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Axial Skeleton + Processes

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 16hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify bone "F"

a)

Temporal

b)

Parietal

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Zygomatic

2.

Identify Bone "H"

a)

Zygomatic

b)

Maxilla

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Lacrimal

3.

identify Bone "B"

a)

Maxilla

b)

Mandible

c)

Zygomatic

d)

Sphenoid

4.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Temporal
c)
Parietal
d)
Lacrimal
5.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Temporal
c)
Parietal
d)
Occipital 
6.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Frontal
c)
Parietal
d)
Lacrimal
7.
a)

frontal

b)

sphenoid

c)

zygomatic

d)

nasal

8.
a)

maxilla

b)

mandible

c)

zygomatic

d)

parietal

9.
a)
Maxilla
b)
Frontal
c)
Mandible
d)
Sphenoid
10.
a)
Occipital
b)
Parietal
c)
Temporal
d)
Sphenoid
11.
a)
Mandible
b)
Parietal
c)
Temporal
d)
Sphenoid
12.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Temporal
c)
Parietal
d)
Lacrimal
13.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Vomer
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Lacrimal
14.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Vomer
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Lacrimal
15.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Vomer
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Lacrimal
16.

What bone is pictured here

a)

Zygomatic

b)

Lacrimal

c)

Nasal bone

d)

Ethmoid

17.

The purple bone(s) is (are) called the

a)

palatine bone(s)

b)

lacrimal bone(s)

c)

septum bone(s)

d)

vomer bone(s)

18.
The scientific name for skull is______________.
a)
cranium
b)
brain
c)
head
d)
noggin
19.

Which bone is #6 pointing to?

a)

Lacrimal

b)

Inferior nasal concha

c)

Zygomatic

d)

Mandible

20.

Identify cranial bone "B"

a)

Lacrimal

b)

Ethmoid

c)

Parietal

d)

Sphenoid

21.

Identify cranial bone "A"

a)

Ethmoid

b)

Sphenoid

c)

Lacrimal

d)

Temporal

22.

Identify Bone "D"

a)

Sphenoid

b)

Ethmoid

c)

Lacrimal

d)

Nasal

23.

Identify Bone "B"

a)

Lacrimal

b)

Ethmoid

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Nasal

24.

Identify Bone "C"

a)

Lacrimal

b)

Ethmoid

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Nasal

25.

Identify Bone "E"

a)

Vomer

b)

Nasal

c)

Maxilla

d)

Inferior Nasal Conchae

26.

Identify Bone "D"

a)

Ethmoid

b)

Vomer

c)

Inferior Nasal Conchae

d)

Maxilla

27.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Vomer
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Lacrimal
28.

Bone #9 is...

a)

Palatine Bone

b)

Mandible

c)

Parietal Bone

d)

Zygomatic Bone

29.

What bone is pictured here?

a)

Palatine Bone

b)

Volmer Bone

c)

Ethmoid Bone

d)

Sphenoid Bone

30.

Identify bone "E"

a)

Temporal

b)

Parietal

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Zygomatic

31.

Identify bone "D"

a)

Temporal

b)

Parietal

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Ethmoid

32.

Which bone is #1 pointing to?

a)

Lacrimal

b)

Inferior nasal concha

c)

Zygomatic

d)

Palatine

33.

Which bone is #3 pointing to?

a)

Lacrimal

b)

Inferior nasal concha

c)

Vomer

d)

Palatine

34.
What feature is this?
a)
Styloid Process
b)
Mastoid Process
c)
Zygomatic Process
d)
Foramen Magnum
35.
What feature is this?
a)
Optic Canal
b)
Carotid Canal
c)
Foramen Magnum
d)
Jugular Foramen
36.

What are the structures in the picture?

a)

foramen magnum

b)

occipital condyles

c)

external auditory meatus

d)

zygomatic process

37.

What is the structure in the picture?

a)

foramen magnum

b)

occipital condyles

c)

external auditory meatus

d)

zygomatic process

38.

What is the structure on this picture?

a)

infraorbital foramen

b)

palatine process

c)

zygomatic arch

d)

mental foramen

39.

