Axial Skeleton Review

True or False: the axial skeleton includes the skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum, and hyoid bone.

• True

• False

True or False: the hyoid bone is in direct contact with the vertebral column.

• True

• False

True or False: there are three pairs of floating ribs that have no contact with the sternum.

• True

• False

True or False: the five lumbar vertebrae allow free rotation of the trunk

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a component (attached) bone of the skull?

• Temporal

• Sphenoid

• Vomer

• Lacrimal

• Hyoid

Which of the following groups of bones contribute to the walls of the cranial cavity?

• Frontal, Sphenoid, and Vomer

• Parietal, Temporal, and Frontal

• Occipital, Parietal, and Nasal

• Axis, Frontal, and Parietal

• Mandible, Sphenoid, Occipital

Which of the following bones carries the upper teeth?

• Palatine

• Sphenoid

• Ethmoid

• Maxilla

• None of these

The number of ribs (pairs) that directly connect with the sternum, i.e., true ribs, is:

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 12

The skull is divided into two main regions: (a)  

The vertebral column includes ___ cervical vertebrae, ___ thoracic vertebrae, ___ lumbar vertebrae, ___ fused sacral vertebrae, and ___ separate or fused coccygeal vertebrae.

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2