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Question 1

What are the divisions of the bones of the skull?

Answer 1

The neurocranium and viscerocranium

Question 2

What are the bones of the neurocranium?

Answer 2

Parietal, ethmoid, frontal, occipital, temporal, and sphenoid

Question 3

What are the bones of the viscerocranium?

Answer 3

Zygomatic, lacrimal, nasal, vomer, inferior nasal conchae, mandible, maxilla and palatine

Question 4

What are the joints of the skull?

Answer 4

Fibrous joints called sutures

Question 5

When do each fontanelles close?

Answer 5

Anterior- 2-2.5yrs

Posterior - 3months

Posterolateral - 1yrs

Question 6

What is the suture that splits the frontal bone until 7yo?

Answer 6

Metopic suture

Question 7

What is the temporomandibular joint?

Answer 7

Synovial, modified hinge joint

Articulation: mandibular fossa, articular tubercle of temporal bone and mandibular condyle

Movements: elevation, depression, protrusion and retraction

Question 8

What splits the temporomandibular joint into superior and inferior articular cavities?

Answer 8

Fibrocartilaginious disc

Question 9

What are the ligaments of the temporomandibular joint?

Answer 9

Lateral ligament, sphenomandibular ligament and stylomandibular ligaments