The depressions on the temporal bones (within the red ovals) are called...

a)

mandibular notch

b)

occipital crest

c)

mandibular fossae

d)

zygomatic arch

40.

What is the structure in this picture?

a)

infraorbital foramen

b)

zygomatic arch

c)

horizontal plate

d)

mental foramen

41.

What is the structure in the picture?

a)

foramen magnum

b)

occipital condyles

c)

external auditory meatus

d)

zygomatic process

e)

sella turcica

42.

What is the structure in the picture?

a)

foramen magnum

b)

occipital condyles

c)

styloid process

d)

zygomatic process

e)

mastoid process

43.

What is the structure in this picture?

a)

infraorbital foramen

b)

palatine process

c)

zygomatic arch

d)

horizontal plate

e)

mental foramen

44.

What type of suture is this?

a)

coronal

b)

squamosal

c)

lamboidal

d)

sagittal

45.

What is the structure in this picture?

a)

infraorbital foramen

b)

palatine process

c)

zygomatic arch

d)

horizontal plate

e)

mental foramen

46.

What type of suture is this?

a)

coronal

b)

squamosal

c)

lamboidal

d)

sagittal

47.

What type of suture is this?

a)

coronal

b)

squamosal

c)

lambdoidal

d)

sagittal

48.

What type of suture is this?

a)

coronal

b)

squamosal

c)

lambdoidal

d)

sagittal

49.

What feature is this?

a)

Zygomatic arch

b)

Occipital condyles

c)

Foramen magnum

d)

Vomer

50.

What feature is this?

a)

External acoustic meatus

b)

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

c)

Zygomatic arch

d)

Mastoid process

51.

What processes is #2

a)

Mastoid Process

b)

Maxillary Process

c)

Zygomatic Process

d)

Mandibular Process

52.

What process is letter A

a)

Styloid

b)

External Acoustic Meatus

c)

Mastoid Notch

d)

Mandibular Fossa

53.

What process is letter C

a)

Styloid

b)

External Acoustic Meatus

c)

Zygomatic Process

d)

Mandibular Fossa

54.

What process is letter C

a)

Lesser Wing of Sphenoid

b)

Greater Wing of Sphenoid

55.
a)
Occipital condyles
b)
Mastoid process
c)
Styloid process
d)
Zygomatic arch
56.

What feature is number 7?

a)

foramen magnum

b)

external occipital protuberance/EOP

c)

occipital condyles

d)

styloid process

57.

What process is letter F

a)

Styloid

b)

External Acoustic Meatus

c)

Mastoid Notch

d)

Mandibular Fossa

58.
Letter C is pointing to: 
a)
Vertebral Rib
b)
Manubrium
c)
Costal Cartilage
d)
Vertebralchondral Rib
59.
The pink represents
a)
transverse process
b)
spinous process
c)
body 
d)
foramen 
60.
The brown represents 
a)
transverse process
b)
spinous process
c)
foramen 
d)
body 
61.
The triangular hole within the vertebrae represents 
a)
spinous process
b)
transverse process
c)
body 
d)
foramen 
62.
Which section of the vertebral column is #3?
a)
cervical
b)
thoracic
c)
lumbar
d)
coccyx
63.
Which section of the vertebral column is #5?
a)
cervical
b)
thoracic
c)
lumbar
d)
coccyx
64.
What bone is #2 pointing to? 
a)
atlas
b)
axis
c)
lumbar
d)
thoracic 
65.
What bone is #1 pointing to? 
a)
atlas 
b)
axis 
c)
thoracic
d)
lumbar
66.
Which section of the vertebral column is #4?
a)
cervical
b)
thoracic
c)
lumbar
d)
coccyx
67.
What is # 7 pointing to? 
a)
cervical
b)
thoracic
c)
coccyx
d)
sacrum 
68.
What is # 6 pointing to? 
a)
cervical
b)
thoracic
c)
coccyx
d)
sacrum 
69.

What is # 8 pointing to?

a)

Intervertebral discs

b)

intra-thoracic discs

c)

Lumbar

d)

sacrum

70.

