Chapter 7 Bio 2301 questions with
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Axial skeleton - answer Bones of head and trunk Forms longitudinal axis of
body
Appendicular skeleton - answer Bones that support the limbs
Skull - answer 8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones
Thoracic cage - answer Sternum and 24 ribs
Vertebral column - answer 24 vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx
Bones associated with the skull - answer 6 auditory ossicles and hyoid
bone
How many bones are there in the axial skeleton? - answer Axial skeleton
has 80 bones
Functions of the axial skeleton - answer - Supports and protects organs in
body cavities
Provides points of attachment for muscles that
Adjust positions of head, neck, and trunk
Perform breathing movements Stabilize parts of appendicular skeleton
The skull contains 22 bones - answer 8 cranial bones form the cranium
Including calvaria (skullcap)
Enclose cranial cavity, containing the brain
14 facial bones
, Protect and support entrances to digestive and respiratory tracts
Sutures - answer Immovable joints of the skull
Four major sutures - answer Lambdoid suture
Coronal suture
Sagittal suture
Squamous sutures
Lambdoid suture - answer Separates occipital from parietal bones May
contain sutural bones (Wormian bones)
Coronal suture - answer Attaches frontal bone to parietal bones
Sagittal suture - answer Between parietal bones From lambdoid suture to
coronal suture
Squamous sutures - answer Join temporal bones with parietal bones
Sinuses - answer Air-filled chambers in the skull Functions Decrease
weight of the skull
Lined with mucous membranes, which produce mucus to moisten and
clean the air
Serve as resonating chambers in speech production
Occipital bone - answer Forms much of posterior and inferior surfaces of
cranium
Joints of Occipital bone - answer Parietal bones
Temporal bones
Sphenoid First
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answers(GUARANTEED SUCCESS)
Axial skeleton - answer Bones of head and trunk Forms longitudinal axis of
body
Appendicular skeleton - answer Bones that support the limbs
Skull - answer 8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones
Thoracic cage - answer Sternum and 24 ribs
Vertebral column - answer 24 vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx
Bones associated with the skull - answer 6 auditory ossicles and hyoid
bone
How many bones are there in the axial skeleton? - answer Axial skeleton
has 80 bones
Functions of the axial skeleton - answer - Supports and protects organs in
body cavities
Provides points of attachment for muscles that
Adjust positions of head, neck, and trunk
Perform breathing movements Stabilize parts of appendicular skeleton
The skull contains 22 bones - answer 8 cranial bones form the cranium
Including calvaria (skullcap)
Enclose cranial cavity, containing the brain
14 facial bones
, Protect and support entrances to digestive and respiratory tracts
Sutures - answer Immovable joints of the skull
Four major sutures - answer Lambdoid suture
Coronal suture
Sagittal suture
Squamous sutures
Lambdoid suture - answer Separates occipital from parietal bones May
contain sutural bones (Wormian bones)
Coronal suture - answer Attaches frontal bone to parietal bones
Sagittal suture - answer Between parietal bones From lambdoid suture to
coronal suture
Squamous sutures - answer Join temporal bones with parietal bones
Sinuses - answer Air-filled chambers in the skull Functions Decrease
weight of the skull
Lined with mucous membranes, which produce mucus to moisten and
clean the air
Serve as resonating chambers in speech production
Occipital bone - answer Forms much of posterior and inferior surfaces of
cranium
Joints of Occipital bone - answer Parietal bones
Temporal bones
Sphenoid First
