Cranial Bones

Question 1

Ethmoid bone

Answer 1

nose

Question 2

frontal

Answer 2

forehead

Question 3

occipital

Answer 3

back of the head

Question 4

parietal

Answer 4

top and sides of skull

Question 5

spheniod

Answer 5

temple

Question 6

temporal

Answer 6

directly behind spheniod

Question 7

sagittal suture

Answer 7

runs along midline at the top of the skull separating the two parietal bones

Question 8

coronal suture

Answer 8

runs horizonally across the skull; separates the frontal bone and the parietal bones

Question 9

lambdoid suture

Answer 9

back of the skull; separates the parietal bones from the occipital

Question 10

squamous suture

Answer 10

separates the temporal bone from the parietal bone

Question 11

Ethmoid bone markings

Answer 11

crista galli
cribiform plate
middle nasal conchae
perpendicular plate
superior nasal conchae

Question 12

occipital bone markings

Answer 12

foramen magnum
occipital condyles
external occipical protuberance
superior and inferior nuchal line

Question 13

sphenoid

Answer 13

greater and lesser wings
lateral and medial pterygoid process
optic canal
sella turcica
superior and inferior orbital fissure

Question 14

temporal bone markings

Answer 14

carotid canal
external and internal acoustic meatus
mandibular fossa
mastoid process
styloid process
ztgomatic process