Pot Pourri part 1
Skull
My aching back
Thoracic Cavity
Pot Pourri part 2
100
Axial skeleton function

a) support for internal organs

b) pathway for spinal cord

c) stability to the core of the body

d) attachment point for appendicular appendages

c) core stability
100
Number of bones in the skull

a) 15

b) 18

c) 22

d) 25

what is c) 22
100
Number of vertebra in human spine

a) 31

b) 33

c) 35

d) 37

b) 33
100
Numbers of pairs of ribs

a) 10

b) 11

c) 12

d) 13

c) 12 pairs
100
True or false: Floating ribs are also classified as false ribs
false
200
The upper jaw bone is also called the

a) mandible

b) maxillary

c) mastoid

d) maximus

b) maxillary bone
200
Irregularly shape, interlocking and immovable skull joints are called

a) fontanels

b) sutures

c) facets

d) foramen

What are sutures
200
In a normal adult, discs account for ~______ of the height of the spine?

a) 1/8

b) 1/4

c) 3/8

d) 1/2

b) 1/4
200
The first 7 pairs of ribs are called

a) false

b) free

c) floating

d) true

d) true
200
How many sets of paired cranial bones are there

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

bonus: Identify the name any set. Must have correctly answered above to get bonus

2 sets (b) temporal or parietal are paired/all others single
300

which number identifies the false ribs

#4
300
Match the suture with the age type (infant or adult)--no part credit

ossified (infant/adult)

soft (infant/adult)

ossified=adult; soft= infant
300
Why the elderly shrink

a) disc cartilage reabsorbed

b) osteoclast action reduces the vertebral size

c) disc blood supply reduces by age

d) water retention capability of discs reduces by age

none of the above

d) water retention reduced
300
These discs are made of fibrocartilage to provide cushioning between non-fused bodies

a) intervertebral

b) thoracic-lumbar

c) intraspinosus

d) extravertebral

a) intervertebral
300
Number of bones of the face

a) 10

b) 11

c) 12

d) 13

e) none of these

e) none--there are 14 facial bones
400
Fontanels

a) infant pulse perceived in soft spot areas in skull

b) projects of the spiny process in vertebrae

c) junction of cartilage and bone in the ribs

d) upper sternum section of the thoracic cage

a) pulse perceived in soft spot areas
400
what is unique about the mandible compared to all other facial bones
movable or attached at a joint
400
Name the 5 regions of the vertebral column starting from top to bottom--must be in order
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
400
The thoracic cage is made up of 3 parts.

Name 2--must be specific

ribs, sternum, thoracic vertebrae
400
Which one of the following bones is not part of the skull?

a) lacrimal

b) frontal

c) zygomatic

d) transverse

e) sphenoid

f) all are part of the skull

d) transverse
500

Which is the xiphoid process?

number 8
500

Large blue bone area on top of skull

a) parietal

b) temporal

c) occipital

d) sphenoid

What is parietal
500
vertebrae connection between occipital bone of the skull and the spinal column
What is the atlas?
500
There are 3 types of abnormal spinal curvature.

Name 2

No part credit :(

lordosis, scoliosis, kyphosis
500
contrast primary and secondary spinal curves
primary --found at birth secondary--develop as child sits, stands; body weight is shifted to spine