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bones of the axial skeleton Answer: skull, hyoid, auditory ossicles, vertebral colum, thorax
bones of the appendicular skeleton Answer: pectoral girdles, upper limbs, pelvic girdle,
lower limbs
depressions and openings Answer: allow the passage of soft tissue to form joints
fissure Answer: narrow slit b/w adjacent parts of bones thru which blood vessels or nerves
pass
fossa Answer: shallow depression
foramen Answer: opening thru which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass
sulcus Answer: furrow along bone surface that accommodates blood vessels, nerves, or
tendons
meatus Answer: tube-like opening
process Answer: projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or are attachment
points for connective tissue
condyle Answer: large, round protuberance w/ smooth articular surface at end of bone
facet Answer: smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex projection at articular surface
head Answer: rounded articular projection supported on neck (constricted portion of
bone)
crest Answer: prominent ridge or elongated projection
epicondyle Answer: roughened projection above condyle
line (linea) Answer: long, narrow ridge/border
, spinous process Answer: sharp, slender projection
trochanter Answer: very large projection
tubercle Answer: variably sized rounded projection
tuberosity Answer: variably sized projection that has a rough surface
spinal cord Answer: What passes through the foramen magnum?
occipital condyles Answer: Which marking of the occipital bone articulates with the atlas
and axis?
transits sound waves to brain Answer: What is the function of the external acoustic
meatus?
muscle attachment, transmits sound waves to the brain Answer: What is the function of
the mastoid process?
attachment points for neck and tongue muscles Answer: What is the function of the styloid
process?
seperates left and right hemispheres of the brain Answer: What is the function of the falx
cerebri?
warms air that comes into the nose Answer: What is the purpose of the nasal concha?
bones that make up the bony nasal septum Answer: vomer, septal cartilage, perpendicular
plate of ethmoid
bones that make up the orbital complex Answer: roof: frontal and sphenoid
lateral wall: zygomatic and sphenoid
floor: maxilla, zygomatic, palatine
medial wall: maxilla, lacrimal, ethmoid, sphenoid
bones that make up the hard palate Answer: maxilla and palatine bone
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bones of the axial skeleton Answer: skull, hyoid, auditory ossicles, vertebral colum, thorax
bones of the appendicular skeleton Answer: pectoral girdles, upper limbs, pelvic girdle,
lower limbs
depressions and openings Answer: allow the passage of soft tissue to form joints
fissure Answer: narrow slit b/w adjacent parts of bones thru which blood vessels or nerves
pass
fossa Answer: shallow depression
foramen Answer: opening thru which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass
sulcus Answer: furrow along bone surface that accommodates blood vessels, nerves, or
tendons
meatus Answer: tube-like opening
process Answer: projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or are attachment
points for connective tissue
condyle Answer: large, round protuberance w/ smooth articular surface at end of bone
facet Answer: smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex projection at articular surface
head Answer: rounded articular projection supported on neck (constricted portion of
bone)
crest Answer: prominent ridge or elongated projection
epicondyle Answer: roughened projection above condyle
line (linea) Answer: long, narrow ridge/border
, spinous process Answer: sharp, slender projection
trochanter Answer: very large projection
tubercle Answer: variably sized rounded projection
tuberosity Answer: variably sized projection that has a rough surface
spinal cord Answer: What passes through the foramen magnum?
occipital condyles Answer: Which marking of the occipital bone articulates with the atlas
and axis?
transits sound waves to brain Answer: What is the function of the external acoustic
meatus?
muscle attachment, transmits sound waves to the brain Answer: What is the function of
the mastoid process?
attachment points for neck and tongue muscles Answer: What is the function of the styloid
process?
seperates left and right hemispheres of the brain Answer: What is the function of the falx
cerebri?
warms air that comes into the nose Answer: What is the purpose of the nasal concha?
bones that make up the bony nasal septum Answer: vomer, septal cartilage, perpendicular
plate of ethmoid
bones that make up the orbital complex Answer: roof: frontal and sphenoid
lateral wall: zygomatic and sphenoid
floor: maxilla, zygomatic, palatine
medial wall: maxilla, lacrimal, ethmoid, sphenoid
bones that make up the hard palate Answer: maxilla and palatine bone
