?
What are the thoracic vertebrae?
This projection supports our body weight when sitting.
What is the ischial tuberosity of pelvic bone?
These are the 3 bones that fuse to form the pelvic bone.
What are the ilium, ischium & pubis?
These 3 articulations form the elbow joint.
What are the:
1. trochlear notch of ulna to trochlea of the humerus
2. radial notch of the ulna to the head of the radius
3. head of the radius to capitulum of the humerus