Bones of the Skull

Question 1

Four large bones of the skull

Answer 1

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital

Question 2

Sphenoid

Answer 2

behind the eyes in the skull. makes up the middle base of the skull

Question 3

ethmoid

Answer 3

makes upper nasal cavity. can be seen through the eye sockets

Question 4

sella turcica

Answer 4

houses the pituitary gland. located in the middle of the sphenoid bone

Question 5

what are the 5 sutures of the skull

Answer 5

sagittal
coronal
parietal
lambdoid
occipitomastoid

Question 6

zygomatic process

Answer 6

connects check bone to the temporal bone

Question 7

foreman magnum

Answer 7

the hole at the base of the skull

Question 8

occipital condyle

Answer 8

the articulation place of the first cervical vertebrae and the occipital bone

Question 9

external occipital protuberance

Answer 9

raised area at the base of the occipital bone

Question 10

mandible

Answer 10

lower jaw bone

Question 11

maxilla

Answer 11

upper jaw bone

Question 12

palatine

Answer 12

posterior part of the roof of the mouth

Question 13

greater wing of sphenoid

Answer 13

extends from the sphenoid body in a lateral, superior and posterior direction

Question 14

lesser wing of sphenoid

Answer 14

arises from the anterior aspect of the sphenoid body

Question 15

lacrimal

Answer 15

anterior on the medial wall of the orbit (eye socket)

Question 16

zygomatic

Answer 16

the check bone

Question 17

nasal

Answer 17

form the upper bridge of the nose

Question 18

vomer

Answer 18

forms posterior part of the nasal septum

Question 19

inferior nasal conchae

Answer 19

lateral and inferior wall of nasal region