Axial Skeleton
We have many of these "lines" that are important in growth and development.
What are the epiphyseal lines?
The bones that houses your upper row of teeth.
What is Maxilla?
Give the correct number of each: True Ribs: False Ribs: Floating Ribs:
What is 7, 3, 2.
The immoveable joint that seperates the parietal and temporal bones.
What is the squamous suture?
This hole contains the spinal cord and nerves.
What is the foramen magnum?
The humerus articulates with the scapula via this point. (The point is on the scapula)
What is the glenoid fossa?
Often referred to as the keystone bone of the cranium, this bone articulates with every other bone of the cranium.
What is the sphenoid bone?
Large proximal bony projection on the femur used as a muscle attachment site?
What is the greater trochanter?
The artery and vein that supply the brain with blood go through these two paired holes.
What is the carotid canal and jugular foramen?
We have 8 of these in each hand.
What are carpals?
These two protrusions sit at the base of the skull and articulate with the atlas vertebra.
What are the occipital condyles?
The large hole in your os coxae that veins and nerves run through.
What is obturator foramen?
The 4 curvatures of the vertebral column and when they are present.
What is Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral? Thoracic and Sacral are present from birth. Cervical is formed when we start holding our heads up, and Lumbar is formed when we start sitting & standing up.
The 8 bones of your wrist.
What is scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, psiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate?
This saddle like structure on the inside of the cranium houses the pituitary gland.
What is the sella turica?
The 7 bones of your ankle.
What is talus, calcaneus, medial cuneiform, intermediate cuneiform, lateral cuneiform, and cuboid?