1. The cranial bones are held together by joints called _______________.

2. Cranial nerves and blood vessels pass through openings in theskull called _______________.

3. The bony palate is composed of two _______________ bones and the palatineprocesses of the _______________.

4. The pituitary gland lies in a depression of the _______________ bone, acomplex cranial bone with greater and lesser wings.

5. The space on the posterior surface of the scapula below thescapular spine is called the _______________.

6. The medial bone of the forearm is the _______________.

7. The cartilaginous pads between the bodies of adjacent vertebraeare called _______________.

8. Spinal nerves pass through gaps called the _______________ between adjacentvertebrae.

9. At the inferior end of the sternum is a small pointed bone calledthe _______________.

10. The apex of your shoulder is formed by a platelike extension ofthe scapula called the _______________.

11. The trapezium, trapezoid, and hamate bones are three bones ofthe _______________ region.

12. The right and left ossa coxae are held together anteriorly by afibrocartilage pad called the _______________.

13. When you are sitting, your body weight is supported on the rightand left _______________, which are thick, rough areas of one of the pelvic bones.

14. The bony prominences on the sides of your ankle, just above thetop of a dress shoe, are the lateral and medial _______________.

15. The bones of the fingers and toes are called the _______________.

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