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How can the axial skeleton be recognized?
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It forms the longitudinal axis of the body.
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How many bones does the human skeleton contain?
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206
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Of the following selection, which one includes bones found exclusively in the axial skeleton?
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skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, and hyiod
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The axial skeleton creates a framework that supports and protects organs systems in the?
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cranial and thoracic cavities
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There are? cranial bones, ? facial bones, ? auditory ossicles, and ? hyiod
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8; 14; 6; 1
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The associated bones of the skull include the?
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hyiod and auditory ossicles
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The sagittal suture joins?
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The parietal bones to each other
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The sutures that articulate the bones of the skull are the?
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lambdoidal, sagittal, coronal, and squamous
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The bones that make up the eye socket, or orbit ,include the?
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lacrimal, ethmoid, and sphenoid
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Foramina, located on the bones of the skull, serve primarily as passageways for?
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nerves and blood vessels
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The lines, tubercles, crests, ridges, and other processes on the bones represent areas that are used primarily for?
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attachment of muscles to bones
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Remember that these processes help connect bones to contractile tissue for movement
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The superior and middle nasal conchae can be found as a part of which bone?
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ethmoid
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The sinuses, or internal chambers in the skull, are found in the?
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sphenoid, frontal, ethmoid, and maxillary bones
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The nasal complex consists of?
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All of the listed bones
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Remember that these are cranial bones
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In which of the following groups does each bone contain a sinus?
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ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal, and maxillary
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The mucous membrane of the paranasal sinuses respond to environmental stress by?
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accelerating the production of mucus
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Why can the skull be distorted without damage during birth?
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fibrous connective tissue connects the cranial bones
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In a warm climate, which fortanelle might indicate dehydration in an infant?
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anterior
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Why does the most significant growth in the skull occur before five years of age?
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The brain stops growing, and cranial sutures develop
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The primary spinal curves that appear late in fetal development?
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accommodate the thoracic and abdominopelvic viscera
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An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called
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scoliosis
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Which of the following statements about the thoracic cage is false?
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The sternum does not ossify until an individual reaches 30 years of age
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Which are the largest and most massive of the vertebrae?
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lumbar vertebrae
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of the following, which correctly identifies the sequence of the vertebrae from superior to inferior
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cervical, thoracic, sacrum, lumbar, coccyx
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