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AXIAL skeleton

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this?
a)
Frontal
b)
Mandible
c)
Occipital
d)
Parietal
2.
What is this?
a)
Nasal
b)
Lacrimal
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Vomer
3.
What is this?
a)
Parietal
b)
Occipital
c)
Frontal
d)
Temporal
4.
What is this?
a)
Foramen Magnum
b)
Jugular Foramen
c)
Carotid Canal
d)
External Acoustic Meatus
5.
What is this?
a)
Mandible
b)
Maxillae
c)
Zygomatic
d)
Lacrimal
6.
Ribs that attach directly to the sternum?
a)
True ribs
b)
False Ribs
c)
Floating Ribs
7.
C1, articulates with the head
a)
Axis
b)
Atlas
8.
Manubrium, Body, and Xiphoid Process are all parts of the 
a)
Sternum
b)
Vertebral column
c)
Temporal bone
d)
Pelvis
9.
Label 2
a)
Mandibular condyle
b)
Gladiolus
c)
Angle
d)
Ramus
10.

Which bone is labeled E

a)

temporal

b)

sphenoid

c)

frontal

d)

zygomatic

11.

Which bone is bone 1

a)

zygomatic

b)

nasal

c)

vomer

d)

inferior nasal conche

12.

What bone is highlighted in red?

a)

cranium

b)

mandible

c)

scapula

d)

clavicle

13.

Identify bone 1 (green)

a)

Parietal

b)

Temporal

c)

Occipital

d)

Mandibular

14.
C2, acts as pivot point for C1
a)
Atlas
b)
Axis
15.
Label 1
a)
Occipital Condyle
b)
Foramen Magnum
c)
Transverse foramen
d)
Palatine bones
16.
Label 3
a)
Lacrimal
b)
Ethmoid
c)
Vomer
d)
Zygomatic
17.
Label 2
a)
Lambdoidal suture
b)
Coronal suture
c)
Temporal bone
d)
Parietal Bone
18.

What are the components of the axial skeleton?

Choose all that apply.

a)

Skull

b)

Hyoid Bone

c)

Vertebral Column

d)

Thoracic Cage

19.

The (a)   bone is the only bone in the body that has no direct attachment to the skeleton.

20.

How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region of the vertebral column?

a)

8

b)

7

c)

12

d)

11

21.

What is the first vertebrae called?

a)

Atlas

b)

Axis

c)

Sacrum

d)

Coccyx

22.

Number 11 is what bone?

a)

Maxillary bone

b)

Mandible

c)

Zygomatic bone

d)

Temporal bone

23.

Which of the following are cranial bones? Check ALL that apply.

a)

Inferior nasal conchae

b)

Parietal bone

c)

Sphenoid

d)

Nasal bone

e)

Ethmoid

24.

A bone whose nickname is the "hammer" would be known anatomically as the

a)

Incus

b)

Stapes

c)

Hyoid

d)

Malleus

e)

Mandible

25.

Which bone is an unpaired facial bone that forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum?

a)

Mandible

b)

Vomer

c)

Nasal bone

d)

Inferior nasal conchae

26.

The highlighted bone is the

a)

Inferior nasal conchae

b)

Vomer

c)

Mandible

d)

Ethmoid

27.

This pair of bones are the

a)

Lacrimal bones

b)

Nasal bones

c)

Maxillary bones

d)

Medial orbital bones

28.
What are the 2 types of skeletons?
a)
spongy bone and compact bone
b)
marrow and blood vessels
c)
axial and appendicular
29.
2 or more types of organs working together are...
a)
tissues
b)
organs
c)
organ system
d)
cells
30.
Which of the following make up the axial skeleton?
a)
cranium, tibia, fibula, vertebrae
b)
cranium, patella, sternum, pelvis
c)
clavicle, scapula, phalanges, tarsals
d)
cranium, sternum, vertebrae, ribs
31.
How many bones does an adult human have?
a)
300
b)
306
c)
206
d)
602
32.
What does your bone marrow make?
a)
muscles
b)
cartilage
c)
blood cells
d)
germs
33.

What is the scientific name of the 'lower jaw bone'?

a)

Maxilla

b)

Mandible

34.

The scientific name for the skull is the _____________.

a)

Cranium

b)

Zygomatic process

35.

A function of the skeletal system is to protect vital organs.

a)

True

b)

False

36.
2 or more types of organs working together are...
a)
tissues
b)
organs
c)
organ system
d)
cells
37.

The first vertebra that supports the skull

a)

sacrum

b)

coccyx

c)

axis

d)

atlas