Axial skeleton

Question 1

Forehead. A part of cranial bones.

Answer 1

Frontal bone

Question 2

Lower jaw/jaw. A part facial bones.

Answer 2

Mandible

Question 3

Cheekbones. A part of facial bones. Lump of bone behind ear; contains air cells which link up to middle ear.

Answer 3

Zygomatic bones & zygomatic process

Question 4

Superior sides of face. A Part of cranial bones. Forms part of the lateral walls of the cranium inferior to the parietal bones.

Answer 4

Temporal bone

Question 5

these bones make up the majority of the inferior view of the skull. Forms the posterior part and most of the base of the cranium. Nodding head requires this condyle.

Answer 5

Occipital bones & occipital condyles.

Question 6

A bat shaped bone located posterior to the frontal bone, (inferior view of skull). Spans entire width + cranial floor. Another structure/bone houses pituitary gland.

Answer 6

Sphenoid bone

Question 7

Large opening on the inferior surface of the skull where the brain and spinal cord meet.

Foramen= hole through bone magnum= big

Answer 7

Foramen magnum

Question 8

A jagged opening that serves as a passageway for small arteries supplying blood to the inner surface of the cranium. Of temporal bone.

Foramen= hole through bone

Answer 8

Foramen lacerum

Question 9

A passageway for 3 cranial nerves as well as internal jugular vein, which drains blood from the brain. Of temporal bone.

Foramen= hole through bone

Answer 9

Jugular foramen

Question 10

A saddle-shaped area in the mid-line of the sphenoid bone which houses the pituitary gland. *Origin; think of a little boat?

Answer 10

Sella turcica

Question 11

Of the temporal bone. Conducts sound waves toward the eardrum. Internal is a passageway for two cranial nerves.

Answer 11

External acoustic meatus

Question 12

Inferior to the mandible, in upper neck. A unique c-shaped bone that does not articulate with any other bone but is suspended by styloid processes of the temporal bone by ligaments and muscles. Attached to tongue, larynx; used for swallowing & speech.

Answer 12

Hyoid bone

Question 13

A facial bone. Forms the upper jaw, articulate with all other facial bones except mandible. Contains upper teeth sockets.

Answer 13

Maxillae

Question 14

Base of the skull, nasal region. Located on either side (between the ridge; crista galli, which anchors folds of the dura mater which help to separate cerebral hemispheres.) is the cribriform plates; studded with olfactory foraminas that serve as passageways for fibers of the olfactory cranial nerves.

Answer 14

Ethmoid bone

Question 15

Part of temporal bone. Allows internal carotid arteries + nerve fibers from parasympathetic NS to pass through. (Delivers blood to brain.)

Answer 15

Carotid canal

Question 16

Or hard palate (bony roof of the mouth)

Answer 16

Palatine bone

Question 17

Smallest bones in the skull (facial bone) located in the medial portion of eye orbit. Sac within collects tears and drains the fluid into the nasal cavity.

Answer 17

Lacrimal bones