Craniofacial Skeleton

Question 1

Define endochondral formation

Answer 1

cartilage template that forms bone

Question 2

Define intramembranous

Answer 2

bone forms a condensation of mesenchyme

Question 3

Define Growth fields

Answer 3

Where matrix can be laid down or resorbed

Question 4

Define Growth sites

Answer 4

fields of significance growth of a bone (tuberosity/condyles)

Question 5

Define Growth centers

Answer 5

Special growth sites, control overall growth of bone

Question 6

What is the Calvaria? and components of it?

Answer 6

The ‘skull cap’
Intramembranous bone
mesoderm and neural crest orgin
AKA desmocranium

Question 7

what is the Cranial base? and other facts about it

Answer 7

base of the skull.
Endochondral bone, mainly neural crest
early fomr callled chondrocranium

Question 8

What is the facial skeleton called

Answer 8

viscerocranium

Question 9

What is Anencephaly?

Answer 9

failure of rostral neural tube to close

Question 10

What is Craniosynostosis?

Answer 10

premature fusion of the cranial vault sutures

Question 11

The mandible is what type of bone growth?

Answer 11

Both Intermembranous (everything else) and endochondral (condyle)