Bio 253 lab (Test 3) UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Axial skeleton includes? - CORRECT ANSWER - skull, vertebral column, ribs, and hyoid
bone
Paranasal cavities? - CORRECT ANSWER - frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, maxillary
What do paranasal cavities do? - CORRECT ANSWER - communicate with nasal cavities;
lighten skull; chambers for speech
What membrane is paranasal cavity? - CORRECT ANSWER - mucous membrane
What is sinusitis? - CORRECT ANSWER - inflammation of the paranasal sinuses;
becomes inflamed due to infection or allergy
Sutures? - CORRECT ANSWER - immovable joints of the skull/ found between bones
Sutures are: - CORRECT ANSWER - fibrous/ synarthrosis
What are the 4 sutures of the skull? - CORRECT ANSWER - coronal, sagittal, lambdoid,
squamous
Fontanels? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gaps between a baby's skull that slowly close up
during the first 18 months of life
Types of Fontanels - CORRECT ANSWER - anterior, posterior, anterolateral,
posterolateral
, What type of tissue are fontanels? - CORRECT ANSWER - dense connective tissue
(membrane filled spaces)
Fontanel functions? - CORRECT ANSWER - modify shape and size of fetal skull/ rapid
growth of brain
only moveable bone in skull? - CORRECT ANSWER - mandible
holds skull together? - CORRECT ANSWER - sutures
function of skull? - CORRECT ANSWER - protect brain
inner skull - CORRECT ANSWER - stabilizes positions of brain, blood vessels, and
nerves
outer skull - CORRECT ANSWER - attachment for muscles of head
facial bones - CORRECT ANSWER - framework of face (support for nerves/ blood
vessels)
the cranial bones are: - CORRECT ANSWER - frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital,
sphenoid, ethmoid
frontal bone - CORRECT ANSWER - forehead and roof of orbits
'black eye" - CORRECT ANSWER - fluid and blood in upper eye following blow to
supraorbital margin
parietal bone - CORRECT ANSWER - greater portions of sides and roof of cranial cavity
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Axial skeleton includes? - CORRECT ANSWER - skull, vertebral column, ribs, and hyoid
bone
Paranasal cavities? - CORRECT ANSWER - frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, maxillary
What do paranasal cavities do? - CORRECT ANSWER - communicate with nasal cavities;
lighten skull; chambers for speech
What membrane is paranasal cavity? - CORRECT ANSWER - mucous membrane
What is sinusitis? - CORRECT ANSWER - inflammation of the paranasal sinuses;
becomes inflamed due to infection or allergy
Sutures? - CORRECT ANSWER - immovable joints of the skull/ found between bones
Sutures are: - CORRECT ANSWER - fibrous/ synarthrosis
What are the 4 sutures of the skull? - CORRECT ANSWER - coronal, sagittal, lambdoid,
squamous
Fontanels? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gaps between a baby's skull that slowly close up
during the first 18 months of life
Types of Fontanels - CORRECT ANSWER - anterior, posterior, anterolateral,
posterolateral
, What type of tissue are fontanels? - CORRECT ANSWER - dense connective tissue
(membrane filled spaces)
Fontanel functions? - CORRECT ANSWER - modify shape and size of fetal skull/ rapid
growth of brain
only moveable bone in skull? - CORRECT ANSWER - mandible
holds skull together? - CORRECT ANSWER - sutures
function of skull? - CORRECT ANSWER - protect brain
inner skull - CORRECT ANSWER - stabilizes positions of brain, blood vessels, and
nerves
outer skull - CORRECT ANSWER - attachment for muscles of head
facial bones - CORRECT ANSWER - framework of face (support for nerves/ blood
vessels)
the cranial bones are: - CORRECT ANSWER - frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital,
sphenoid, ethmoid
frontal bone - CORRECT ANSWER - forehead and roof of orbits
'black eye" - CORRECT ANSWER - fluid and blood in upper eye following blow to
supraorbital margin
parietal bone - CORRECT ANSWER - greater portions of sides and roof of cranial cavity
