Axial Skeleton Review

The bony prominences of the cheeks

• parietal bones

• zygomatic bones

• xiphoid process

• lacrimal bones

The first vertebra that supports the skull

• sacrum

• coccyx

• axis

• atlas

The bone that does not articulate with any other bone is the

• zygomatic

• maxilla

• hyoid

• temporal

The areas of incomplete intramembranous ossification of the skull in an infant.

• atlas

• alveoli

• fontanels

• hyoid

Forms the back of the skull

• occipital bone

• temporal bone

• sphenoid bone

• ethmoid bone

Joined by the sagittal suture

• zygomatic bones

• temporal bones

• frontal bones

• parietal bones

The most inferior portion of the sternum

• manubrium

• body

• xiphoid process

• external acoustic meatus

The most inferior part of the vertebral column

• atlas

• lumbar

• coccyx

• sacrum

The suture that connects the parietal bones and the occipital bone

• squamous

• sagittal

• lambdoid

• transverse

Rib 11 and 12 are not connected to the sternum and are referred to as the

• loose ribs

• spare ribs

• true ribs

• floating ribs