BIOL 252L Final Exam Study Guide –
Complete Review 2026
frontal, sphenoid, zygomatic, maxillary, ethmoid, lacrimal - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the bones
that make up the the orbit/orbital cavity?
maxillary and palatine bones - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the bones that make up the the oral
cavity?
movement in sagittal plane (nodding head up and down) - ANSWER ✔✨---What does the atlas
allow us to do?
allows rotation between C1 and C2 (shaking head no) - ANSWER ✔✨---What does the axis allow us
to do?
vertebra prominens - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the nickname of the C7 vertebra?
cervical- long spinous processes; thoracic- costal facets lumbar- large bodies - ANSWER ✔✨---
What defines a cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebra from each other?
... - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the different parts of the sacrum and how do these structures relate
to a
, regulate vertebra?
manubrium, body, xiphoid process - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the 3 parts of the sternum?
ribs 1-7 - ANSWER ✔✨---Which ribs are the true ribs?
ribs 8-12 - ANSWER ✔✨---Which ribs are the false ribs?
false - ANSWER ✔✨---True or False: the hyoid bone articulates with other bones.
sella turcica - ANSWER ✔✨---What structure holds the pituitary gland?
internal acoustic meatus - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the passage for the CN VIII called?
vestibulocochlear - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the CN VIII?
- ANSWER ✔✨---What bones are in the pectoral girdle?
- ANSWER ✔✨---What bones are in the pelvic girdle?
ischial tuberosity - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the part of the pelvis that you sit on? (Be specific)
sternoclavicular and sacroiliac - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the 2 joints that joins the appendicular and
axial skeleton?
adduction - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the name of the movement of bringing the humerus towards
the body
medially?
Complete Review 2026
frontal, sphenoid, zygomatic, maxillary, ethmoid, lacrimal - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the bones
that make up the the orbit/orbital cavity?
maxillary and palatine bones - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the bones that make up the the oral
cavity?
movement in sagittal plane (nodding head up and down) - ANSWER ✔✨---What does the atlas
allow us to do?
allows rotation between C1 and C2 (shaking head no) - ANSWER ✔✨---What does the axis allow us
to do?
vertebra prominens - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the nickname of the C7 vertebra?
cervical- long spinous processes; thoracic- costal facets lumbar- large bodies - ANSWER ✔✨---
What defines a cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebra from each other?
... - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the different parts of the sacrum and how do these structures relate
to a
, regulate vertebra?
manubrium, body, xiphoid process - ANSWER ✔✨---What are the 3 parts of the sternum?
ribs 1-7 - ANSWER ✔✨---Which ribs are the true ribs?
ribs 8-12 - ANSWER ✔✨---Which ribs are the false ribs?
false - ANSWER ✔✨---True or False: the hyoid bone articulates with other bones.
sella turcica - ANSWER ✔✨---What structure holds the pituitary gland?
internal acoustic meatus - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the passage for the CN VIII called?
vestibulocochlear - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the CN VIII?
- ANSWER ✔✨---What bones are in the pectoral girdle?
- ANSWER ✔✨---What bones are in the pelvic girdle?
ischial tuberosity - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the part of the pelvis that you sit on? (Be specific)
sternoclavicular and sacroiliac - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the 2 joints that joins the appendicular and
axial skeleton?
adduction - ANSWER ✔✨---What is the name of the movement of bringing the humerus towards
the body
medially?
