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Question 1

14. The pituitary gland is particularly well protected. Which bone provides this protection?

Answer 1

Foramen Magnum

Question 2

12. Which cranial bone is shaped like a butterfly?

Answer 2

Sphenoid

Question 3

15. Which part of the mandible articulates with the skull base?

Answer 3

Condylar process- closes jaw

Question 4

16. Which bone has small holes that allow olfactory nerve fibers to pass through? What is this region called?

Answer 4

Ethmoid bone in the Cribriform plate region

Question 5

19. What are the bones of the vertebral column?

Answer 5

Sacrum, Vertebra, coccyx

Question 6

23. What type of vertebrae have transverse foramina, and why is this present?

Answer 6

Transverse Foramina-artery to the brain

Allows passage of verebral artery and vein

Question 7

What bones make up the pelvic gerdal

Answer 7

Hip bones, cocrex

Question 8

25. Which part of the scapula articulates with the head of the humerus?

Answer 8

Glenoid falsa

Question 9

29. What is the calcaneus, and what is the calcaneal tuberosity?

Answer 9

Heel Bone, Achilles tendon