Axial Skeleton Crossword Puzzle

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Axial Skeleton Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • hyoid : only bone that does not form an articulation
  • maxilla : upper jaw
  • optic canal : bone feature-contains optic nerve (2 words)
  • cervical : most superior vertebral region
  • foramen : roundish holes in skull for passage of cranial nerves and blood vessels
  • true ribs : 7 pair attach to sternum and vertebra (2 words)
  • occipital : bone covering the occipital lobe of the brain
  • sphenoid bone : butterfly or bat-shaped(2 words)
  • lambdoid : suture that holds occipital bone to parietal bones
  • sellaturcica : bone feature
  • stapes : malleus, incus and _
  • fontanels : fetal bone features; eases birth
  • zygomatic : "cheek bone"