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1
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What two bones comprise the sternum?

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The manubrium and corpus sterni.

2
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Describe the costal notches and the sternum.

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The first costal notch is inferior to the jugular notch (for the clavicle) on the manubrium. The second is found on the sternal angle, and the remaining 3-7 are found on the lateral sides of the corpus sterni. These are the sites of articulation of the rib heads.

3
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What variably ossified featured is sometimes found inferior to the sternum?

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The xiphoid process.

4
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How is the sternum sided?

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The anterior face of the sternum is convex; the posterior side is concave and dips inward.

5
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How many ribs does an adult human have? Describe how they differ.

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24: 12 on each side. Ribs 1-7 are “true” ribs and articulate directly with the sternum. Ribs 8-10 attach to the sternum through intermediate cartilage and are called “false ribs”. Ribs 11 and 12 have unattached distal ends and are called “floating ribs”.

Rib length typically increases from 1 to 7 and decreases from 7 to 12.

6
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The head of the rib (proximal end) bears ______ for attachment to thoracic vertebrae bodies. Which ribs are unifaceted?

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demifacets: two articular surfaces. Ribs 1, 10, 11, and 12 are unifaceted.

7
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Describe features of the proximal rib head.

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The head and neck: The crest of the rib head separates the two demifacets. The tubercle articulates with transverse process of thoracic vertebrae. The neck is the thinnest portion.

8
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Describe the general features of a rib.

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Sternal end, caudal edge, cranial edge, shaft, neck, head.

9
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What features are unique to the first rib?

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The scalene tubercle, on the cranial surface the groove for the subclavian artery and brachail plexus and the groove for the subclavian vein.

10
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What is unique about the second rib?

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It is intermediate in size between R1 and R3 and has a large tuberosity for the serratus anterior muscle in a cranial midshaft position.

11
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What are the three major parts of the hyoid bone?

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The body and the greater and lesser horns.

12
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What encloses the spinal cord posterior to the vertebral body?

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The vertebral arch.

13
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The short segment of the vertebral arch near the body on the superior side is the

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pedicle

14
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Posterior to the pedicle is the

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lamina

15
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The three most prominent processes of a vertebra are the

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spinous process and two transverse processes

16
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Vertebrae articulate with one another through

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pairs of superior and inferior articular facets

17
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The transverse processes of cervical vertebrae are unique in that they have

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transverse foramina that form a path for the vertebral arteries

18
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The spinous processes of the cervical vertebrae are unique in that they are usually

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bifurcated

19
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The superior surface of the body of a cervical vertebrae is cup-shaped with the edges marked off by

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uncinate processes

20
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Describe three features of the lateral portions of cervical transverse processes

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posterior and anterior tubercles and intertubercular lamina.

21
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The ___ of the atlas are concave and elongate and receive the condyles of the occipital bone.

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superior articular facets of the atlas.

22
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In turning one’s head, the atlas pivots on the ___ of the ___.

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dens/odontoid process of the axis.

23
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C7 can be distriguished because it retains transverse foramina but has a

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larger spinous process reminiscent of a thoracic vertebrae.

24
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Give the numbers of the different vertebrae

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7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar

25
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Rib heads articulate to the transverse processes of most thoracic vertebrae through

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costal facets formed by a pair of demifacets

26
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Which thoracic vertebrae possess a full facet for rib articulation?

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T1, T10, T11, and T12.

27
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Describe the angle range for thoracic transverse processes

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T1 is near 180 degrees and T10-12 near 90 degrees

28
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Which thoracic vertebrae possesses a full facet and a demifacet?

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T1

29
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Describe the unique features of T10-T12

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All have a complete, superiorly located costal facet. T10 has costal articulations on the transverse processes, T11 and 12 do not, and the inferior articular facets of T12 assume the lumbar pattern.

30
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A hatchet shaped spinous process would belong to a

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lumbar vertebrae

31
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Two additional processes possessed by lumbar vertebrae are the

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mamillary and accessory processes

32
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The superior articular facets of lumber vertebrae are ___ while the inferior articular facets are ___

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concave, convex

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A
34
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What happens to the sacral vertebrae during adolescence?

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They fuse to form the sacrum.

35
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The broad anterosuperior surface of the sacrum that articulates with L5 is the

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sacral plateau

36
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The anterior midline projection of the sacral plateau is the

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sacral promontory

37
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The parts of the first sacral element that sweep out laterally from the centrum are the

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alae

38
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The lines of fusion of the sacral vertebrae are the

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transverse ridges

39
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The lateral aspects of the sacrum that contributes to the sacroiliac joint are the

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auricular surfaces

40
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The roughened area posterior to the auricular surface of the sacrum that attaches the sacroiliac muscles is the

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sacral tuberosity

41
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Viewing the sacrum anteriorly, it can be divided into __, __, and ___.

