Axial Skeleton Assessment

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1. Name structure C.

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Axial Skeleton Assessment - Quiz

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.

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2. Name structure F.

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3. What is structure D?

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4. Identify structure G.

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5. What structure is arrow A pointing towards?

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6. Identify structure C in the cervical vertebrae.

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7. Arrow E points toward what structure?

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8. Name strucure D.

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9. If a vertebrate does not contain a centra, what is this called?

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10. Identify part B.

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11. Identify structure E.

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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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13. Identify part A.

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14. In flying birds, the massive flight muscles arise from a large sternum that bears a ventral _________.

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15. Name structure A.

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16. What type of vertebrae is found in the figure?

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17. Identify structure A in the Felis specimen.

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18. What is the name for the abdominal ribs in crocodilians?

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19. What is the shape of the centrum found in turtles and birds?

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20. How many lumbar vertebrae are found in Felis?

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21. Identify structure B.

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22. Identify structure C.

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23. ___________ is the shape of the centrum found in chondrichthyes?

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24. Name structure A.

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25. Vertical and horizontal movements of the head are limited to the ________.

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26. _______________ centra are concave anteriorly and convex posteriorly which permits extensive motion in most directions without stretching the nerve cord.

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27. Name structure C.

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28. Ribs that articulate with each other but not with the sternum are classified as ______________.

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29. Name structure B.

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30. How many trunk vertebrae are found in a Necturus?

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31. How many cervical vertebrae are found in a Necturus?

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32. In tetrapods, the ventral rib head, capitulum, articulates with the ______________.

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33. What cells form vertebrae during embryonic development?

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34. What is structure B?

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35. Identify structure A.

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36. Name structure B.

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37. What is arrow B pointing towards?

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38. All tetrapod vertebrae derive from ______________ vertebrae.

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39. In what class does the first cervical vertebrae appear?

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Name structure C.
Name structure F.
What is structure D?
Identify structure G.
What structure is arrow A pointing towards?
Identify structure C in the cervical vertebrae.
Arrow E points toward what structure?
Name strucure D.
If a vertebrate does not contain a centra, what is this called?
Identify part B.
Identify structure E.
Class Aves contains a __________, the fusion of posterior thoracic,...
Identify part A.
In flying birds, the massive flight muscles arise from a large sternum...
Name structure A.
What type of vertebrae is found in the figure?
Identify structure A in the Felis specimen.
What is the name for the abdominal ribs in crocodilians?
What is the shape of the centrum found in turtles and birds?
How many lumbar vertebrae are found in Felis?
Identify structure B.
Identify structure C.
___________ is the shape of the centrum found in chondrichthyes?
Name structure A.
Vertical and horizontal movements of the head are limited to the...
_______________ centra are concave anteriorly and convex posteriorly...
Name structure C.
Ribs that articulate with each other but not with the sternum are...
Name structure B.
How many trunk vertebrae are found in a Necturus?
How many cervical vertebrae are found in a Necturus?
In tetrapods, the ventral rib head, capitulum, articulates with the...
What cells form vertebrae during embryonic development?
What is structure B?
Identify structure A.
Name structure B.
What is arrow B pointing towards?
All tetrapod vertebrae derive from ______________ vertebrae.
In what class does the first cervical vertebrae appear?
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