Skeletal Practice Exam Part 2 - A & P Zoo 172 For Exam 1
This is a practice exam for the first Exam in Zoology 172 A & P for Nursing School at Miami University. This covers skeletal system.
- 1.The skull consists of how many bones?
- A.
4
- B.
32
- C.
8
- D.
1
- 2.The keystone bone for the skull which all other cranial bones articulate is the ___________.
- A.
Parietal bone
- B.
Frontal bone
- C.
Sphenoid bone
- D.
Ethmoid bone
- E.
Temporal bone
- 3.The mastoid process is part of the __________ bone.
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Styloid
- C.
Temporal
- D.
Parietal
- E.
Ethmoid
- 4.The bone that contains the carotid canal is the _________ bone.
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Temporal
- C.
Parietal
- D.
Ethmoid
- 5.The ________ bone contains the foramen magnum.
- A.
Parietal
- B.
Frontal
- C.
Occipital
- D.
Sphenoid
- 6.The glabella is located on the _________ bone.
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Frontal
- C.
Occipital
- D.
Temporal
- 7.The sella turcica is part of which bone?
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Ethmoid
- C.
Temporal
- D.
Zygomatic
- 8.The crista gali is part of which bone?
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Ethmoid
- C.
Frontal
- D.
Parietal
- 9.The cribiform plate is found in the ________ bone.
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Ethmoid
- C.
Mastoid
- D.
Styloid
- 10.The optic canal is located in which cranial bone?
- A.
Occipital
- B.
Sphenoid
- C.
Ethmoid
- D.
Temporal
- 11.Which bone projects into and/or forms the nasal cavities.
- A.
Sphenoid
- B.
Mastoid
- C.
Ethmoid
- D.
Frontal
- 12.This bone is the keystone bone of the face in which all other facial bones articulate with it.
- A.
Mandible
- B.
Maxilla
- C.
Mastoid
- D.
Mental
- 13.These are all sinuses EXCEPT________.
- A.
Frontal
- B.
Sphenoid
- C.
Ethmoid
- D.
Temporal
- E.
Maxillary
- 14.The teeth are held in the maxilla by the ___________.
- A.
Gums
- B.
Alveolar process
- C.
Glue
- D.
Palatine process
- 15.The palatine process is part of the palatine bone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The palatine process is part of the maxilla.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The palatine process is the ________ palate.
- A.
Hard
- B.
Soft
- 18.The malar is another name for which bone?
- A.
Lacrimal
- B.
Nasal
- C.
Zygomatic
- D.
Mandible
- 19.The lower jaw is the ___________.
- A.
Mandible
- B.
Maxilla
- C.
Mastoid
- D.
Malar
- 20.The "soft spots" on a baby's head are called _________.
- A.
Fountains
- B.
Follicle
- C.
Fontanel
- D.
Suture
- 21.The vertebral column has ________ moveable vertebrae.
- A.
5
- B.
24
- C.
33
- D.
12
- 22.The vertebral column has a total of ______ vertebrae.
- A.
5
- B.
24
- C.
33
- D.
12
- 23.How many vertebrae are in the lumbar region?
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
12
- D.
10
- 24.How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region?
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
12
- D.
10
- 25.How many vertebrae are in the cervical region?
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
12
- D.
10
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