Geneva College BIO 121
Portage Learning: A&P 1 Module 4
Questions Complete and Provided
with A+ Verified Answers Latest
Updated 2026
What is the function of the flat bones? Produce red blood cells; protection of internal organs (skull protects
the brain).
Describe the shape of a long bone and what its Long and thin; designed to support body weight and enable movement
design allows.
Name the five basic bone shapes. Long, flat, short, irregular, and sesamoid.
What term best describes a hollow chamber in Sinus
bone, usually filled with air?
True or false: A sulcus is a raised ridge in bone. False
What division of the skeleton lies along the Axial
midline?
True or false: Fontanelles are present in adults. False
What two bones of the cranium lie primarily within The sphenoid and the ethmoid bones
the skull?
True or false: The frontal bone is a paired bone of False
the cranium.
, Which bone contains the foramen magnum? The occipital bone
What is the purpose of the foramen magnum? The spinal cord passes to become the brain stem
Sinusitis is an infection of the Sinuses
What is the function of the nasal conchae? To swirl the air as it is breathed in through the nasal passages, helping to
warm and humidify the air before it enters the lower respiratory system.
What are the only unpaired bones of the facial The mandible and the vomer
skeleton?
What bone forms the anterior portion of the hard The maxilla
palate?
TERM LOCATION
Foramen Magnum
True or false: A typical spine is completely straight False (note the typical curvatures in a spinal column)
when standing vertically.
True or false: The vertebral body is located False (located anteriorly, but the spinous processes are the structures
anteriorly and can be palpated along the surface that can be palpated along the surface of the back)
of the back.
The vertebrae fit together to protect the ---- The spinal cord
located in the vertebral canal.
True or False: A typical thoracic vertebra has a bifid False
spinous process.
What is the purpose of transverse foramina in Passage of vertebral arteries and veins
cervical spinal vertebrae?
What region of the spine contains costal facets? Thoracic
What is the purpose of costal facets? Articulations with ribs
Which region of the spine has the largest vertebral Lumbar
bodies?
The line along the midline of the sacrum is called Median sacral crest.
the
True or False: Ribs 11 and 12 have no posterior False
attachment to the thoracic vertebrae.
True or false: Anteriorly, the clavicle connects to False
the scapula.
True or false: The medial border of the False
scapula connects directly to the neck of
the scapula.
Portage Learning: A&P 1 Module 4
Questions Complete and Provided
with A+ Verified Answers Latest
Updated 2026
What is the function of the flat bones? Produce red blood cells; protection of internal organs (skull protects
the brain).
Describe the shape of a long bone and what its Long and thin; designed to support body weight and enable movement
design allows.
Name the five basic bone shapes. Long, flat, short, irregular, and sesamoid.
What term best describes a hollow chamber in Sinus
bone, usually filled with air?
True or false: A sulcus is a raised ridge in bone. False
What division of the skeleton lies along the Axial
midline?
True or false: Fontanelles are present in adults. False
What two bones of the cranium lie primarily within The sphenoid and the ethmoid bones
the skull?
True or false: The frontal bone is a paired bone of False
the cranium.
, Which bone contains the foramen magnum? The occipital bone
What is the purpose of the foramen magnum? The spinal cord passes to become the brain stem
Sinusitis is an infection of the Sinuses
What is the function of the nasal conchae? To swirl the air as it is breathed in through the nasal passages, helping to
warm and humidify the air before it enters the lower respiratory system.
What are the only unpaired bones of the facial The mandible and the vomer
skeleton?
What bone forms the anterior portion of the hard The maxilla
palate?
TERM LOCATION
Foramen Magnum
True or false: A typical spine is completely straight False (note the typical curvatures in a spinal column)
when standing vertically.
True or false: The vertebral body is located False (located anteriorly, but the spinous processes are the structures
anteriorly and can be palpated along the surface that can be palpated along the surface of the back)
of the back.
The vertebrae fit together to protect the ---- The spinal cord
located in the vertebral canal.
True or False: A typical thoracic vertebra has a bifid False
spinous process.
What is the purpose of transverse foramina in Passage of vertebral arteries and veins
cervical spinal vertebrae?
What region of the spine contains costal facets? Thoracic
What is the purpose of costal facets? Articulations with ribs
Which region of the spine has the largest vertebral Lumbar
bodies?
The line along the midline of the sacrum is called Median sacral crest.
the
True or False: Ribs 11 and 12 have no posterior False
attachment to the thoracic vertebrae.
True or false: Anteriorly, the clavicle connects to False
the scapula.
True or false: The medial border of the False
scapula connects directly to the neck of
the scapula.