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lateral part, centrum, and lateral part.

42
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The ___ allow for the passage of the sacral nerves

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sacral foramina

43
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What allows for articulation with the inferior articular processes of the 5th lumbar vertebrae

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The superior articular processes and facets of the sacrum that project up on the posterior border.

44
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The rough, convex, posterior-facign surface of the sacrum is the. At the center of this is the

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dorsal surface; median sacral crest.

45
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Internal passages formed by the fusion of superior and inferior sacral vertebral notches are the

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intervertebral foramina.

46
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The feature located just laterally to the sacral foramina is the

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lateral sacral crest

47
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The feature found just medial to the sacral foramina but before the median sacral crest is the

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intermediate sacral crest

48
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The three crests found on the posterior portion of the sacrum are the

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median sacral crest, intermediate sacral crests, and lateral sacral crests.

49
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The vertebral foramen pathway is continued in the sacrum as the

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sacral canal.

50
Q

The protion most inferior on the posterior side of the sacrum where the dorsal wall is absent is the __ and is bounded by the

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sacral hiatus; sacral cornu

51
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The narrow inferior tip of the sacrum that includes the articular facet for the coccyx is the

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apex of the sacrum

52
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The suture between the temporal and parietal bones is the

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squamos suture

53
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The two sutures of the cranium that form the bregma are the

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coronal and sagittal sutures

54
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The suture between the occipital and parietal bones is the

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lambdoid suture

55
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The suture that lies between the occipital and sphenoid is the

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basilar suture

56
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The osteological term for the forehead is the

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frontal squama

57
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The original centers of ossification of the frontal bone are the

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frontal eminences, tubers, or bosses.

58
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The attachment for the temporalis muscle on the lateral ectocranial side of the frontal bone is the

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temporal line

59
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The most lateral and anterior corners of the frontal bone are the

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zygomatic processes

60
Q

Describe features around the upper eye orbits.

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A supraorbital foramen (or notch) exists on the supraorbital margin. The supracilliary arches are superior to this (where the eyebrows are).

61
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The suture connecting the right and left frontal halves (sometimes obliterated in adults) is the

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metopic suture

62
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The vertical groove running down the midline of the endocranial surface is the

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sagittal sulcus

63
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At its most inferior and anterior region, the sagittal sulcus becomes the

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frontal crest

64
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A foramen of varying size found at the root of the frontal crest is the

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foramen cecum.

65
Q

The endocranial portion of the frontal bone bears various

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meningeal grooves

66
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The horizontal portion of the frontal bone which on its inferior ectocranial side borders the eye is the

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pars orbitalis (orbital plate)

67
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The gap that separates the two orbital plates of the frontal bone is the

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ethmoid notch

68
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The features found at the lateral, inferior parts of the inferior orbital surfaces of the frontal are the

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lacrimal fossae

69
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Features anterior to the ethmoid notch that may be used for forensic identification due to their variation are the

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frontal sinuses

70
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Describe the angles present on the parietal bones

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Frontal angle (at bregma), sphenoidal angle (at pterion), occipital angle (at lambda), and mastoid angle (at asterion).

71
Q

Siding parietal bones can be accomplished by observed what near the mastoid angle on the endocranial surface?

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The sigmoid sulcus (posterior and inferior).

72
Q

Located near the sagittal suture near lambda on parietal bones.

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Parietal foramen.

73
Q

The ___ ___ is a continuation of the same feature on the frontal bone when two parietal bones are articulated together

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Sagittal sulcus

74
Q

Parietal bones on the ectocranial surface inferior side possess

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parietal striae

75
Q

An endocranial feature of parietal bones near the frontal angle is the

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archanoid fovea

76
Q

Running across the ectocranial surface of parietal bones are

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the superior and inferior temporal lines

77
Q

The ectocranial surface of the temporal bone bears the ___ which articulates with the parietals along the squamous suture.

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temporal squama

78
Q

The superior root of the zygomatic process is the ___ ___, which becomes the ___ ___ posteriorly.

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suprameatal crest; supramastoid crest.

79
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The thin, pointed bony rod that points anteroinferiorly from teh base of the temporal bone

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styloid process

80
Q

Foramen between the mastoid and styloid process

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styloidmastoid process

81
Q

The three auditory ossicles are the

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incus, malleus (hammer), and stapes (staple)

82
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