Comparative Skeletal System — Flashcards

Bones of the _____ skeleton, appendicular skeleton, and base of the skull are formed via endochondral ossification.

Except for the first carpometacarpal joint, all the other carpometacarpal joints are _____ joints.

Chorda tympani travels _____ to anterior, between malleus and incus in the middle ear

Hint: P/A

Interparietal bone of the skull is present between the _____ and the parietal bones.

The costovertebral angle is formed between the lower border of the _____ rib and the vertebral column

The adult vertebral column usually consists of _____ vertebral segments.

Development in the extremities proceeds from _____ to distal (proximal/distal)

Muscles of the thenar eminence:1. _____2. Abductor pollicis brevis3. Flexor pollicis brevis