Axial Skeleton Assessment
40 Questions
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Quiz designed to test your knowledge of the axial skeleton in fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals. The quiz will consist of multiple choice, true and false, fill in the blank, and short essay.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
What type of vertebrae is found in the figure?
- A.
Trunk
- B.
Cervical
- C.
Thoracic
- D.
Caudal
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D. Caudal -
- 2.
What structure is arrow A pointing towards?
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neural spine - 3.
Name structure B.
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spinal cord
vertebral canal - 4.
Name structure C.
Correct Answer
centrum - 5.
In what class does the first cervical vertebrae appear?
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labyrinthodonts - 6.
___________ is the shape of the centrum found in chondrichthyes?
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amphicoelous
biconcave - 7.
What is the name for the abdominal ribs in crocodilians?
- A.
Gastrocnemius
- B.
Gastralia
- C.
Floating ribs
- D.
Lumbar vertebrae
Correct Answer
B. Gastralia -
- 8.
What cells form vertebrae during embryonic development?
- A.
Dermatome
- B.
Scleroblasts
- C.
Myotome
- D.
Sclerotome
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D. Sclerotome -
- 9.
Name strucure D.
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hemal canal - 10.
Arrow E points toward what structure?
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hemal spine - 11.
What is the shape of the centrum found in turtles and birds?
- A.
Heterocoelous
- B.
Procoelous
- C.
Acoelous
- D.
Amphicoelous
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A. Heterocoelous -
- 12.
Class Aves contains a __________, the fusion of posterior thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and occasionally, caudal vertebrae which carries the weight of the hind end of the animal.
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synsacrum - 13.
What is the function of zygapophyses in vertebrae?
- 14.
Name structure F.
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hemal arch - 15.
Identify structure G.
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neural arch - 16.
Name structure A.
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neural spine - 17.
Identify part B.
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centrum - 18.
_______________ centra are concave anteriorly and convex posteriorly which permits extensive motion in most directions without stretching the nerve cord.
- A.
Acoelous
- B.
Opisthocoelous
- C.
Heterocoelous
- D.
Procoelous
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D. Procoelous -
- 19.
Name structure A.
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neural arch - 20.
What is structure B?
- A.
Neural spine
- B.
Ribs
- C.
Hemal arch
- D.
Hemal spine
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B. Ribs -
- 21.
Identify structure C.
Correct Answer
postzygapophysis
postzygapophyses - 22.
How many cervical vertebrae are found in a Necturus?
- A.
0
- B.
1
- C.
2
- D.
3
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B. 1 -
- 23.
How many trunk vertebrae are found in a Necturus?
- A.
12
- B.
15
- C.
17
- D.
18
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C. 17 -
- 24.
In flying birds, the massive flight muscles arise from a large sternum that bears a ventral _________.
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keel
carina - 25.
Identify part A.
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spinous process - 26.
Name structure B.
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mammillary process - 27.
Name structure C.
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pleurapophysis - 28.
How many lumbar vertebrae are found in Felis?
- A.
4
- B.
5
- C.
6
- D.
7
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D. 7 -
- 29.
Identify structure A in the Felis specimen.
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vertebral canal - 30.
If a vertebrate does not contain a centra, what is this called?
- A.
Diplospondyly
- B.
Aspondyly
- C.
Monospondyly
- D.
Polyspondyly
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B. Aspondyly -
- 31.
All tetrapod vertebrae derive from ______________ vertebrae.
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rhachitomous - 32.
Identify structure B.
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prezygapophysis
prezygapophyses
cranial zygapophysis - 33.
Identify structure C in the cervical vertebrae.
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transverse process - 34.
What is structure D?
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centrum
body - 35.
Ribs that articulate with each other but not with the sternum are classified as ______________.
- A.
True ribs
- B.
Floating ribs
- C.
False ribs
- D.
Sternal ribs
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C. False ribs -
- 36.
Identify structure E.
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transverse foramen - 37.
Identify structure A.
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articular facet - 38.
What is arrow B pointing towards?
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demifacet - 39.
In tetrapods, the ventral rib head, capitulum, articulates with the ______________.
- A.
Parapophysis
- B.
Diapophysis
- C.
Tuberculum
- D.
Body
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A. Parapophysis -
- 40.
Vertical and horizontal movements of the head are limited to the ________.
- A.
Axis
- B.
Atlas
- C.
Centrum
- D.
Zygapophyses
Correct Answer
B. Atlas -
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