WorksheetsAxial Skeletal System Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
How many bones are in the axial skeleton of the human body?
206
126
80
22
The keystone facial bone is
sphenoid
mandible
maxillae
frontal
Cranial and facial bones make up the bones of
(a)
A hole in bone is called a/an
magnum
foramen
fissure
process
This is the only moveable bone on the skull
(a)
The human skeleton is composed of the
axial
appendicular
axis
atlas
There are ____ bones in the facial bones of the skull.
14
8
22
80
What bone is shown?
(a)
Immoveable joints are called
(a)
In an infant skull, the membranes or soft spots are called
fontanels
sutures
ligaments
holes
Name this bone (a)
The only paired cranial bones are
temporal
parietal
sphenoid
occipital
All human teeth are located in which facial bones?
mandible
maxillae
zygomatic
nasal
How many vertebrae are you born with?
26
33
12
22
What two (2) vertebrae are fused in the vertebral column?
(a)
An abnormal curvature of the thoracic region of the vertebral column is called__.
Scoliosis
Kyphosis
Lordosis
Osteoporosis
There are how many regions in the vertebral column?
3
5
7
9
Everyone has the same number of (a) vertebrae in the human vertebral column.
The paranasal sinuses are clustered around the
nasal cavity
orbital cavity
oral cavity
thoracic cavity
Indicate which facial bones from the list below are single unpaired facial bones.
maxillae
mandible
vomer
nasal
zygomatic
There are (a) cervical vertebra in the human vertebral column.
Which is not a function of the paranasal sinuses?
warm inspired air
lighten the skull
collect mucus
amplify sound
The suture that articulates the parietal and frontal bones is the
lambdoidial suture
squamous suture
coronal suture
sagittal suture
There are ___ lumbar vertebra in the vertebral column.
1
5
7
12
The axial skeleton is composed of (3) sets of bones which include....
(check all that apply)
skull
girdles
thoracic cage
upper limbs
vertebral column
