General Info
Cranial Bones
Facial Bones
Vertebrae
Thoracic cage
100
The number of bones in the axial skeleton
What is 80?
100
forms the forehead
What is the frontal bone?
100
largest & strongest facial bone
What is the mandible?
100
12
What is the number of thoracic vertebrae?
100
breastbone
What is the sternum?
200
the most anterior portion of the axial skeleton
What is the skull?
200
paired cranial bone that forms part of the zygomatic arch and also articulates with the mandible.
What is the temporal bone?
200
paired facial bone that articulates with all other facial bones (except mandible)
What is the maxilla?
200
thick, disk shaped, anterior, weight bearing portion of vertebrae
What is the body?
200
the number of ribs
What is 24 or 12 pairs?
300
the most dorsal region of the axial skeleton
What is the spinal column?
300
contains the foramen magnum that allows the spinal cord to attach to the brain
What is the occipital bone?
300
paired bones that allow tears to pass into nasal cavity
What are the lacrimal bones?
300
contain the axis & the atlas
What is the cervical vertebrae?
300
articulate with thoracic vertebrae posteriorly and the sternum anteriorly
What are true ribs?
400
contains the ribs, sternum, and thoracic vertebrae
What is the thoracic cage?
400
this bone articulates with all other cranial bones
What is the sphenoid?
400
commonly called cheekbones
What are the zygomatic bones?
400
triangular bone formed by the fusion of 5 vertebrae, foundation of pelvic girdle
What is the sacrum?
400
no anterior articulation
What are floating ribs?
500
the only bone in the body that does not articulate with any other bone
What is the hyoid bone?
500
part of the anterior portion of the cranial floor, medial wall of the orbits, superior portion of nasal septum, most of the superior sidewalls of nasal cavity are all part of this
What is the ethmoid bone?
500
roughly triangular bone on floor of nasal cavity, articulates superiorly with ethmoid & inferiorly with maxilla
What is the vomer?
500
the portion of the vertebrae that allows the passage of the spinal cord
What is the vertebral foramen?
500
Along with the manubrium & body, this is part of the sternum
What is xyphoid process?