Skeletal System: Intro to Axial Skeleton

A natural hole in a bone for the passage of nerve, artery, or vein

• Foramen

• Facet

• Fossa

• Falange

An outgrowth of bone from a larger body

• Process

• Protuberance

• Ridge

• Condyle

Which is not part of the vertebral column

• Sternum

• Cervical

• Thoracic

• Lumbar

• Sacrum

There are 12 of these

• Thoracic Vertebra

• Ribs

• Cervical Vertebra

• Transverse Foramen

There are 42 landmarks in the human

• Vertebral Column

• Skull

• Face

• Thoracic Cage

Every vertebra has (check all that apply)

• Vertebral Foramen

• Spinous Process

• Transvers Process

• Body

• Costal Facet

Identify this bone

• Sacrum

• Lumbar Vertebra

• Sternum

• Hyoid

• Mandible

Identify this bone

• Hyoid

• Cervical Vertebra

• Coccyx

• Sternum

• Lumbar Vertebra

Identify this bone

• Hyoid

• Cervical Vertebra

• Coccyx

• Sternum

• Lumbar Vertebra

Identify this bone

• Thoracic Vertebra

• Cervical Vertebra

• Axis

• Atlas

• Lumbar Vertebra