BIO 201 Exam I Key Terms - Skeletal System
Across
- 3. number of inferior bones that are fusions of several vertebrae including the sacrum and coccyx
- 5. location where neck of rib articulates with transverse process
- 7. breastbone on anterior midline comprised of 2 bones that fuse at approximately 40 years of age including manubrium, body, xiphoid process
- 8. body frame around chest composed of thoracic vertebrae posteriorly, ribs laterally, and sternum anteriorly, protecting heart, lungs, trachea, esophagus, and other thoracic organs
- 10. type of atypical vertebra, usually fused in third decade of life, has alae, promontory, sacral canal, and sacral foramina
- 13. category of skeleton including pectoral girdle, upper limb, pelvic girdle, and lower limb
- 15. type of vertebrae with small body, transverse foramen for nerved and blood vessels to head
- 16. pairs 1 through 7, articulate anteriorly with the sternum via costal cartilages
- 18. "wing-like" projections
- 19. houses the spinal cord, stabilizes the axial body, muscle attachment
- 20. type of atypical vertebra, has an odontoid process or dens acting as axis of rotation between the atlas and the skull
- 21. for nerves extending from the inferior end of the spinal cord
Down
- 1. also known as ribs, articulates posteriorly with thoracic vertebrae
- 2. type of vertebrae with increasing body size, without transverse foramen
- 4. number of individual bones, divided into cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions
- 6. pairs 11 and 12, do not articulate with any bone anteriorly
- 8. number of bone comprising vertebral column
- 9. for nerves extending from the inferior end of the spinal cord
- 11. location where head of rib articulates between two vertebra bodies
- 12. pairs 8 through 12, do not articulate directly with sternum via their costal cartilages
- 14. type of atypical vertebra, articulates with condyles of occipital bone, has deep superior articular facets, only vertebra that lacks a body
- 17. anteriosuperior edge of 1st vertebrae
- 22. type of vertebrae with large body size, no transverse foramen, and thick transverse and spinous processes