Cranial Bones

Question 1

frontal bone

Answer 1

Skull bone of forehead and top of eye socket

Interior shelf where brains frontal lobe sits

Question 2

Parietal bone

Answer 2

Superior part of skull, posterior to frontal bone

Question 3

Connection point of parietal bones

Answer 3

Sagittal suture

Question 4

Temporal bone

Answer 4

Lateral aspect of bone at temples

Question 5

Parts of temporal bone (5 parts)

Answer 5

1) external auditory canal
2) mastoid process
3) styloid process
4) mandibular fossa
5) zygomatic process

Question 6

External auditory canal

Answer 6

Earhole, anterior to mastoid process

Question 7

Mastoid process

Answer 7

Rounded mass, posterior region of temporal bone

Question 8

Styloid process

Answer 8

Fang like piece of bone

Medial and anterior to mastoid process

Question 9

Madibular fossa

Answer 9

Anterior to mastoid process

Where lower mandible fits

Question 10

Zygomatic process

Answer 10

Anterior to ears.

Posterior portion of cheek bones

Question 11

Occipital bone

Answer 11

Posterior aspect of skull

Question 12

Parts of occipital bone (2)

Answer 12

Foramen magnum

Occipital condyles

Question 13

Foramen magnum

Answer 13

Big hole at base of skull

Question 14

Occipital condyles

Answer 14

Lateral, anterior to foramen magnum

Question 15

Sphenoid bone on lateral aspect

Answer 15

Rectangular bone, at posterior lateral side of eye

Question 16

Sphenoid bone from cranial cavity

Answer 16

Bat like shape posterior to frontal bone

Question 17

Sella turcica

Answer 17

Part of sphenoid bone

“Saddle” shapes region

Question 18

Ethmoid bone

Answer 18

Medial sides of eye socket

Question 19

Parts of ethmoid bone (3)

Answer 19

1) crista galli
2) cribriform plate
3) nasal conchae

Question 20

Cristae galli location

Answer 20

Ridge in the cranial cavity posterior to frontal bone

Question 21

Cribriform plate location

Answer 21

Surrounds cristae galli

Question 22

Nasal conchae

Answer 22

Superior Shelf in nasal cavity