What Two Skeletal Features Reveal the Orientation of the Skull

question 37

Multiple Choice

What two skeletal features reveal the orientation of the skull to the vertebral column?

• A) neck vertebrae, foramen magnum
• B) nuchal plane, occipital bone
• C) innominate bone, foramen magnum
• D) nuchal plane, foramen magnum

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Definitions:

Right Atrium

The right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle.

SA Node

The sinoatrial node, acting as the natural pacemaker of the heart by initiating electrical impulses.

AV Node

The atrioventricular node, which is a part of the electrical conduction system of the heart that delays the transmission of electrical impulses to the ventricles.

Confidence Interval

A sequence of values, originating from statistical analysis of a sample, thought to encompass the value of an unrepresented population feature.