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    Skeletal System Introduction and The Axial Skeleton

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    The document contains 12 multiple choice questions about anatomy of the skeletal system, specifically the axial skeleton and skull. It tests knowledge about the number of cranial and facial bones, functions of the skeleton, bone features like fossae and processes, bone cells like osteocytes and osteoclasts, parts of long bones and bones that make up the skull and its features.

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    The document contains 12 multiple choice questions about anatomy of the skeletal system, specifically the axial skeleton and skull. It tests knowledge about the number of cranial and facial bones, functions of the skeleton, bone features like fossae and processes, bone cells like osteocytes and osteoclasts, parts of long bones and bones that make up the skull and its features.

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    Anatomy: Skeletal System Introduction and the Axial

    Skeleton
    1. There are _________ cranial bones and __________ facial bones in the adult skull.

    A) 6; 10

    B) 8; 14

    C) 12; 12

    D) 5; 9

    2. Which of these is not a normal function of the skeleton?

    A) mineral storage

    B) protection of underlying tissues

    C) storing hemopoietic tissues

    D) All of these are functions of the skeleton.

    3. Choose the surface feature that represents a depression in a bone.

    A) fossa

    B) process

    C) facet

    D) condyle

    4. The medullary cavity of a long bone is lined with a thin layer of connective tissue called the
    _________________.

    A) diaphysis

    B) endosteum

    C) periosteum

    D) epiphysis

    5. ______________ are the type of bone cell that tears down bone during the building and remodeling
    process.

    A) osteocytes
    Anatomy: Skeletal System Introduction and the Axial
    Skeleton
    B) osteoblasts

    C) osteoclasts

    D) bone lining cells

    6. During bone formation, as the periosteum calcifies, it gives rise to a thin plate of compact bone called
    the __________________.

    A) periosteal bud

    B) periosteal bone collar

    C) primary ossification center

    D) epiphyseal plate

    7. Which pair of fontanels are located on the front sides of the infant skull?

    A) posterolateral fontanels

    B) anterior fontanel

    C) posterior fontanel

    D) anterolateral fontanels

    8. The foramen magnum is located in the _________________ bone of the skull.

    A) frontal

    B) parietal

    C) occipital

    D) temporal

    9. Which of these features is not present in the sphenoid bone?


    Anatomy: Skeletal System Introduction and the Axial
    Skeleton
    A) crista galli

    B) sella turcica

    C) pterygoid processes

    D) foramen rotundum

    E) foramen ovale

    10. Besides the maxilla, the hard palate is also composed of the _________________.

    A) ethmoid bone

    B) palatine bones

    C) zygomatic bones

    D) nasal bone

    11. What two bones, or portions of bones, make up the nasal septum?

    A) perpendicular plate of the ethmoid; vomer

    B) nasal; vomer

    C) maxilla; sphemoid

    D) inferior nasal concha; perpendicular plate of the ethomoid

    12. Cervical vertebrae differ from lumbar vertebrae in all of these aspects except ________________.

    A) size

    B) bifid spinous process

    C) presence of transverse foramina

    D) presence of transverse processes

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