7.4 The Skull

Question 1

How many bones does the skull contain

Answer 1

22, not including the bones f the middle ears

Question 2

How many cranial bones are there? Name them

Answer 2

8 cranial bones, which are frontal bone, 2 Parital bone, Occipital bone, Splenoid bone, Ethmoid bone, Two temporal bones.

Question 3

Does the Temporal Bone have 1 bone or two

Answer 3

The temporal bone has 2 bones, one on both sides of the head

Question 4

The Temporal Bone and _____ belong together

Answer 4

Zygomatic Process

Question 5

The Zygomatic Bone and _______belong together

Answer 5

Temporal Process

Question 6

A socket like______, is located Inferior posterior of the Zygomatic process of each temporal bone?

Answer 6

Mandibular Fossa

Question 7

The mandibular fossa and articular tubercle
articulate with the mandible

Answer 7

To form the TMJ

Question 8

The Petrous Portion is connected to which Cranial Bone?

Answer 8

Temporal Bone

Question 9

The Petrous Portion hosts the ?

Answer 9

Internal and middle ear?

Question 10

Which foremen does the Occipital bone hold

Answer 10

Foramen Magnum

Question 11

In the Occipital condyles which part of the vertebrae, helps you nod your head yes

Answer 11

articulate with depressions on the first cervical
vertebra (atlas) to form the atlanto-occipital joint, which allows you to
nod your head “yes.”

Question 12

Which part of the occipital bone can you feel

Answer 12

External occipital
protuberance

Question 13

Which bones form the posterior, lateral portion of the cranium?

Answer 13

Posterior is the Occipital bone
Lateral is the temporal bone

Question 14

53. Which following types of bone is the occipital bone?
    a) Longbone
    b) Shortbone
    c) Flatbone
    d) Irregularbone
    e) Sesamoidbone

Answer 14

Flat bones

Are bones for protection.
They also hold ribs and sturnum

Question 15

Which bone lies at the middle of the base of the skull?

Answer 15

Sphenoid Bone

Question 16

What part of the ethmoid bone forms the superior part of the nasal septum? The
medial walls of the orbits

Answer 16

The Perpendicular plate

The Lateral masses hold the medial walls of the orbits

Question 18

Which part of the Sella Turcica houses of the sphenoid bone. houses the Pituitary gland

Answer 18

The middle section called Hypophysal Fossa

Question 18

Which part of the Ethmoid bone contains the nasal septum

Answer 18

The superior portion of the Ethmoid bone, Which divides the nasal cavity into left and right sides.

Question 18

What is the sphenoid Bone referred to as?

Answer 18

Keystone because it articulates with all other bones in the cranium

Question 18

Which bone lies at the middle of the base of the skull?

Answer 18

Sphenoid Bone