Bones of Different Areas of Cranial Foramina

Question 1

What are the bones that make up the cranial base?

Answer 1

1. Sphenoid bone
2. Ethmoid Bone
3. Occipital Bone
4. Frontal Bone
5. Temporal Bone

Question 2

The external surface of the skull is composed of what bones?

Answer 2

1. Maxillae
2. Palatine Bones
3. Vomer Bone
4. Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone
5. Petromastoid portion of the temporal bones

Question 3

The middle cranial fossa foramina is composed of what bones?

Answer 3

1. body and wings of sphenoid bone

2. squamous and petrous parts of temporal bones

Question 4

The posterior cranial fossa is composed of what bones?

Answer 4

1. temporal bones
2. small portion of parietal bones
3. occipital bone