Axial Skeleton Labeling Flashcards

<p>Sagittal suture</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The frontal bone is the bone that forms the forehead.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The supraorbital foramen is an opening above the eye socket.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nasal bone forms the bridge of the nose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The maxilla is the upper jawbone that holds the upper teeth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The eye orbit is the bony cavity that contains the eye.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The zygomatic bone, also known as the cheekbone, forms the prominence of the cheeks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mandible is the lower jawbone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mental foramen is a hole in the mandible that allows nerves and blood vessels to pass through.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The vomer is a bone that forms part of the nasal septum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lacrimal bone is a small bone forming part of the eye socket.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The parietal bones are two bones that form the sides and roof of the skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The temporal bone is located at the sides and base of the skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The occipital bone protects the back of the brain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sphenoidal bone is a butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The external acoustic meatus is the ear canal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The zygomatic process is a bony projection that forms part of the cheekbone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The palatine bone forms part of the hard palate of the mouth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Occipital condyles are rounded knobs on the occipital bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The foramen magnum is a large opening at the base of the skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ethmoid bone is a complex bone between the eyes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mandibular foramen is an opening in the mandible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mastoid is a bony prominence behind the ear.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The styloid process is a slender pointed piece of bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sella turcica is a saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cribriform plate is a thin bone that forms the roof of the nasal cavity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The crista galli is a vertical piece of bone in the ethmoid bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The frontal sinus is an air-filled space within the frontal bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ethmoid sinus is a group of small air cells in the ethmoid bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sphenoid sinus is a large air-filled cavity within the sphenoid bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The maxillary sinus is the largest sinus located within the maxilla.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The anterior fontanelle is the soft spot on an infant's skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Posterior fontanelles are the soft spots at the back of an infant's skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sphenoidal fontanelles are soft spots located on the sides of an infant's skull.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mastoid fontanelle is the soft spot near the mastoid process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cervical vertebra is one of the seven vertebrae in the neck.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A thoracic vertebra is one of the twelve vertebrae in the mid-back.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A lumbar vertebra is one of the five vertebrae in the lower back.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sacrum is a triangular bone at the base of the spine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The coccyx, or tailbone, is a small bone at the base of the vertebral column.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The body of a vertebra is the thick, cylindrical anterior part of the vertebra.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transverse process is a bony projection on either side of a vertebra.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spinous process is the bony projection that extends posteriorly from a vertebra.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The vertebral foramen is the hole in the center of a vertebra.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The intervertebral foramen is an opening between adjacent vertebrae.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An intervertebral disc is a pad of cartilage between adjacent vertebrae.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transverse foramina are openings in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The dens is a bony projection of the axis vertebra.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A bifid spinous process is a spinous process that is split into two parts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A costal facet is a small articular surface for rib connection on a vertebra.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sacral foramina are openings in the sacrum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Manubrium is the upper part of the sternum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Coccyx, or tailbone, is the small bone at the base of the spine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Sacrum is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spinal column.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The body of the sternum is the central part of the breastbone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The xiphoid process is the small cartilaginous extension at the lower end of the sternum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cervical vertebrae are the vertebrae in the neck region.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thoracic vertebrae are the vertebrae of the mid-back.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lumbar vertebrae are the vertebrae in the lower back.</p> Signup and view all the answers