4.1 Anatomy of the Skeleton: Overview and Axial Skeletons Part 3

Question 1

What is the mastoiditis?

Answer 1

inflammation of the mastoid sinuses

Question 2

What can mastoiditis lead to?

Answer 2

deafness

Question 3

What is sinusitis?

Answer 3

sinus infection resulting from soft tissues inside the sinuses inflamed from a virus, bacteria, or allergy

Question 4

What does the foramina of the skull allow for?

Answer 4

passage of blood vessels, nerves, and spinal cord

Question 5

What does the foramen magnum allow for?

Answer 5

passage of the spinal cord into the skull

Question 6

What is the carotid canal?

Answer 6

opening of the temporal bone for the internal carotid artery

Question 7

What is the external acoustic meatus?

Answer 7

used for transmission of sound

Question 8

Where is the external acoustic meatus located?

Answer 8

temporal bone

Question 9

How many facial bones are there?

Answer 9

14

Question 10

What is the lower jaw called?

Answer 10

mandible

Question 11

What is the only movable portion of the skull?

Answer 11

mandible

Question 12

What are the only unpaired bones of the facial skeleton?

Answer 12

mandible
vomer

Question 13

What does the maxilla form?

Answer 13

anterior portion of the hard palate

Question 14

What does the maxillae contain?

Answer 14

infraorbital foramen

Question 15

Where are tooth sockets found?

Answer 15

maxilla and mandible

Question 16

What are the zygomatic bones?

Answer 16

cheekbones

Question 17

What forms the bridge of the nose?

Answer 17

nasal bones

Question 18

What are the palatine bones?

Answer 18

posterior portion of the hard palate and floor of the nasal cavity

Question 19

What lies between an ethmoid bone and maxillary bone?

Answer 19

lacrimal bone

Question 20

Where is the vomer located?

Answer 20

joins with the perpindicular plate of the ethmoid bone to form the nasal septum