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EZ-Anat Ch. 7
Barron's E-Z Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 7 review
Question | Answer |
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The bones of the upper and lower appendages comprise the: | appendicular skeleton |
Movement of the bones is provided by the body's: | skeletal muscles |
The cranial bones are fused together at immovable joints known as: | sutures |
The forehead and anterior roof of the cranium is formed by the: | frontal bone |
The posterial cranial floor is formed by the: | occipital bone |
The occipital bone contains a large hole for passage of the spinal cord known as the: | foramen magnum |
The bones that form the side walls of the cranium are called the: | temporal bones |
The mastoid process is a rounded process of the: | temporal bone |
The projection of the temporal bone helping form the cheekbone is the: | zygomatic process |
The cranial bone that has the shape of a butterfly and forms the anterior internal floor of the cranium is the: | sphenoid bone |
Membranous areas between the skull bones present in the newborn are known as: | fontanels |
Each zygomatic bone has a projection forming the anterior cheekbone and is known as the: | temporal process |
The smallest facial bones are the: | maxillae |
The lower jaw bone is shaped as a horseshoe and is called the | mandible |
The vertebral column is composed of 26 bones known as | vertebrae |
The five sacral vertebrae fuse to one another to form the: | sacrum |
The vertebrae of the neck are known as: | cervical vertebrae |
The unfused vertebrae of the vertebral column are seperated from one another by: | intervertebral disks |
An abnormal sideways curve of the spinal column is known as: | scoliosis |
The spinal cord extends through the vertebral column by passing through openings in the vertebrae known as: | vertebral foramena |
The first vertebrae of the vertebral column is the: | atlas |
The three recognizable parts of the sternum are the manubrium, the body, and the: | xiphoid process |
The last two pairs of ribs do not attach to the sternum and are known as: | floating ribs |
The arms are connected to the rib cage by connecting bones organized as the: | pectoral girdle |
The anterior rod-shaped bone connecting the arm bones to the axial skeleton is the: | scapula |
The olecranon process is a feature of the: | ulna |
The phalanges of the hand are the bones found in the: | fingers |
The three bones of the pelvis are the ilium, ischium, and the: | pubis |
Where the ilium joins the sacrum, the joint is known as the: | sacroiliac joint |
The largest and strongest bone of the human body is the: | femur |
The kneecap bone is called the: | patella |
The thin leg bone extending down the lateral portion of the lower leg is the: | fibula |
The larger leg bone found on the medial side of the lower leg is the: | tibia |
The ankle of the lower leg is formed by a series of tarsals that number: | seven |
The toe bones are known as: | phalanges |