NDSU Bio Anatomy Exam
2 with Complete Solutions
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Where is the atlanto-occipital joint? - Answer-between occipital condyles of occipital
bone and first cervical vertebra (atlas)
where is the temporomandibular joint located - Answer-between the condylar head of
the mandible and mandibular fossa of temporal bone
What is the appendicular skeleton? - Answer-pectoral and pelvic girdles and limbs
how many bones of the skull - Answer-22
How many cranium bones in the skull? - Answer-8
How many facial bones? - Answer-14
Regions of the vertebral column - Answer-cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
Cervical has how many vertebrae - Answer-7
Thoracic has how many vertebrae - Answer-12
Lumbar has how many vertebrae - Answer-5 vertebrae
Sacral has how many vertebrae - Answer-5 fused (sacrum)
Coccygeal has how many vertebrae? - Answer-3-5 fused (coccyx)
curvatures of the vertebral column - Answer-primary, secondary and abnormal
What regions of vertebral are present at birth? - Answer-thoracic and sacral (primary)
what regions of the vertebral develop during infancy - Answer-cervical and lumbar
(secondary)
what regions of the vertebral can happen that are abnormal - Answer-kyphosis, lordosis,
and scoliosis
, kyphosis - Answer-hunchback, exaggerated thoracic curvature
lordosis - Answer-exaggerated lumbar curve
Scoliosis - Answer-lateral curvature of the spine
what are the passageways of the vertebral column - Answer-intervertebral foramina,
and vertebral canal
intervertebral foramina - Answer-lateral openings for spinal nerves
vertebral canal - Answer-houses spinal cord
What are intervertebral discs? - Answer-fibrocartilage pads between vertebrae bodies
what does intervertebral discs form - Answer-symphyses
vertebral foramen - Answer-canal through which spinal cord passes
inferior vertebral notch - Answer-contributes to intervertebral foramen
articular structures/ surfaces - Answer-superior articular process, inferior articular
process, superior articular facet, inferior articular facet
axial skeleton - Answer-the portion of the body that contains the skull, vertebral column,
and rib cage.
appendicular skeleton - Answer-Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to
the axial skeleton
what are the different shapes of the bones - Answer-long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid
what are the openings/ passageways - Answer-canal, fissure, foramen, groove, meatus,
notch, sinus, sulcus
articulation structures - Answer-Condyle, Facet, Fossa, Head, Trochlea
attachment points - Answer-Crest, Fossa, Line, Process, Protuberance, Ramus, Spine,
Trochanter, Tubercle, Tuberosity
what are the three fossae - Answer-anterior cranial fossa, middle cranial fossa, posterior
cranial fossa
What are the bones of the cranium (head)? - Answer-ethmoid, frontal, occipital, parietal,
sphenoid, temporal
