Which of the following statements is true?
A. The adult vertebral column has three curvatures.
B. Lordosis is an exaggeration of the cervical curvature.
C. An exaggerated thoracic curvature of the vertebral column is called kyphosis.
D. Scoliosis is the term applied to normal curvature of the spine.
E. The cervical curve develops before birth.
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Question 2) The _____ region of the vertebral column is located in the neck.
A. thoracic
B. cervical
C. sacral
D. lumbar
E. coccygeal
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Question 3) Which of the following is a function of the vertebral column?
A. It supports the weight of the body.
B. It allows spinal nerves to exit the spinal cord.
C. It serves as a passageway for the cranial nerves.
D. It contains numerous foramens for the passageway of blood vessels.
E. It protects the brain.
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Question 4) Sully is involved in a car accident in which he is rear-ended. The traumatic hyperextension of his head caused
A. whiplash.
B. a fracture.
C. scoliosis.
D. a herniated disc.
E. spina bifida.
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Question 5) Anatomy students are viewing bone and identifying the sella turcica, pterygoid processes, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum, and the foramen rotundum. What bone are they studying?
A. vomer.
B. ethmoid bone.
C. palatine bone.
D. sphenoid bone.
E. occipital bone.
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Question 6) Which cranial bone forms the bony eyebrow ridges and roofs of the orbits?
A. zygomatic
B. sphenoid
C. temporal
D. frontal
E. maxilla
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Question 7) The skull bone that forms the chin is also the only bone connected to the skull by a freely moveable joint. This bone is the
A. hyoid.
B. mandible.
C. maxilla.
D. vomer.
E. mental bone.
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Question 8) A coroner determines the cause of death to be strangulation because this delicate bone is fractured. Which bone is this?
A.
C2
B. vomer
C.
clavicle
D. sphenoid
E. hyoid
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Question 9) What canal conveys tears from the eyes to the nasal cavity?
A. jugular foramen
B. carotid canal
C. external auditory canal
D. nasolacrimal canal
E. foramen ovale
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Question 10) Which skull canal does the internal carotid artery pass through?
A. nasolacrimal canal
B. external auditory canal
C. jugular foramen
D. carotid canal
E. foramen ovale
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