Cranium - Skull

Question 1

Skull -Cranium (BONES)
What is number 1

and
12

Answer 1

Frontal bone (1) fossa on the inferior aspect = anterior cranial fossa (12)

Question 2

Skull -Cranium (BONES)
What is number 2

and
13

Answer 2

Parietal bone (2)  fossa on the inferior aspect = middle cranial fossa (13)

Question 3

Skull - Cranium (BONES)
number 3

and
14

Answer 3

Temporal bone (3)  fossa on the inferior aspect referred to as the temporal fossa (14)

Question 4

Skull - Cranium (BONES)
number 4

and 15

Answer 4

Occipital bone (4)  fossa on the inferior aspect = posterior cranial fossa (15)

Question 5

Skull - Cranium (BONES)

5

Answer 5

Zygomatic bone (5)  forms the zygomatic arch

Question 6

Skull - Cranium (BONES)

6

Answer 6

Maxilla (6)  superior aspect of the jaw

Question 7

Skull - Cranium (BONES)

7

Answer 7

Mandible (7)  not imaged, inferior aspect of skull, makes up the jaw

Question 8

Skull - Cranium (BONES)

16

Answer 8

Foramen magnum (16)  allows the brain stem to exit and connect to the spinal cord

Question 9

Skull - Cranium (SUTURES)

8

Answer 9

Sagittal suture (8)  middle of skull; separates the two parietal bones

Question 10

Skull - Cranium (SUTURES)

9

Answer 10

Lambdoid suture (9)  separates the occipital bone from the parietal bones

Question 11

Skull - Cranium (SUTURES)

10

Answer 11

Coronal suture (10)  separates frontal bones from parietal bones

Question 12

11

Answer 12

Squamous suture (11)  separates temporal bone from parietal bone