Cranial and Facial Bones

Question 1

Frontal Bone (locate)

Answer 1

forehead region

Question 2

Frontal Sinus (locate)

Answer 2

above eyebrows

Question 3

supraorbital foramen (locate)

Answer 3

hole in the skull in brow region

Question 4

parietal bone (locate)

Answer 4

two bones that form middle of skull

Question 5

coronal suture (locate)

Answer 5

joins frontal bone with parietal bones

Question 6

sagittal suture (locate)

Answer 6

joins the two parietal bones

Question 7

squamous suture (locate)

Answer 7

joins parietal and temporal bones

Question 8

lambdoid suture (locate)

Answer 8

joins parietal and occipital bones

Question 9

occipital bone (locate)

Answer 9

at back of head

Question 10

occipital condyles (locate)

Answer 10

underneath skull, on occipital bone where the neck meets skull

Question 11

foramen magnum (locate)

Answer 11

fat hole underneath skull in the occipital bone

Question 12

external occipital protuberance (locate)

Answer 12

lil knot on the back of the head on the occipital bone

Question 13

temporal bones (locate)

Answer 13

where temples are

Question 14

squamous region of temporal bone (locate)

Answer 14

flat part of temporal bone

Question 15

zygomatic process (locate)

Answer 15

on temporal bone and helps form cheek bones

Question 16

mandibular fossa (locate)

Answer 16

where the mandibular condyle sits when jaw is closed

Question 17

external acoustic meatus (locate)

Answer 17

ear hole on temporal bone

Question 18

styloid process (locate)

Answer 18

pointy thing on temporal bone

Question 19

mastoid process (locate)

Answer 19

bone projection behind ear hole

Question 20

petrous region (locate)

Answer 20

ridge portion on top of carotid canal

Question 21

carotid canal (locate)

Answer 21

little bony tubes on either side of foramen magnum

Question 22

jugular foramen (locate)

Answer 22

little hole beneath the carotid canal

Question 23

internal acoustic meatus (locate)

Answer 23

little hole beside the styloid process

Question 24

sphenoid bones (locate)

Answer 24

small bone between temporal bone and eyes

Question 25

foramen ovale (locate)

Answer 25

hole number one in the sphenoid bone

Question 26

foramen rotundum (locate)

Answer 26

hole number three in the sphenoid bone

Question 27

superior orbital fissure (locate)

Answer 27

biggest hole behind the eyes

Question 28

pterygoid process (locate)

Answer 28

small plates that fuse temporal bone to the mandible

Question 29

optic canal (locate)

Answer 29

tiny hole behind eyes that is closest to nose

Question 30

sella turcica (locate)

Answer 30

little flat spot in center of skull

Question 31

sphenoid sinus (locate)

Answer 31

sinus cavity on top of sphenoid bone

Question 32

ethmoid bone (locate)

Answer 32

large bone deep to the nose

Question 33

cribriform plate (locate)

Answer 33

porous plate on ethmoid bone

Question 34

olfactory foramina (locate)

Answer 34

small holes in the cribriform plate

Question 35

crista galli (locate)

Answer 35

ridge in the middle of the cribriform plate

Question 36

perpendicular plate (locate)

Answer 36

part of the ethmoid bone that connects to vomer

Question 37

mandible (locate)

Answer 37

lower jaw

Question 38

mandibular condyle (locate)

Answer 38

rounded projection from the mandible

Question 39

coronoid process (locate)

Answer 39

pointier projection from the mandible

Question 40

mental foramen (locate)

Answer 40

tiny hole in mandible

Question 41

alveoli (locate)

Answer 41

tooth socket

Question 42

mandibular ramus (locate)

Answer 42

part of mandible that is on the side but doesn't include coronoid process or mandibular condyle

Question 43

maxilla (locate)

Answer 43

upper jaw

Question 44

palatine process (locate)

Answer 44

roof of mouth

Question 45

infraorbital foramen (locate)

Answer 45

tiny holes in the maxilla

Question 46

inferior orbital fissure (locate)

Answer 46

tiny hole behind eye towards the bottom of the socket

Question 47

maxillary sinus (locate)

Answer 47

sinus right below eyes

Question 48

incisive foramen (locate)

Answer 48

tiny hole in roof of mouth directly behind incisor teeth

Question 49

palatine bone (locate)

Answer 49

small bone towards back of mouth

Question 50

zygomatic bones (locate)

Answer 50

cheek bones

Question 51

temporal process (locate)

Answer 51

towards the middle of zygomatic arch

Question 52

zygomatic arch (locate)

Answer 52

bones that runs from temporal bone to the zygomatic bone

Question 53

lacrimal bones (locate)

Answer 53

in inner corner of eyes

Question 54

vomer (locate)

Answer 54

bone behind the septum

Question 55

frontonasal suture

Answer 55

joins the two nasal bones

Question 56

nasal bone (locate)

Answer 56

forms the bridge of nose

Question 57

inferior nasal conchae (locate)

Answer 57

largest rounded protuberance within nose

Question 58

anterior fontanel (locate)

Answer 58

soft spot on a fetus skull