Cranium

Question 0

Parietal bone

Answer 0

Two bones that form the roof and sides of the cranium

Question 1

Frontal bone

Answer 1

Gives shape to the forehead, the eye sockets, and part of the nose

Question 2

Occipital

Answer 2

Back of the skull and the base of the cranium

Foramen magnum - opening in the occipital bone, allows the spinal cord to pass into the skull and join the brain

Question 3

Temporal bones

Answer 3

• Sides of the cranium near the temples

- contains- external auditory meatus, mandibular fossa, mastoid process, styloid process

Question 4

External auditory meatus

Answer 4

The opening to ear canal

Question 5

Mandibular fossa

Answer 5

Articulates with mandible,lower jaw

Question 6

Mastoid process

Answer 6

Provides a place for neck muscles to join your head

Question 7

Styloid process

Answer 7

Serves as an attachment site for muscles of the tongue and voice box

Question 8

Ethmoid bone

Answer 8

Contains several sections, called plates, most of which form the nasal cavity

Question 9

Sphenoid bone

Answer 9

• Shaped like a butterfly or a saddle
• forms the floor of the cranium and the sides of the sockets
• consist of sella turcica- central sunken portion that shelters pituitary gland

Question 10

Facial bones

Answer 10

• lacrimal bones
• Mandible
• maxillae
• nasal bones
• palatine bones
• vomer bone
• zygomatic bone

Question 11

Sinuses

Answer 11

• the frontal sinus
• mastoid sinuses
• maxillary sinuses
• paranasal sinuses