Vocabulary
What is the Frontal Bone?
What forms the forehead and the roof of the orbits (eye sockets)
Where is the Maxillae?
Upper jaw
What is the purpose of the thoracic cage?
Protects the heart, lung and internal organs
What is the Lacrimal bone?
Contain the tear duct
What is the Zygomatic bone?
Cheek bone
Where is the occipital bone Located?
The back of the head.
What is the purpose of the coccxy?
It functions to support and stabilize a person while in a sitting position.
How many bones does the Cranial bones has?
8
What is the Sacrum?
is a large wedge shaped vertebra at the inferior end of the spine.
Where is the parietal bone located?
It is posterior to the frontal bone.
What protects and supports the brain, spinal cord, and abdominal organs?
The axial skeletal
What are the three parts of the sternum?
Manubrium, Body (mesosternum), and the Xiphoid process.
What is a false rib?
A rib that is not attached to the sternum.
Where is the mandible bone located?
Lower Jaw
What is the purpose of the cervical vertebrae?
What is provide support the skull, move the spine, and protect the spinal cord.
What is a "U" shape bone?
Hyoid Bone
What is anterior to the sphenoid bone?
Ethmoid bone
What forms the floor of cranium?
Sphenoid bone
What is the purpose of the Facial bones?
To form muscle attachments, separate the oral and nasal cavities, and form the nasal septum.
What is the total number of vertebrae?
33