Composition of Cranial Sutures

Question 1

What bones meet at the coronal suture?

Answer 1

frontal bone and parietal bones

Question 2

What bones meet at the Pterion? (4)

Answer 2

• Frontal
• parietal
• temporal
• sphenoid

Question 3

what bones meet at the sphenosquamous suture?

Answer 3

• sphenoid

- temporal

Question 4

What bones meet at the temporozygomatic suture?

Answer 4

• temporal bone

- zygomatic bone/arch

Question 5

What bones make up the TMJ?

Answer 5

• temporal bone

- mandible

Question 6

what bones meet at the parietosquamous suture?

Answer 6

• parietal bone

- temporal bone

Question 7

what bones meet at the lambdoidal suture?

Answer 7

• parietal bone

- occipital bone

Question 8

What bones meet at the asterion?

Answer 8

• parietal bone
• occipital bone
• temporal bone

Question 9

What bones meet at the occipitomastoid?

Answer 9

• occipital bone

- mastoid process of temporal bone

Question 10

what bones meet at the sagittal suture?

Answer 10

parietal bones

Question 11

What bones meet at the bregma?

Answer 11

• frontal

- parietal x2

Question 12

What bones meet at the lambda?

Answer 12

• occipital

- parietal x2

Question 13

What landmark is the old posterior fontanelle?

Answer 13

lambda

Question 14

what landmark is the old anterior fontanelle?

Answer 14

bregma

Question 15

What bones meet at the sphenobasilar symphysis?

Answer 15

• sphenoid

- occipital

Question 16

What type of joint is the SBS?

Answer 16

synchondrosis

Question 17

Describe synchondrosis

Answer 17

almost immovable joint between bones, bound by a layer of cartilage