The yellow represents

a)

transverse process

b)

spinous process

c)

superior articulating process

d)

centrum (body)

71.
What bone is this?
a)
axis
b)
atlas
72.

What is number 1? Bony projection posteriorly.

a)

Transverse Process

b)

Spinous Process

c)

Body

d)

Pedicle

73.

What is number 3? Bony projection laterally from the vertebra.

a)

Demifacet

b)

Superior Articular Facet

c)

Transverse Process

d)

Lamina

74.
What is this?
a)
Manubrium
b)
Xiphoid Process
c)
Body
d)
Costal Cartilage
75.
What is this?
a)
Costal Cartilage
b)
True Ribs
c)
False Ribs
d)
Sternum
76.
Manubrium, Body, and Xiphoid Process are all parts of the 
a)
Sternum
b)
Vertebral column
c)
Temporal bone
d)
Pelvis
77.
Label 2
a)
Transverse foramen
b)
Vertebral foramen
c)
Transverse process
d)
Spinous process
78.

Label 3 is

a)

the body

b)

the vertebral foramen

c)

a transverse process

d)

for muscle attachment

79.

Label 7 is

a)

the transverse foramen

b)

the vertebral foramen

c)

a transverse process

d)

for muscle attachment

80.

This is the second cervical vertebrae (C2); it allows the head to rotate.

a)

Atlas

b)

Axis

81.
What is structure 20?
a)
true ribs
b)
false ribs
c)
floating ribs
d)
costal cartilage
82.

What is structure 22?

a)

true ribs

b)

false ribs

c)

floating ribs

d)

costal cartilage

83.

What is structure 21?

a)

true ribs

b)

false ribs

c)

floating ribs

d)

costal cartilage

84.

The green portion is? Where the spinal nerve roots exit the spinal cord/column.

a)

Vertebral Foramen

b)

Intra-spinous foramen

c)

Intervertebral Foramen

d)

Intra-vertebral Foramen

85.

What is Letter F?

a)

Sacral Promontory

b)

Transverse Ridges

c)

Apex

d)

Median Sacral Crest

86.

What is Letter A?

a)

Sacral Promontory

b)

Transverse Ridges

c)

Apex

d)

Median Sacral Crest

87.

What is Letter B?

a)

Sacral Promontory

b)

Transverse Ridges

c)

Apex

d)

Median Sacral Crest

88.

What is Letter E?

a)

Sacral Promontory

b)

Transverse Ridges

c)

Apex

d)

Median Sacral Crest

89.

What is the proper name of your "tail bone?"

a)

Pelvis

b)

Pubis

c)

Sacrum

d)

Coccyx

90.

What type of vertebrae is this?

a)

Lumbar

b)

Thoracic

c)

Cervical

d)

Sacrum

91.

What type of vertebrae is this?

a)

Lumbar

b)

Thoracic

c)

Cervical

d)

Sacrum

92.

What type of vertebrae is this?

a)

Lumbar

b)

Thoracic

c)

Cervical

d)

Sacrum

93.

What type of vertebrae is this?

a)

Lumbar

b)

Thoracic

c)

Cervical

d)

Sacrum

94.

What process is this pointing to?

a)

Zygomatic process of temporal bone

b)

Zygomatic Arch

c)

Temporal process of zygomatic bone

d)

Zygomatic Process

95.

What process is this pointing to?

a)

Zygomatic process of temporal bone

b)

Zygomatic Arch

c)

Temporal process of zygomatic bone

d)

Zygomatic Process

96.

What is the black line indicating

a)

Mandibular notch

b)

Zygomatic notch

c)

Palatine Plate

d)

Mandibular fossa

97.

What is the name of the hole being indicated by the arrow?

a)

superior orbital fissure

b)

Inferior orbital fissure

c)

Optic foramen

d)

Lacrimal forament

98.

What is the bone indicated by the arrow?

a)

Sphenoid

b)

Vomer

c)

Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid

d)

Sella Turcica

99.

What is the bone indicated by the highlighted area?

a)

Sphenoid

b)

Vomer

c)

Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid

d)

Sella Turcica

100.

What is the name of the back surface of the eye?

a)

Orbital Surface

b)

Orbital Sulcus

c)

Optic Foramen

d)

Orbital Foramen