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WorksheetsAxial Skeleton
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify bone 8.
a)
Mandible
b)
Zygomatic
c)
Occipital
d)
Temporal
2.
Identify bone 1.
a)
Parietal
b)
Temporal
c)
Occipital
d)
Mandibular
3.
How many bones does the adult human body have?
a)
205
b)
204
c)
22
d)
206
4.
What is a hole in a bone called?
a)
Fossa
b)
Meatus
c)
Foramen
d)
Groove
5.
What is the name of this bone upon which the atlas sits upon?
a)
1st thoracic
b)
Fifth lumbar
c)
Atlas
d)
Axis
6.
The zygomatic arch (cheek bone) is
a)
Lateral
b)
Medial
7.
The bone indicated by #5 is the
a)
frontal bone
b)
sphenoid bone
c)
ethmoid bone
d)
temporal bone
8.
The suture indicated by #14 is the
a)
coronal suture
b)
sagittal suture
c)
lamdoid suture
d)
squamous suture
9.
Butterfly shaped bone; houses the pituitary gland; base of the skull
a)
Parietal
b)
Temporal
c)
Sphenoid
d)
Occipital
10.
Upper jaw; holds the upper teeth; forms portions of the orbital, nasal and oral cavities.
a)
mandible
b)
maxillae
c)
zygomatic
d)
occipital
11.
Large bone; makes up the roof of the orbital and nasal cavities; "forehead".
a)
frontal
b)
sphenoid
c)
parietal
d)
ethmoid
12.
Lower jaw bone; connects to the skull in front of the ears;
a)
Mandible
b)
Maxillae
c)
Zygomatic
d)
Parietal
13.
located on the sides of the head; houses the internal portion of the ear
a)
temporal bone
b)
occipital bone
c)
zygomatic bone
d)
frontal bone
14.
forms sides and roof of skull; Curved bones; joined together at the sagittal suture
a)
temporal
b)
parietal
c)
occipital
d)
frontal
15.
Bones of the thoracic cavity that are attached to vertebrae only (not attached to sternum or another rib by costal cartilage); lowest two false ribs
a)
floating ribs
b)
false ribs
c)
true ribs
d)
loose ribs
16.
Bones of the thoracic cavity that are not attached to the sternum; 5 lower ribs
a)
small rib
b)
floating rib
c)
true rib
d)
false rib
17.
Breastbone; flat, elongated bone that protects the heart and lungs
a)
clavicle
b)
sternum
c)
scapula
d)
rib
18.
Inferior portion of the sternum; made of cartilage; cone shaped
a)
coracoid process
b)
acromion process
c)
xiphoid process
d)
scapula
19.
How many cervical vertebrae exist in the spine?
a)
7
b)
12
c)
5
d)
4
20.
the tailbone; bears body weight when sitting; formed by the fusion of 3 to 5 vertebrae during adolescence;
a)
Axis
b)
Sacral
c)
Atlas
d)
Coccyx
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