A & P1 MODULE 4 PROBLEM SET
Anatomy of the Skeleton Part I
1. What is the function of the flat bones?
2. Describe the shape of a long bone and what its design allows.
3. Name the five basic bone shapes.
4. What term best describes a hollow chamber in bone, usually filled
with air?
5. True or false: A sulcus is a raised ridge in bone.
6. What division of the skeleton lies along the midline?
7. True or false: Fontanelles are present in adults.
8. What two bones of the cranium lie primarily within the skull?
9. True or false: The frontal bone is a paired bone of the cranium.
10. Which bone contains the foramen magnum?
11. What is the purpose of the foramen magnum?
12. Review bone landmarks on the occipital bone.
13. Sinusitis is an infection of the _______________.
Your Answer:
1. Flat bones produce red blood cells and protection of internal organs
like the brain
2. Long bone is long and thin and designed to support body weight and
enable movement
3. Flat bone, long bone, irregular bone, sesamoid bone, short bone
,4. Sinus
5. False
6. Axial
7. False
8. Sphenoid and ethmoid bones
9. False
10. Occipital bone
11. It is where the spinal cord passes to become the brain stem
13. Sinuses
1. Produce red blood cells; protection of internal organs (skull protects
the brain).
2. Long and thin; designed to support body weight and enable
movement
3. Long, flat, short, irregular, and sesamoid.
4. Sinus
5. False
6. Axial
7. False
8. The sphenoid and the ethmoid bones
9. False
10. The occipital bone
11. The spinal cord passes to become the brain stem
12. See figure in module
13. Sinuses
Question 2
pts
14. Label the landmarks of the skull in the figure below:
1-
4-
10-
11-
, 15. What is the function of the nasal conchae?
16. What are the only unpaired bones of the facial skeleton?
17. What bone forms the anterior portion of the hard palate?
18. Label all the bones of the cranium and facial skeleton.
Anatomy of the Skeleton Part I
1. What is the function of the flat bones?
2. Describe the shape of a long bone and what its design allows.
3. Name the five basic bone shapes.
4. What term best describes a hollow chamber in bone, usually filled
with air?
5. True or false: A sulcus is a raised ridge in bone.
6. What division of the skeleton lies along the midline?
7. True or false: Fontanelles are present in adults.
8. What two bones of the cranium lie primarily within the skull?
9. True or false: The frontal bone is a paired bone of the cranium.
10. Which bone contains the foramen magnum?
11. What is the purpose of the foramen magnum?
12. Review bone landmarks on the occipital bone.
13. Sinusitis is an infection of the _______________.
Your Answer:
1. Flat bones produce red blood cells and protection of internal organs
like the brain
2. Long bone is long and thin and designed to support body weight and
enable movement
3. Flat bone, long bone, irregular bone, sesamoid bone, short bone
,4. Sinus
5. False
6. Axial
7. False
8. Sphenoid and ethmoid bones
9. False
10. Occipital bone
11. It is where the spinal cord passes to become the brain stem
13. Sinuses
1. Produce red blood cells; protection of internal organs (skull protects
the brain).
2. Long and thin; designed to support body weight and enable
movement
3. Long, flat, short, irregular, and sesamoid.
4. Sinus
5. False
6. Axial
7. False
8. The sphenoid and the ethmoid bones
9. False
10. The occipital bone
11. The spinal cord passes to become the brain stem
12. See figure in module
13. Sinuses
Question 2
pts
14. Label the landmarks of the skull in the figure below:
1-
4-
10-
11-
, 15. What is the function of the nasal conchae?
16. What are the only unpaired bones of the facial skeleton?
17. What bone forms the anterior portion of the hard palate?
18. Label all the bones of the cranium and facial skeleton.
