Cranial Bones (Skeletal System) Flashcards
1
Q
How many cranial bones are there?
A
8
2
Q
How many facial bones are there?
A
13
3
Q
Where is the Frontal bone? How many are there?
A
Forehead, 1
4
Q
Where are the parietal bones? How many are there?
A
Sides of the skull, 2
5
Q
Where is the occipital bone? How many are there?
A
Back of the skull
6
Q
What suture separates the parietal bones from the frontal bone?
A
Coronal Suture
7
Q
What suture separates the occipital bone from the parietal and temporal bones?
A
lambdoidal suture
8
Q
Where are the temporal bones? How many are there?
A
Lower side of the skull, 2
9
Q
What suture separates the temporal from the parietal bones?
A
squamosal suture
10
Q
Where is the sphenoid located externally?
A
the temple
11
Q
Where is the ethmoid bone located externally?
A
optical orbit
