Skeletal System/Skull
The Skull
Facial Bones/Vertebral Column
Vertebral Column/Pectoral Girdle
Upper Limb/Pelvic Girdle
Lower Limb
100
Which skeleton contains the skull, ears, hyoid bone, vertebral column and thoracic cage?
What is the Axial Skeleton?
100
This bone forms a key part of the cranial floor as well as the floor and side walls of the orbits. Viewed posteriorly it looks like a giant moth.
What is the sphenoid bone?
100
These bones meet to form the upper jaw, part of the floor of the orbits, part of the the roof of the mouth, and part of the floor and walls of the nose.
What are the maxillae (singular:maxilla)?
100
Term for lateral curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
100
This bone is on the same side as the thumb.
What is the radius?
100
This is the longest and strongest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
200
Which skeleton contains the pectoral girdle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle and the lower limbs?
What is the Appendicular Skeleton?
200
This bone forms the forehead and the roof of the eye sockets (orbits).
What is the frontal bone?
200
These bones shape the cheeks and form the outer edge of the orbit.
What are the zygomatic bones?
200
1. This opening allows for passage of the spinal cord.
2. These are the bumps you feel when you run your hand along the spine.
3. These extend from each side of the vertebra.
2&3 serve as attachment points for muscles and ligaments.
1. Vertebral Foramen
2. Spinous process
3. Transverse processes
200
This bone is on the same side as the pinky finger.
What is the ulna?
200
These are the widest point of the femur at the knee.
What are the medial and lateral epicondyle?
300
How many bones are there in the axial skeleton?
What is 80?
300
The top of the ethmoid bone is called the _______ ______, it forms part of the roof of the nasal cavity.
What is the cribriform plate?
300
This is the largest and strongest bone of the face. It articulates with the temporal bone at the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), making it the only facial bone that can move.
What is the mandible?
300
In between each vertebra is a layer of cartilage called an 1. _______ ________.
It consists of two parts. 2.______ _____, a gel-like core and 3.______ ______, a ring of tough fibrocartilage.
1. Intervertebral disc
2. Nucleus pulposus
3. Annulus Fibrosus
300
The fingers are formed by bones called ________.
What are phalanges (singular:phalanx)?
300
State what bone is highlighted.
What is the patella (kneecap)?
400
How many bones are there in the appendicular skeleton?
What is 126?
400
This suture of the skull is the joint between the parietal bones and the frontal bone.
What is the coronal suture?
400
These two, paper-thin bones form part of the sidewall of the orbit.
What are the lacrimal bones?
400
Term for "hunchback", an exaggerated thoracic curvature.
What is kyphosis?
400
5 bones that form the palm of the hand.
What are metacarpals?
400
This bone helps stabilize the ankle and it does not bear any weight.
What is the fibula?
500
The only bone in the body that doesn't articulate with any other bone.
What is the hyoid bone?
500
This is the suture of the skull that is the line of articulation between the parietal bones and the occipital bone.
What is the lambdoid suture?
500
These rectangular bones form the bridge of the nose.
What are the nasal bones?
500
1. The first cervical vertebrae (C1), helps the head nod 'yes', has no body, consists of a delicate ring and a large vertebral foramen.
2. The second cervical vertebrae (C2), has a projection called the dens, or odontoid process. Allows the head to swivel from side to side (saying 'no').
1. Atlas
2. Axis
500
A. Scaphoid
B. Lunate
C. Triquetrum
D. Pisiform
E. Trapezium
F. Trapezoid
G. Capitate
H. Hamate
500
This bone is the only bone in the lower leg that bears weight, it is commonly called the shinbone.
What is the tibia?
600
The skull is formed by 1. ___ bones that are 2. ________ shaped.
1. 22
2. Irregularly
600
This suture runs along the top edge of the temporal bone.
What is the squamous suture?
600
These bones contribute to the nasal cavity.
What are inferior nasal conchae?
600
1. Which ribs are considered true ribs?
2. What ribs are considered false ribs?
3. What ribs are considered floating ribs?
1. 1-7
2. 8-10 (attach to cartilage of rib 7), 11&12
3. 11, 12 (do not attach to any part of the anterior thoracic cage)
600
What part of the pelvic girdle is highlighted?
What is the ilium?
600
These bones form the middle portion of the foot.
What are metatarsals?
700
These bones join together at the top of the head to form the top and sides of the cranial cavity.
What are the parietal bones?
700
This skull suture is the joint between the right and left parietal bones.
What is the sagittal suture?
700
This small bone forms the inferior half of the nasal septum.
What is the vomer?
700
The sternum has 3 regions
1. This is an important landmark for CPR, it provides an attachment point for some abdominal muscles.
2. The longest portion, joins the manubrium at the angle of Louis (sternal angle).
3. The broadest portion; the suprasternal notch is easily palpated.
1. Xiphoid Process
2. Body
3. Manubrium
700
This is the lower posterior portion, what is it called?
What is the ischium?
700
What bones comprise the ankle?
What are tarsal bones?
800
This bone forms the rear of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
800
This is a large opening at the base of the skull that allows the spinal cord to pass through as it connects to the brainstem.
What is the foramen magnum?
800
These bones form the form the posterior portion of the hard palate, part of the wall of the nasal cavity, and part of the floor of the orbit.
What are the palatine bones?
800
The two pectoral girdles-one on each side of the body-consist of a 1. ______ and 2.______ ______.
1. Clavicle (collarbone)
2. Scapula (shoulder blade)
800
What bone is highlighted?
What are the pubic (pubis) bones?
800
This is the largest tarsal bone, which forms the heel and bears much of the body's weight.
What is the calcaneus?
900
These bones form the sides of the cranium and part of the cranial floor; also contain the structure of the inner and middle ear.
What are the temporal bones?
900
The areas between the unfused bones in an infants skull, which are covered by fibrous membranes, are called 1._______, these should be closed by age 2. ___.
1. Fontanels
2. 2
900
How many vertebrae does the vertebral column contain?
What is 33?
900
What are the three main features of the scapula?
Acromion process, coracoid process, glenoid cavity.
900
Point through which the sciatic nerve passes on its path to the back of the thigh.
What is the greater sciatic notch?
900
Term for great toe.
What is the hallux?
1000
This bone contributes to the walls of the orbits, the roof and walls of the nasal cavity, and the nasal septum.
What is the ethmoid bone?
1000
What are the 4 pairs of paranasal sinuses?
1. Sphenoid sinus
2. Frontal Sinus
3. Ethmoid Sinus
4. Maxillary sinus
1000
What are the 5 sections of the vertebral column?
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
1000
State what bone is highlighted.
What is the humerus?
Features include: head, olecranon fossa, olecranon process.
1000
Depression that houses the head of the femur to form the "hip socket"
What is the acetabulum?
1000
This is the second-largest tarsal bone.
What is the talus?