Cranium and Facial bones test

Question 1

a process of the malar bone joins with which bone of cranium to form zygomatic arch

Answer 1

temporal

Question 2

internal and external protuberances are processes of what cranial bone

Answer 2

occipital

Question 3

structures within which portion of the ear also control equilibrium and balance

Answer 3

inner

Question 4

the angle of the mandible is also known as the

Answer 4

gonion

Question 5

the bones of the cranium are joined together at immovable joints called

Answer 5

sutures

Question 6

the boney orbit is formed by several bones including the maxillae, frontal, lacrimal, and ethmoid bones (T or F)

Answer 6

true

Question 7

the chin is also called the

Answer 7

mentum

Question 8

the cochlea is found in which portion of eat

Answer 8

inner

Question 9

the cranium is comprised of how many bones

Answer 9

8

Question 10

the external and middle ear are separated by the

Answer 10

tympanic membrane

Question 11

the external walls of the EAM are formed by which portion of the temporal bone

Answer 11

tympanic

Question 12

the foramen ovale provides passage for which of the following

Answer 12

mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve

Question 13

the foramen rotundum provides passage for which of the following

Answer 13

maxillary nerve

Question 14

the foramen spinosum provides passage for which of the following

Answer 14

middle meningeal artery

Question 15

the jugular foramen is formed at the junctions of what 2 bones

Answer 15

occipital and temporal

Question 16

the largest immovable bones of the face are which of the following

Answer 16

maxillae

Question 17

the mandible and maxillary bones each have which of the following processes

Answer 17

alveolar

Question 18

the mandibular condyle articulates with which of the following cranial bones

Answer 18

temporal

Question 19

the mastoid air cells are found in which of the following cranial bones

Answer 19

temporal

Question 20

the middle and inner ear are formed by which portion of the temporal bones

Answer 20

petrous

Question 21

the most superior point of the junction of what two bones is referred to as the vertex of the skull

Answer 21

parietal

Question 22

the optic nerve and the ophthalmic artery pass through the optic canals in which cranial bone

Answer 22

sphenoid

Question 23

the perpendicular plate of what bone forms the superior portion of the nasal septum

Answer 23

ethmoid

Question 24

the perpendicular plate articulates with which bone to form boney nasal septum

Answer 24

vomer

Question 25

posterior portion of the sell turcica is called the

Answer 25

dorsum sellae

Question 26

the sphenoid sinus is located below which aspect of the sphenoid bone

Answer 26

sella turcica

Question 27

the zygomatic process extends from which portion of the temporal bone

Answer 27

squamous

Question 28

what single cranial bone articulated with all other cranial bones

Answer 28

sphenoid

Question 29

which aspect of the ear contains auditory ausicles

Answer 29

middle

Question 30

which boney process within the cranium contains pituitary gland

Answer 30

sella turcica

Question 31

what is not a process of the ethmoid bone

Answer 31

inferior nasal conchae

Question 32

what is all a process of sphenoid bone

Answer 32

lesser wings, greater wings, tuberculum sellae, and sella turcica

Question 33

what is the largest of facial bones

Answer 33

mandible

Question 34

which of paranasal sinuses is present at birth

Answer 34

maxillary

Question 35

which of sinuses is largest

Answer 35

maxillary

Question 36

which portion of temporal bone is considered thickest boney aspect of cranium

Answer 36

petrous