Axial Skeleton: Practice Quiz

I. The Cranium & Sutures

1. The smooth area between the eyebrows on the Frontal bone: (Answer)

Glabella

2. The thickened ridge above each eye orbit: (Answer)

Supraorbital margin

3. Opening/notch located in the supraorbital margin: (Answer)

Supraorbital foramen

4. Suture between the Frontal bone and the Parietal bones: (Answer)

Coronal suture

5. Suture connecting the two Parietal bones: (Answer)

Sagittal suture

6. Suture between Parietal bones and Occipital bone: (Answer)

Lambdoid suture

7. Suture between Parietal and Temporal bones: (Answer)

Squamous suture

II. Cranial Landmarks

Temporal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Occipital

Match Bone to Landmark: (Answers)

8. Greater & Lesser Wings:

9. Crista Galli & Cribriform Plate:

10. Mastoid & Styloid Processes:

11. Foramen Magnum & Occipital Condyles:

8: Sphenoid | 9: Ethmoid | 10: Temporal | 11: Occipital

12. Saddle-shaped depression housing the pituitary: (Answer)

Sella turcica (on Sphenoid)

13. Internal rocky ridge on the temporal bone: (Answer)

Petrous portion

14. Passageway for the Optic nerve: (Answer)

Optic canal

15. Canal for the internal carotid artery: (Answer)

Carotid canal

16. Opening for internal jugular vein and CN IX, X, XI: (Answer)

Jugular foramen

17. Large jagged opening between temporal and sphenoid: (Answer)

Foramen lacerum

III. Facial Bones

18. Bone containing the infraorbital foramen and upper teeth sockets: (Answer)

Maxilla

19. Tooth sockets found on both the Maxilla and Mandible: (Answer)

Alveolar margin

20. Largest and strongest bone of the face; only movable skull bone: (Answer)

Mandible

21. Mandibular process that articulates with the temporal bone: (Answer)

Mandibular condyle

22. Pointy anterior projection of the mandibular ramus: (Answer)

Coronoid process

23. Openings on the anterior chin for nerves/vessels: (Answer)

Mental foramen

24. Openings on the internal surface of the mandibular ramus: (Answer)

Mandibular foramen

25. Two bones that form the bridge of the nose: (Answer)

Nasal bones

26. Bone forming the inferior part of the nasal septum: (Answer)

Vomer

27. Bone in the neck that doesn't articulate with any other bone: (Answer)

Hyoid bone

IV. Vertebral Column

28. Weight-bearing anterior part of a vertebra: (Answer)

Centrum (body)

29. Hole in a vertebra through which the spinal cord passes: (Answer)

Vertebral foramen

30. Posterior-most projection of a vertebra: (Answer)

Spinous process

31. Two lateral projections from the vertebral arch: (Answer)

Transverse processes

32. There are Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar vertebrae.

7 Cervical, 12 Thoracic, 5 Lumbar

33. Name for C1: (Answer)

Atlas

34. Name for C2: (Answer)

Axis

35. Pivot point on the Axis (C2): (Answer)

Dens (Odontoid process)

36. Features found ONLY on Cervical vertebrae: (Answer)

Transverse foramina

37. Features found ONLY on Thoracic vertebrae: (Answer)

Costal facets (for rib attachment)

38. The 5 fused bones forming the back of the pelvis: (Answer)

Sacrum

39. Lateral wings of the sacrum: (Answer)

Ala

40. Posterior ridge on the sacrum formed by fused spinous processes: (Answer)

Median sacral crest

41. Holes in the sacrum for nerve passage: (Answer)

Sacral foramina

42. The "tailbone" (3-5 fused bones): (Answer)

Coccyx

V. Thoracic Cage

43. Ribs 1-7: (Answer)

True ribs

44. Ribs 8-12: (Answer)

False ribs

45. Ribs 11-12 specifically: (Answer)

Floating ribs

46. Material connecting ribs to the sternum: (Answer)

Costal cartilage (Hyaline)

47. Order the Sternum (Superior to Inferior):

Body
Manubrium
Xiphoid process
Top:
Middle:
Bottom:

48. Notch on manubrium where clavicles articulate: (Answer)

Clavicular notch

49. Indentation on the superior border of the manubrium: (Answer)

Jugular notch

VI. Bone Marking Terminology

50. Shallow, basin-like depression in a bone: (Answer)

Fossa

51. Round or oval opening through a bone: (Answer)

Foramen

52. Canal-like passageway through a bone: (Answer)

Meatus

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