A10 - Skull Osteology and Fractures

Question 1

What is the neurocranium?

Answer 1

bones of the cranial cavity

- from above the ear to below the orbits

Question 2

What are the bones of the face classified as?

Answer 2

viscerocranium

Question 3

What is the fracture of the skull where there are many cracks but no bone is separated?

Answer 3

basilar

Question 4

What is a comminuted fracture of the skull?

Answer 4

parts of the bone are fractured in a zig zag fashion

Question 5

What is the fracture of the skull where there is a clear straight fracture?

Answer 5

linear

Question 6

What is the fracture of the skull where the bones are pressing in =?

Answer 6

depressed

Question 7

What is fractured in a Le Fort I fracture?

Answer 7

maxilla will snap above the alveolar bone

Question 8

What is the fracture in which the maxilla will snap bilaterally from the corners of the mouth to the orbits

Answer 8

Le fort II

Question 9

What is the most serios fracture where the neuro and visceocranium separate?

Answer 9

Le Fort III

Question 10

What parts of the mandible are vulnerable to fracture =?

Answer 10

coronoid process snaps off
condyle process snaps
fracture of the angle, body , ramus

Question 11

What is the most common fracture of the mandible?

Answer 11

condyle process snaps off