Bones of the Skull

Question 1

Supraorbital foramen

Answer 1

holes above eyes (frontal)

Question 2

supraorbital margin

Answer 2

where eyebrows are (frontal)

Question 3

superciliary arches

Answer 3

above eye cavity (frontal)

Question 4

glabella

Answer 4

arch above nose bridge (frontal)

Question 5

frontal sinus

Answer 5

pocket at corner of eyebrow near nose bridge

Question 6

anterior cranial fossae

Answer 6

flat frontal surface inside skull

Question 7

foramen magnum

Answer 7

big hole (occipital)

Question 8

jugular foramina

Answer 8

kidney holes next to magnum (occipital)

Question 9

posterior cranial fossae

Answer 9

flat surface down in skull (occipital)

Question 10

external occipital protruberance

Answer 10

bump between nuchal lines (occipital)

Question 11

occipital condyles

Answer 11

bumps beside foramen magnum (occipital)

Question 12

superior nuchal line

Answer 12

middle one

Question 13

foramen lacerum

Answer 13

between sella turcica and foramen ovale (occipital)

Question 14

hypoglossal canal

Answer 14

channels under occipital condyle

Question 15

external acoustic meatus

Answer 15

ear hole (temporal)

Question 16

internal acoustic meatus

Answer 16

inner topper hole (temporal)

Question 17

styloid process

Answer 17

sharp thing (temporal)

Question 18

mastoid process

Answer 18

big bump that goes down (temporal)

Question 19

squamous fossa

Answer 19

suture bordering temporal bone

Question 20

carotid canals

Answer 20

hole next to styloid (temporal)

Question 21

zygomatic process

Answer 21

bottom part of side arch

Question 22

foramen rotundum

Answer 22

above ovale (sphenoid)

Question 23

foramen spinosum

Answer 23

small one next to ovale (sphenoid)

Question 24

superior orbital fissure

Answer 24

slot above rotundum (sphenoid)

Question 25

medial/lateral pterygoid process

Answer 25

inner inferior point (sphenoid)

Question 26

sphenoid sinus

Answer 26

pocket under sella turcica (sphenoid)

Question 27

greater/lesser wings

Answer 27

broad/top plate (sphenoid)

Question 28

optic canal

Answer 28

hole notch leading to eyes (sphenoid)

Question 29

foramen ovale

Answer 29

oval hole (sphenoid)

Question 30

lateral masses

Answer 30

chunk of bone (ethmoid)

Question 31

cribiform plate

Answer 31

middle piece (ethmoid)

Question 32

olfactory foramina

Answer 32

holes in cribiform plate (ethmoid)

Question 33

middle nasal conchae

Answer 33

side points (ethmoid)

Question 34

ethmoid sinus

Answer 34

space inside masses (ethmoid)

Question 35

perpendicular plate

Answer 35

top half of nose hole (ethmoid)

Question 36

crista galli

Answer 36

top point (ethmoid)

Question 37

vomer

Answer 37

bottom half of nose hole

Question 38

zygomatic bones

Answer 38

part of eye socket and temporal process

Question 39

lacrimal fossa

Answer 39

inner side where nose would be

Question 40

infraorbital foramina

Answer 40

holes next to nose (maxilla)

Question 41

palatine process

Answer 41

roof of mouth (maxilla)

Question 42

palatine bones

Answer 42

horizontal is mouth roof, perpendicular sticks up

Question 43

coronoid process

Answer 43

notch bump by nose (mandible)

Question 44

mandibular notch

Answer 44

top of ramus (mandible)

Question 45

mandibular condyle

Answer 45

notch bump by ear (mandible)

Question 46

ramus

Answer 46

stretch of bone inferior to notch (mandible)

Question 47

mental foramen

Answer 47

chin holes (mandible)

Question 48

mandibular angle

Answer 48

corner of mandible