Bones Of Skull

Question 1

What are the cranial bones and where are they located?

Answer 1

Frontal bone (forehead), parietal bone (one on each side of head), occipital bone (back and bottom of head), temporal bone (ears), sphenoid (back of orbit, spans middle cranial fossa), ethmoid (top part of septum)

Question 2

What are the facial bones and where are they located?

Answer 2

Nasal (top of nose) mandible (jaw), maxilla (top jaw), zygomatic (cheek), lacrimal (beside maxilla), palatine (behind maxilla), vomer (lower septum), inferior nasal conchae (side nose hole)

Question 3

What are the skull sutures and where are the located?

Answer 3

Coronal suture (between partial and frontal), Sagittal suture (between parietal) squamous suture (between temporal and parietal) Lambdoid suture (between occipital and parietal)

Question 4

On what part of the skull is the sella turcica located?

Answer 4

Sphenoid bone

Question 5

Where is the foramen ovale located?

Answer 5

Underside of sphenoid

Question 6

Where is the Foramen lacerum located?

Answer 6

Middle bottom of skull

Question 7

Where is the Jugular foramen located?

Answer 7

Bottom of skull beside occipital condyle

Question 8

Where is the foramen magnum located?

Answer 8

Large hole at bottom of skull.

Question 9

Where is the optic canal located?

Answer 9

Beside sella turcica.

Question 10

Where is the cartorid canal located?

Answer 10

Beside jugular foramen.