Axial skeleton

Articular = ?

Related to a joint; where bones meet.

Conchae = ?

Curved, scroll-like structures.

Condyle = ?

Rounded projection that helps form a joint.

Facet = ?

Small, smooth, flat joint surface.

Fissure = ?

Narrow slit-like opening in a bone.

Foramen = ?

Hole or opening through a bone.

Fossa = ?

Shallow depression or hollow in a bone.

Process = ?

Projection or bump extending from a bone.

Septum = ?

Wall or partition that divides a space.

Sinus = ?

Hollow or air-filled space within a bone.

Where is the frontal bone?

Anterior and superior part of the skull.

Where are the parietal bones?

Superior and lateral parts of the skull.

Where is the occipital bone?

Posterior and inferior skull.

Where is the temporal bone?

Lateral and inferior skull.

Where is the zygomatic bone?

Lateral to the maxilla; forms the cheekbone.

Where is the maxilla?

Superior to the mandible.

Where is the palatine bone?

Posterior part of the hard palate.

Where is the sphenoid bone?

Central skull, posterior to the orbits.

Where is the ethmoid bone?

Between the orbits and superior to the nasal cavity.

Where is the lacrimal bone?

Medial wall of the orbit.

Where is the vomer?

Inferior part of the nasal septum.

Where are the inferior nasal conchae?

Lateral walls of the nasal cavity.

Where are the nasal bones?

Anterior skull; form the bridge of the nose.

Where is the mandible?

Inferior to the maxilla; forms the lower jaw.

Coronal suture connects which bones?

Frontal and parietal bones.

Sagittal suture connects which bones?

Right and left parietal bones.

Lambdoidal suture connects which bones?

Parietal and occipital bones.

Squamosal suture connects which bones?

Parietal and temporal bones.

Where is the foramen magnum?

Inferior occipital bone.

Where is the carotid canal?

Inferior temporal bone.

Where is the external auditory meatus?

Lateral temporal bone.

Where is the internal auditory meatus?

Medial surface of the temporal bone.

Where is the jugular foramen?

Between the temporal and occipital bones.

Where is the mandibular fossa?

Temporal bone, anterior to the external auditory meatus.

What articulates with the mandibular fossa?

Mandibular condyle.

Where are the occipital condyles?

Inferior occipital bone, lateral to the foramen magnum.

What forms the zygomatic arch?

Temporal process of zygomatic + zygomatic process of temporal.

Where is the coronoid process?

Anterior mandible, anterior to the mandibular condyle.

Where is the mastoid process?

Temporal bone, posterior to the external auditory meatus.

Where are the greater wings of the sphenoid?

Inferior to the lesser wings.

Where are the lesser wings of the sphenoid?

Superior to the greater wings.

What does the perpendicular plate form?

Part of the nasal septum.

Where are the middle nasal conchae?

Ethmoid bone; project into the nasal cavity.

Where is the frontal sinus?

Inside frontal bone, superior to the orbits.

Where is the vertebral body?

Anterior to the vertebral foramen.

Where is the vertebral foramen?

Posterior to the vertebral body.

Where are the transverse processes?

Lateral projections of a vertebra.

Where is the spinous process?

Posterior projection of a vertebra.

Where are superior articular processes?

Superior to the vertebral body.

Where are inferior articular processes?

Inferior to the vertebral body.

Where is the intervertebral foramen?

Between adjacent vertebrae; lateral to the vertebral canal.

Where are transverse foramina found?

In the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae.

Where are costal facets found?

On thoracic vertebrae; articulate with ribs.

Where is the dens located?

Superior projection of the axis (C2).

Where is the sacral crest?

Posterior surface of the sacrum.

Where is the auricular surface of the sacrum?

Lateral surface of the sacrum.

Where is the coccyx?

Inferior to the sacrum.

What is cervical lordosis?

Anterior curve of the cervical spine.

What is thoracic kyphosis?

Posterior curve of the thoracic spine.

What is lumbar lordosis?

Anterior curve of the lumbar spine.

What is sacral kyphosis?

Posterior curve of the sacral spine.

Where is the head of a rib?

Posterior end of the rib; articulates with vertebrae.

Where is the tubercle of a rib?

Posterior to the neck; articulates with a transverse process.

Where is costal cartilage?

Anterior to ribs; connects ribs to sternum.

Where is the manubrium?

Superior part of the sternum.

Where is the jugular notch?

Superior border of the manubrium; medial.

Where are the clavicular notches?

Lateral to the jugular notch on the manubrium.

Where is the body of the sternum?

Inferior to the manubrium and superior to the xiphoid.

Where are costal notches?

Along the lateral borders of the sternum.

Where is the xiphoid process?

Inferior to the body of the sternum.

What is the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)?

Mandibular condyle articulates with mandibular fossa of temporal bone.

What forms the coronal suture?

Frontal and parietal bones.

What forms the atlanto-occipital joint?

Occipital condyles + superior articular facets of atlas (C1).

What forms the atlanto-axial joint?

Dens of axis (C2) articulates with atlas (C1).

What forms an intervertebral joint?

Adjacent vertebral bodies, discs, and articular processes.

What forms a vertebrocostal joint?

A rib articulates with a thoracic vertebra.

What part of the rib articulates with thoracic costal facets?

Head of the rib.

What part of the rib articulates with a transverse process?

Tubercle of the rib.

What forms the superior wall of the orbit?

Frontal bone.

What forms the lateral wall of the orbit?

Zygomatic bone.

What forms the inferior wall of the orbit?

Maxilla.

What forms the medial wall of the orbit?

Ethmoid and lacrimal bones.

What forms the posterior part of the orbit?

Sphenoid bone.

What forms the anterior/superior nasal cavity?

Nasal bones.

What forms the lateral walls of the nasal cavity?

Maxilla, ethmoid, and inferior nasal conchae.

What forms the superior nasal septum?

Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid.

What forms the inferior/posterior nasal septum?

Vomer.

What forms the anterior hard palate?

Maxilla.

What forms the posterior hard palate?

Palatine bones.

Where is the superior orbital fissure?

In the sphenoid, superior to the inferior orbital fissure.

Where is the inferior orbital fissure?

Inferior to the superior orbital fissure; between sphenoid and maxilla/zygomatic region.

What is sacral kyphosis?

Posterior curve of the sacral region.

What is the vertebral foramen?

Opening within one vertebra, posterior to the vertebral body.

What is the intervertebral foramen?

Opening between two adjacent vertebrae.

What do vertebral foramina form?

The vertebral canal.

What passes through an intervertebral foramen?

Spinal nerves.

Where is the condylar process of the mandible?

Posterior projection of the mandible.

Where is the condylar process relative to the coronoid process?

The condylar process is posterior to the coronoid process.

What does the condylar process articulate with?

The mandibular fossa of the temporal bone.

Where is the right transverse process?

Projects laterally from the right side of the vertebra.