The axial skeleton flash card

Condyles are found in the axial skeleton only.

Trochanters are unique to the femur.

The mastoid process cannot be palpated on a living person.

Paranasal sinuses are lined by mucous membranes, and filled with mucus

The optic foramen belongs to the sphenoid bone.

Sutures are found in the cranial bones, facial bones, and sacral bones.

The atlantoaxial joint is the joint between C1 and C2.

All ribs articulate with the sternum.

Men have one rib fewer than women.

The four bones of the distal row of the carpus from lateral to medial are pisiform, hamate, capitate, and trapezoid

The styloid process can be palpated proximal to the thumb

There are three bones in the pollex.

The pubic symphysis can be palpated as a hard prominence above the genitalia.

Medial and lateral condyles of the femur are involved in the hip joint.

The ischium is posterior to the pubis and inferior to the ilium.

The average number of bones in the adult skeleton is

All the bones listed below belong to the axial skeleton, except ___________, which belongs to the appendicular

A rounded knob that articulates with another bone is called a

Any bony prominence is called

Why does an adult not have as many bones as a child?

What is a sesamoid bone?

A hole through a bone that usually allows passage for nerves and blood vessels is called a

All the bones listed below belong to the appendicular skeleton except

Most of the bones of the skull are connected by immovable joints called

Sinuses are not found in the

_______________ is not found in the temporal bone

___________ are not facial bones.

The _________ houses the pituitary gland (hypophysis) and is found in the ____________.

There are two of each of the following bones except for the unpaired

The ______________ suture separates the temporal bone from the parietal bone

These are bones associated with the skull but not considered part of it except

Fontanels are ____________ in an infant.

All of these contribute to the wall of the orbit except

This image shows a lateral view of the skull. What does “4” represent?

This image shows a lateral view of the skull. What does “2” represent?

This image shows a lateral view of the skull. What does “2” represent?

This image shows an inferior view of the skull. What does “2” represent?

Vertebrae are divided into five groups, usually ____________ cervical, ____________ thoracic, _________________ lumbar, ___________ sacral, and ____________ coccygeal

The most common deformity is an abnormal lateral curvature called

Which intervertebral disc is largest?

_____________ does not belong to a representative vertebra

The axis is the only vertebra with a

These are all features found in a typical thoracic vertebra except

The _____________ belongs to the thoracic cage, whereas the _____________ belongs to the pectoral girdle.

The manubrium belongs to

Rib 7 is a

The ___ can be easily palpated between the clavicles.

The spinous process has a bifid tip in most _______________ vertebrae

In a herniated (“ruptured” or “slipped”) disc, the ring of fibrocartilage called the ___________ cracks and the _____________ oozes out.

Costal cartilages connect

_____________ do(does) not belong to the pectoral girdle.

The acromion is a feature of the

The brachium contains the ________________, whereas the antebrachium contains the ________________.

The glenoid cavity of the _______________ articulates with the head of the _____________.

The right hand of an adult has _____________ bones

This image shows the adult skeleton. What does “2” represent?

This image shows the adult skeleton. What does “4” represent?

This image shows the adult skeleton. What does “2” represent?

This image shows the adult skeleton. What does “4” represent?

Spines are conspicuous in the

The acetabulum articulates with the

The head of an infant passes through the __________________ during birth.

Male and female pelves differ in the following features

The ______________ does not belong to the femur

You cannot palpate the ________________ on a living person.