How does the female skull differ from the male skull?

What will be an ideal response?


Compared with the male skull, the female skull is lighter and smoother; it is about 10% smaller; the forehead is more vertical; the sinuses are smaller; the teeth are smaller; and the mandible is smaller, narrower, and less robust.

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a. subjective information c. assessment b. objective information d. plan or procedure

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From superior to inferior, what is the correct order of the vertebrae?

A) lumbar, thoracic, cervical B) cervical, lumbar, thoracic C) cervical, thoracic, lumbar D) sacral, cervical, lumbar

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The axons of the ganglion neurons of the retina terminate in the

a) optic disk. b) optic chiasm. c) visual cortex of cerebrum. d) lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. e) primary somatosensory area of cerebral cortex.

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The primary function of the alveoli is ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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