Name: _____________________
Anatomy & Physiology, period _____
Skeletal System Worksheet
1. Using colored pencils, shade in the figure 12.1 (ch.8 outline packet) for the 14 facial
bones listed for the 3 pictures (Anterior view, Lateral, and Inferior view). Ethnoid bone is
located inferior to the nasal bone. Lacrimal bone is located lateral to the maxilla bone.
2. Using your book (pgs. 133-135, 137),
(a) Identify the following foramen located at numbers 15, 18, 19. The Mental
foramen is located at #17.
(b) Identify the following processes located at numbers 24, 26, 32, 36.
(c) Identify the type of sutures located at numbers 23, 28.
(d) Identify numbers 25, 42, 43.
3. Define the following:
(a) Process ___________________________________________
(b) Suture ____________________________________________
(c) Foramen __________________________________________
4. Identify the parts of a typical vertebra.
5. Why are the bodies of the lumbar vertebra thicker than those of the cervical and
thoracic?
6. The Atlas vertebra is also called _______________________ and the
____________________ is also called Cervical Vertebra #2. Which one is responsible
for the “side-to-side” motion? ____________________________________
7. Why are the first 7 pairs of ribs called “True ribs”? ____________________________
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8. What are the three parts of the Sternum?___________________________________
9. Which structures are found in the axial skeleton? ____________________________
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10. Which structures are found in the appendicular skeleton? _____________________
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11. During soccer practice, a ball hits Chris in the eye, fracturing the bones directly
above and below the orbit. Which bones are broken? __________________________
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12. The mastoid and styloid processes are found on which of the skull bones?
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13. Which cranium bone articulates (forms joint) directly with the vertebral column?
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14. Improper administration of CPR could result in a fracture of which bone(s)?
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15. Why would a broken clavicle affect the mobility of the scapula?
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16. Which three bones make up the coxa (pelvic bone)?
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17. While jumping off the back steps at the high school, Katie lands on her right heel
and breaks her foot. What foot bone is most likely broken? _______________________