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Axial Skeleton

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this?
a)
Frontal
b)
Mandible
c)
Occipital
d)
Parietal
2.
What is this?
a)
Mandible
b)
Maxillae
c)
Zygomatic
d)
Lacrimal
3.
What is this?
a)
Nasal
b)
Lacrimal
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Vomer
4.
What is this?
a)
Parietal
b)
Occipital
c)
Frontal
d)
Temporal
5.
What is this?
a)
Manubrium
b)
Xiphoid Process
c)
Body
d)
Costal Cartilage
6.
What is this?
a)
Manubrium
b)
Body
c)
Xiphoid Process
d)
Clavicle
7.
What is this?
a)
Sella Turcica of the Sphenoid Bone
b)
Sella Turcica of the Ethmoid bone
c)
Styloid Process of the frontal bone
d)
Mastoid Process of the sphenoid bone
8.
Ribs that attach directly to the sternum?
a)
True ribs
b)
False Ribs
c)
Floating Ribs
9.
What is this?
a)
Vomer
b)
Ethmoid
c)
Palatine
d)
Sphenoid
10.
There are 12 of these and they articulate with ribs
a)
Thoracic vertebrae
b)
Cervical Vertebrae
c)
Lumbar Vertebrae
d)
Sacral vertebrae
11.
Largest vertebral region that articulates with the pelvis
a)
Sacrum
b)
Coccygeal
c)
C1
d)
L5
12.
C1, articulates with the head
a)
Axis
b)
Atlas
13.
C2, acts as pivot point for C1
a)
Atlas
b)
Axis
14.
Which of the following would be found in the lower back?
a)
C4
b)
T5
c)
L3
d)
L10
15.
Which of the following would be found in the neck?
a)
C3
b)
C10
c)
T3
d)
L4
16.
Manubrium, Body, and Xiphoid Process are all parts of the 
a)
Sternum
b)
Vertebral column
c)
Temporal bone
d)
Pelvis
17.
What is this?
a)
Costal Cartilage
b)
True Ribs
c)
False Ribs
d)
Sternum
18.
Label 1
a)
Frontal Sinus
b)
Maxillary Sinus
c)
Ethmoid Sinus
d)
Sphenoid Sinus
19.
Label 4
a)
Frontal Sinus
b)
Maxillary Sinus
c)
Ethmoid Sinus
d)
Sphenoid Sinus
20.
Label 2
a)
Frontal Sinus
b)
Maxillary Sinus
c)
Ethmoid Sinus
d)
Sphenoid Sinus
21.
Label 2
a)
Lacrimal
b)
Ethmoid
c)
Vomer
d)
Zygomatic
22.
Label 2
a)
Lambdoidal suture
b)
Coronal suture
c)
Temporal bone
d)
Parietal Bone
23.
Label 8
a)
Lambdoidal suture
b)
Coronal suture
c)
Temporal bone
d)
Parietal Bone
24.

Contains 22 bones; rests on the top of vertebral column

a)

sutures

b)

cranial bones

c)

skull (cranium)

d)

frontal bone

25.

14 bones that form the face

a)

cranial bones

b)

foramina

c)

frontal bone

d)

facial bones

26.

forms cranial cavity; protects brain

a)

facial bones

b)

frontal bone

c)

cranial bones

d)

temporal bones

27.

forms cranial cavity; protects brain

a)

facial bones

b)

frontal bone

c)

cranial bones

d)

temporal bones

28.

form the sides and roof of the cranial cavity

a)

parietal bones

b)

temporal bones

c)

occipital bone

d)

nasal bones

29.

found in the middle part of the base of the skull

a)

ethmoid

b)

sphenoid

c)

occipital bone

d)

nasal bones

30.

pair of bones that form the upper jawbone

a)

maxillae

b)

mandible

c)

zygomatic

d)

lacrimal

31.

two bones known as the "cheek" bones

a)

maxillae

b)

zygomatic

c)

lacrimal

d)

palatine

32.

smallest bones of the face; found at the medial wall of the orbits

a)

maxillae

b)

zygomatic

c)

palatine

d)

lacrimal

33.

two "L" shaped bones found on the back of the hard palate

a)

inferior nasal conchae

b)

vomer

c)

palatine

d)

lacrimal

34.

lower jaw bone

a)

maxillae

b)

mandible

c)

nasal septum

d)

orbits

35.

holds the eyes; there are seven bones that form these depressions

a)

nasal septum

b)

foramina

c)

vomer

d)

orbits

36.

Which section of the vertebrae is highlighted

a)

thoracic

b)

cervical

c)

lumbar

d)

sacral

37.

Which section of the vertebral column is highlighted

a)

cervical

b)

lumbar

c)

thoracic

d)

coccyx

38.

Which section of the vertebral column is shown?

a)

cervical

b)

lumbar

c)

thoracic

d)

sacral

39.

Which ribs are highlighted

a)

true ribs

b)

false ribs

c)

floating ribs

40.

Which section of the rib cage is highlighted

a)

true ribs

b)

false ribs

c)

floating ribs

41.

Looking at the diagram how do true ribs differ from false ribs?

a)

True ribs are attached directly to the sternum but the false ribs are not directly attached.

b)

True ribs are not directly attached to the sternum but the false ribs are attached directly to the sternum

c)

True ribs are not directly attached to the sternum but the false ribs are completely detached.

42.

C1, (1st cervical vertebra) articulates with the head

a)

Axis

b)

Atlas

43.

What bone is highlighted in red?

a)

cranium

b)

mandible

c)

scapula

d)

clavicle

44.

C2, (2nd cervical vertebra) acts as pivot point for C1

a)

Atlas

b)

Axis

45.

Identify the facial bone shown from different angles & highlighted in yellow.

a)

Sphenoid

b)

Ethmoid

c)

Palatine

d)

Vomer

46.

When you see the word "articulate" with bones of the skeletal system what does that mean?

a)

They join together.

b)

They are on opposite sides of the body.

c)

They are always made of sutures.

d)

They are always only on the axial skeleton

47.

What is the name of the connections between skull bones?

a)

xiphoids

b)

processes

c)

sutures

d)

synovials

48.

Where do we find sinuses in the body?

a)

skull/cranium

b)

sternum

c)

femur

d)

mandible

49.

What bone term is the yellowish areas on these skulls?

a)

foramen

b)

Fossas

c)

Fontanels

d)

Meatus's

50.

Your ear canal is a sinus.

a)

true

b)

false

51.

Where do fontanels occur?

a)

Skulls of teens

b)

Vertebra of adults

c)

skull of infants

d)

vertebra of infants

52.

The largest hole seen on this inferior skull is a or an

a)

fossa

b)

fontanel

c)

foramen

d)

anchor

53.

What is the structure in the picture?

a)

foramen magnum

b)

occipital condyles

c)

external auditory meatus

d)

zygomatic process

e)

sella turcica

54.
The adult skeletal system is composed of how many bones?
a)
216
b)
371
c)
206
d)
199
55.

What is the cranium?

a)

spine

b)

skull

c)

thigh

d)

arm

56.
Who has more bones: an adult or a baby?
a)
baby
b)
adult
c)
both have the same
d)
neither have bones
57.

The axial skeleton is

a)

the head and trunk

b)

the limbs

c)

the whole skeleton

d)

just the head

58.

What is a cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane?

a)

whole

b)

foramen

c)

sinus

d)

fontanel

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