face and neck

Question 1

suture

Answer 1

means “seam” in Latin; classified as a fibrous joint of the skull

Question 2

aponeurosis of the head

Answer 2

scalp

Question 3

occipital condyles

Answer 3

knobs at the base of the occipital bone

Question 4

foramen magnum

Answer 4

large hole at the base of the occipital bone that the spinal cord passes through

Question 5

sagittal suture

Answer 5

midline suture where parietal bones meet

Question 6

frontanels

Answer 6

at birth, the gap between cranial bones

Question 7

mastoid process

Answer 7

large, superficial bump on the temporal bone (directly behind the ear)

Question 8

styloid process

Answer 8

fang-like protrusion of the temporal bone that lies behind the earlobe

Question 9

temporal fossa

Answer 9

broad, shallow depression on the temporal bone just superior to the ear

Question 10

mandibular fossa

Answer 10

depression on the temporal bone that fits the mandibular condyle to form the TMJ

Question 11

sinuses

Answer 11

resonant holes in the skull that lighten the head

Question 12

orbits

Answer 12

eye sockets

Question 13

ramus of mandible

Answer 13

back edge of the jaw

Question 14

mandibular condyle

Answer 14

fits the mandibular fossa to form the TMJ

Question 15

coronoid process

Answer 15

ridge on an upper part of the mandible

Question 16

angle of the mandible

Answer 16

back corner of the jaw

Question 17

TMJ (temporomandibular joint)

Answer 17

jaw joint

Question 18

body of vertebra

Answer 18

thick, anterior part of the vertebra

Question 19

facets

Answer 19

small, curved surfaces on the vertebra

Question 20

foramen

Answer 20

hole

Question 21

vertebral foramen

Answer 21

hole in each vertebra through which the main spinal cord passes

Question 22

intervertebral discs

Answer 22

pads of cartilage that separate the spinal vertebrae and absorb spinal impacts

Question 23

slipped disc

Answer 23

intervertebral disc that is torn from its foundations

Question 24

ruptured (herniated) disc

Answer 24

outer cartilage of intervertebral disc is torn or cracked

Question 25

atlas (atlantooccipital) joint

Answer 25

joint between occipital bone and C1

Question 26

odontoid process

Answer 26

bony process on C2 around which C1 rotates

Question 27

axis (atlantoaxial) joint

Answer 27

joint between C1 and C2

Question 28

spinal joints (intervertebral facets)

Answer 28

joints between the vertebrae

Question 29

frontalis

Answer 29

forehead muscle

Question 30

temporalis

Answer 30

muscle that lies in the temple area of the head

Question 31

masseter

Answer 31

chewer muscle

Question 32

scalenes

Answer 32

deep neck muscles

Question 33

splenius

Answer 33

muscles that lie in the back of the neck

Question 34

SCM (sternocleidomastoid)

Answer 34

visible anterior neck muscle

Question 35

trapezius

Answer 35

flat muscle that extends from the back of the head down to the T12

Question 36

levator scapula

Answer 36

deep muscle of the posterior neck

Question 37

suboccipital muscles

Answer 37

eight deep muscles of the upper, posterior neck