Chapter 7 Lab Assignment – The Axial Skeleton Adriana Blanco

Name: _____________________________

Instructions: Using the etext, PowerPoint, and/or other resources label the bones and bone markings on the
following pictures. Make sure to verify correct spelling and be as specific as possible. Once you have labeled
the images, you may scan it or take pictures of each page and submit the files to the assignment.

Anterior view of the skull:

Frontal bone Coronal suture

Supraorbital foramen
Parietal bone
Optic foramen
Superior orbital fissure
Ethmoid bone
Temporal bone
Nasal bone
Lacrimal bone Orbit
Inferior orbital fissure
Zygomaticofacial bone
Middle nasal concha
Perpendicular plate
Infraorbital foramen
Inferior nasal concha
Vomer Maxilla
Mental foramen
Mandible

Anterior view of the skull:

Coronal suture Frontal bone

Parietal bone
Sphenoid bone
Squamous suture
Lacrimal fossa
Temporal bone

Lambdoid surture Nasal bone

Occipital bone Zygomatic bone

Maxilla
External acoustic meatus
Mastoid process
Mandible
Styloid process
Inferior view of the skull:

Palatine process

Palatine bone
(horizontal plate)
Vomer
Sphenoid bone

Styloid process
Mandibular fossa
Carotid foramen
Jungular foramen Mastoid process

Foramen magnum
Occipital bone

External occipital protuberance

Superior view of the floor of the cranium:

Frontal bone

Ethmoid bone:
Crista galli
Cribriform plate

Superior orbital Sphenoid bone:

fissure Lesser wing
Hypophyseal fossa of
sella turcica
Foram ovale

Formen magnum

Parietal bone
Occipital bone
 Name this bone:

Hyoid bone

Vertebrae:

Superior view of atlas (C1) Superior view of a typical cervical vertebra

Spinous process
Posterior tubercle of anterior arch
Superior
Vertebral foramen
articular
prorocess/
facet
Pedicle

Vertebral
Transverse foramen
body
Anterior tubercle of anterior arch

Superior view of axis (C2)

Lateral view of axis (C2)

Spinous process

Dens
Vertebral foramen
Dens
Transverse
foramen
Superior
articular Spinous
process/facet process
 Lateral view of a Thoracic vertebra Lateral view of a Lumbar vertebra

Vertebral
Superior articular facet
Superior costal Superior articular body
facet facet
Costal facet
Vertebral
of
body
transverse Transverse
process process
Spinous
Inferior costal process
facet
Spinous process
Inferior articular process

Anterior view of Sacrum and Coccyx

Superior articular process

Base of sacrum

Sacral ala

Anterior sacral foramen

Coccyx
 Thoracic Cage:

Clavical
Jugular notch

Clavicular notch

Manubrium
(part of Sternal angle
sternum)

Sternum

Xiphoid process Costal cartilages