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The Axial Skeleton
What is what in the axial skeleton?
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Anatomy
11th Grade
02/07/2014

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Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Forehead bone
Definition
Frontal
Term
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Cheekbone
Definition
Zygomatic
Term
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Lower jaw
Definition
Mandible
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Bridge of nose
Definition
Nasal
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Posterior bones of the hard palate
Definition
Palatine
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Much of the lateral and superior cranium
Definition
Parietal
Term
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Single, irregular, bat shaped bone forming part of the cranial floor
Definition
Sphenoid
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Tiny bones bearing tear ducts
Definition
Lacrimal
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Anterior part of the hard palate
Definition
Palatine
Term
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Superior and medial nasal conchae formed from its projections
Definition
Ethmoid
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Site of mastoid process
Definition
Temporal
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Site of sella turcica
Definition
Sphenoid
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Site of cribriform plate
Definition
Ethmoid
Term
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Site of mental foramen
Definition
Mandible
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Site of the styloid processes
Definition
Temporal
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Four bones containing paranasal sinuses
Definition
Ethmoid, Frontal, Maxilla, and Sphenoid
Term
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Condyles here articulate with the atlas
Definition
Mandible
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Foramen magnum contained here
Definition
Occipital
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Small U-shaped bone in the neck where many tongue muscles attach
Definition
Hyoid
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Middle ear found here
Definition
Temporal
Term
Name the bone(s) that correspond to the description:
Nasal septum
Definition
Vomer
Term
What are two possible functions of the sinuses?
Definition
Resonating chambers for speech; a humidifier
Term
What are two possible functions of the sinuses?
Definition
Resonating chambers for speech; a humidifier
Term
Why can the sphenoid bone be called the keystone of the cranial floor?
Definition
Because almost every bone in the skull connects to it.
Term
Name the part of the vertabral column based off the description:
Dens here provides a pivot for rotation of the first cervical vertabrae (C1)
Definition
Axis
Term
Name the part of the vertabral column based off the description:
Transverse processes faceted for articulation with ribs; spinous process pointing sharply downward
Definition
Thoracic
Term
Name the part of the vertabral column based off the description:
Composite bone; articulates with the hip bone laterally
Definition
Sacrum
Term
Name the part of the vertabral column based off the description:
"Tail bone"; vestigial fused vertabrae
Definition
Coccyx
Term
Name the part of the vertabral column based off the description:
Supports the head; allows a rocking motion in conjunction with the occipital condyles
Definition
Atlas
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