Axial Skeleton Vocabulary test with correct answers

Axial Skeleton Vocabulary test with
correct answers



Axial skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS-The part of the skeleton that consists of the
bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate. In the human skeleton, it consists of 80
bones

Cervical vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWERS-thinnest and most delicate bones, have the
job of supporting the head, protecting the spinal cord, and providing mobility to the head
and neck.

Coccyx - CORRECT ANSWERS-a small, triangular bone at the base of the spinal
column

Cranium - CORRECT ANSWERS-The part of the skull enclosing the brain

Ethmoid bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-separates the nasal cavity from the brain and is
located at the roof of the nose and between the two orbits

External auditory meatus - CORRECT ANSWERS-a tube running from the outer ear to
the middle ear. Also called the ear canal

Foramen magnum - CORRECT ANSWERS-the hole in the base of the skull through
which the spinal cord passes

Frontal bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-The bone of the skull found in the forehead
region

Hyoid - CORRECT ANSWERS-a U-shaped bone in the neck that supports the tongue

Lacrimal bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-a small bone forming part of the eye socket.

Lumbar vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWERS-The five vertebrae situated between the
thoracic vertebrae and the sacral vertebrae in the spinal column.

Mandible - CORRECT ANSWERS-the jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone
in mammals and fishes.