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NEET MDS Skull and Axial Skeleton — practice questions

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An anatomy class counts the bones of the adult axial skeleton. The total is:Read the answer and worked solution →How many individual bones make up the adult skull?Read the answer and worked solution →The only moveable bone of the skull is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides the skull bones, seven more bones sit with the head: the ossicles and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The thoracic cage is built from the sternum and how many pairs of ribs?Read the answer and worked solution →Not counting sacrum and coccyx, the vertebral column contains how many vertebrae?Read the answer and worked solution →The vertebrae are divided into how many regions?Read the answer and worked solution →The nasal cavity is split into two halves by the nasal:Read the answer and worked solution →The bony arch running from the cheek to just above the ear canal is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The joint that lets the lower jaw open and close is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Two structures forming that joint are the mandibular fossa and the articular:Read the answer and worked solution →The hard palate is formed by the palatine bones and processes of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The muscle forming the floor of the mouth attaches to the mandible along the:Read the answer and worked solution →The lateral pterygoid plates serve as attachment sites for muscles used in:Read the answer and worked solution →The occipital condyles form joints with which vertebra?Read the answer and worked solution →An immobile joint between two adjacent skull bones is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The suture running from side to side across the top of the skull is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The suture running front to back along the midline of the skull top is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The suture joining the occipital bone to the parietal and temporal bones is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Hollow air filled spaces inside certain skull bones are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest paranasal sinuses, sitting below the orbits, are the:Read the answer and worked solution →The hyoid bone is unusual because it contacts:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the skull bonesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the skull suturesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the skull gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the anatomy wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Moves or fixedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the head anatomyRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Skull anatomy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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An anatomy class counts the bones of the adult axial skeleton. The total is:

  1. 80
  2. 18
  3. 40
  4. 60
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Correct answer: A. 80

1. It covers skull, spine and chest. 2. Limb bones are not included. 3. The total is 80 bones. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 7, Axial Skeleton._

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How many individual bones make up the adult skull?

  1. 42
  2. 22
  3. 12
  4. 32
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Correct answer: B. 22

1. Twenty one are locked together. 2. One more can still move. 3. So the skull has 22 bones. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 7, Axial Skeleton._

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The only moveable bone of the skull is the:

  1. Mandible
  2. Mandrake
  3. Manubrium
  4. Malleolus
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Correct answer: A. Mandible

1. It forms the lower jaw. 2. It must move to chew and speak. 3. That bone is the mandible. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 7, Axial Skeleton._

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