ASM 275 PRACTICE EXAMS 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Coccyx - ✔✔Tail Bone
✔✔Femur - ✔✔Upper Leg Bone
✔✔Patella - ✔✔Knee Cap Bone
✔✔Tibia - ✔✔Shin Bone
✔✔Fibula - ✔✔Behind/Next to Shin Bone
✔✔Tarsals - ✔✔Ankle Bones
✔✔Metatarsals - ✔✔Similar to palm of hand bones but for feet
✔✔Phalanges (foot) - ✔✔Toe bones. Three in each toe (proximal, middle & distal) but
only two in each big toe.
✔✔Mandible - ✔✔Jaw Bone
✔✔Maxilla - ✔✔Bone surrounding Nasals
✔✔Frontal - ✔✔Forehead Bone
✔✔Parietal - ✔✔Top of Head Bone
✔✔Occipital - ✔✔Back of Head Bone
✔✔Temporal - ✔✔Bone attached to Parietal bone towards the bottom of skull
✔✔Zygomatic - ✔✔Cheek Bones
✔✔Nasals - ✔✔Nose Bone
✔✔Sphenoid - ✔✔Bone behind the eyes
✔✔Coronal - ✔✔Suture that runs horizontally between the parietal and frontal bones
✔✔Lambdoidal - ✔✔Suture that runs between the parietal, occipital, and temporal
bones
, ✔✔Sagittal - ✔✔Suture that is the midline separation between the parietal bones
✔✔Squamosal - ✔✔Suture on the lateral surface that separates the parietal from the
temporal bone
✔✔Incisors - ✔✔8 teeth
Biting Teeth that are up front
✔✔Canines - ✔✔4 teeth
Pointy Eyeteeth
✔✔Premolars - ✔✔8 teeth
✔✔Molars - ✔✔12 teeth
Remaining teeth at the back of mouth
Sometimes Wisdom teeth will be removed
✔✔Deciduous dentition - ✔✔Baby teeth, 20 total with 10 in each arch
✔✔Permanent dentition - ✔✔Adult teeth, set of 32 teeth
✔✔Enamel - ✔✔Pearly white material you see when you smile
dead tissue
✔✔Dentin - ✔✔Underneath the enamel
✔✔Pulp Chamber - ✔✔Nerve of the Tooth
✔✔Osteology - ✔✔The study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony
structures. It includes assessments of gross anatomy as well as different degrees of
microscopic structure.
✔✔Axial Region - ✔✔Head, neck, and trunk.
Forms the main vertical axis of the body.
The axial skeleton consists of 80 bones:
29 bones in the head - (8 cranial and 14 facial bones) and then also 7 associated bones
(6 auditory ossicles and the Hyoid Bone)
25 bones of the thorax - (the sternum and 24 ribs)
26 bones in the vertebral column (24 vertebrae, the sacrum, and the coccyx)
✔✔Appendicular Region - ✔✔Upper and lower limbs.
The appendicular skeleton consists of 126 bones:
4 bones in the shoulder girdle (clavicle and scapula each side)
6 bones in the arm and forearm (humerus, ulna, and radius)
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Coccyx - ✔✔Tail Bone
✔✔Femur - ✔✔Upper Leg Bone
✔✔Patella - ✔✔Knee Cap Bone
✔✔Tibia - ✔✔Shin Bone
✔✔Fibula - ✔✔Behind/Next to Shin Bone
✔✔Tarsals - ✔✔Ankle Bones
✔✔Metatarsals - ✔✔Similar to palm of hand bones but for feet
✔✔Phalanges (foot) - ✔✔Toe bones. Three in each toe (proximal, middle & distal) but
only two in each big toe.
✔✔Mandible - ✔✔Jaw Bone
✔✔Maxilla - ✔✔Bone surrounding Nasals
✔✔Frontal - ✔✔Forehead Bone
✔✔Parietal - ✔✔Top of Head Bone
✔✔Occipital - ✔✔Back of Head Bone
✔✔Temporal - ✔✔Bone attached to Parietal bone towards the bottom of skull
✔✔Zygomatic - ✔✔Cheek Bones
✔✔Nasals - ✔✔Nose Bone
✔✔Sphenoid - ✔✔Bone behind the eyes
✔✔Coronal - ✔✔Suture that runs horizontally between the parietal and frontal bones
✔✔Lambdoidal - ✔✔Suture that runs between the parietal, occipital, and temporal
bones
, ✔✔Sagittal - ✔✔Suture that is the midline separation between the parietal bones
✔✔Squamosal - ✔✔Suture on the lateral surface that separates the parietal from the
temporal bone
✔✔Incisors - ✔✔8 teeth
Biting Teeth that are up front
✔✔Canines - ✔✔4 teeth
Pointy Eyeteeth
✔✔Premolars - ✔✔8 teeth
✔✔Molars - ✔✔12 teeth
Remaining teeth at the back of mouth
Sometimes Wisdom teeth will be removed
✔✔Deciduous dentition - ✔✔Baby teeth, 20 total with 10 in each arch
✔✔Permanent dentition - ✔✔Adult teeth, set of 32 teeth
✔✔Enamel - ✔✔Pearly white material you see when you smile
dead tissue
✔✔Dentin - ✔✔Underneath the enamel
✔✔Pulp Chamber - ✔✔Nerve of the Tooth
✔✔Osteology - ✔✔The study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony
structures. It includes assessments of gross anatomy as well as different degrees of
microscopic structure.
✔✔Axial Region - ✔✔Head, neck, and trunk.
Forms the main vertical axis of the body.
The axial skeleton consists of 80 bones:
29 bones in the head - (8 cranial and 14 facial bones) and then also 7 associated bones
(6 auditory ossicles and the Hyoid Bone)
25 bones of the thorax - (the sternum and 24 ribs)
26 bones in the vertebral column (24 vertebrae, the sacrum, and the coccyx)
✔✔Appendicular Region - ✔✔Upper and lower limbs.
The appendicular skeleton consists of 126 bones:
4 bones in the shoulder girdle (clavicle and scapula each side)
6 bones in the arm and forearm (humerus, ulna, and radius)
