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IUPUI Anatomy Exam 2 Questions with Correct
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There are ___ cranial bones -Correct Answers ✔-8
There are 4 singular cranial bones, occipital, frontal, sphenoid and ____ -Correct
Answers ✔-ethmoid
This suture separates the two parietal bones -Correct Answers ✔-sagittal
This is a hole in the base of the occipital bone and allows the spinal cord to connect
to the brain -Correct Answers ✔-foramen magnum
These facets on the base of the skull directly articulate with the superior facets of
C1 -Correct Answers ✔-occipital condyles
The zygomatic process is located on which bone -Correct Answers ✔-temporal
bone
This suture is located at the back of the head separating the occipital bone from the
parietal bones -Correct Answers ✔-lambdoid suture
This bone sits horizontally within the skull and is commonly referred to as the bat
shaped bone -Correct Answers ✔-sphenoid
This particular feature holds the pituitary gland within the sphenoid bone -Correct
Answers ✔-sella turcica
The anterior border of the sphenoid bone is called the -Correct Answers ✔-
tubercullum sellae
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Which feature of the ehtmoid bone forms the superior part of the nasal septum? -
Correct Answers ✔-perpendicular plate
This is located at the top of the ethmoid bone and if pressure is exerted on the nose
it can penetrate into the brain -Correct Answers ✔-crista galli
Which suture is responsible for separating the frontal bone from parietal bones -
Correct Answers ✔-coronal suture
This is a small hole located on the front of the mandible -Correct Answers ✔-
mental foramina
Which part of the mandible articulates with the temporal bones -Correct Answers
✔-mandibular condyles
These are also known as our cheek bones -Correct Answers ✔-zygomatic bones
This singular facial bone creates the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal
septum -Correct Answers ✔-vomer
These two conchae are attached to the ethmoid bone -Correct Answers ✔-superior
and middle nasal conchae
This bone does not articulate with any other bone -Correct Answers ✔-hyoid bone
This section of the vertebral column is made up of 7 vertebrae -Correct Answers
✔-cervical
The vertebrae within this region of the spine are shaped like moose -Correct
Answers ✔-lumbar
There are 12 of these vertebrae and they are shaped like giraffes -Correct Answers
✔-thoracic
IUPUI Anatomy Yard
IUPUI Anatomy Exam 2 Questions with Correct
Answers Graded A 2025-2026
There are ___ cranial bones -Correct Answers ✔-8
There are 4 singular cranial bones, occipital, frontal, sphenoid and ____ -Correct
Answers ✔-ethmoid
This suture separates the two parietal bones -Correct Answers ✔-sagittal
This is a hole in the base of the occipital bone and allows the spinal cord to connect
to the brain -Correct Answers ✔-foramen magnum
These facets on the base of the skull directly articulate with the superior facets of
C1 -Correct Answers ✔-occipital condyles
The zygomatic process is located on which bone -Correct Answers ✔-temporal
bone
This suture is located at the back of the head separating the occipital bone from the
parietal bones -Correct Answers ✔-lambdoid suture
This bone sits horizontally within the skull and is commonly referred to as the bat
shaped bone -Correct Answers ✔-sphenoid
This particular feature holds the pituitary gland within the sphenoid bone -Correct
Answers ✔-sella turcica
The anterior border of the sphenoid bone is called the -Correct Answers ✔-
tubercullum sellae
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Which feature of the ehtmoid bone forms the superior part of the nasal septum? -
Correct Answers ✔-perpendicular plate
This is located at the top of the ethmoid bone and if pressure is exerted on the nose
it can penetrate into the brain -Correct Answers ✔-crista galli
Which suture is responsible for separating the frontal bone from parietal bones -
Correct Answers ✔-coronal suture
This is a small hole located on the front of the mandible -Correct Answers ✔-
mental foramina
Which part of the mandible articulates with the temporal bones -Correct Answers
✔-mandibular condyles
These are also known as our cheek bones -Correct Answers ✔-zygomatic bones
This singular facial bone creates the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal
septum -Correct Answers ✔-vomer
These two conchae are attached to the ethmoid bone -Correct Answers ✔-superior
and middle nasal conchae
This bone does not articulate with any other bone -Correct Answers ✔-hyoid bone
This section of the vertebral column is made up of 7 vertebrae -Correct Answers
✔-cervical
The vertebrae within this region of the spine are shaped like moose -Correct
Answers ✔-lumbar
There are 12 of these vertebrae and they are shaped like giraffes -Correct Answers
✔-thoracic
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