Head and neck but better - bones (ty sameer)

Question 1

what is the cranium divided into? Which is which?

Answer 1

neurocranium - brain area
viscerocranium - facial area

Question 2

bones in neurocranium?

Answer 2

frontal
occipital
parietal
sphenoid
temporal

Question 3

features on frontal bone?

Answer 3

supraorbital ridge (top of eye socket)
supraorbital foramen
glabella (middle depression between supraorbital ridges)
zygomatic process

Question 4

features on occipital bone?

Answer 4

superior and inferior nuchal lines
occipital tuberance (between nuchal lines)
foramen magnum

Question 5

features on temporal bone?

Answer 5

mastoid process (inferolateral)
zygomatic process
external acoustic meatus (ear canal)
styloid process

Question 6

what type of joints are sutures

Answer 6

fibrous

Question 7

which suture is between the frontal and parietal bones

Answer 7

coronal suture

Question 8

which suture is between the two parietal bones

Answer 8

sagittal suture

Question 9

which suture is between the two parietal bones and the occipital bone

Answer 9

lambdoid suture

Question 10

what is the area where the frontal parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones join?
why is this clinically relevant?

Answer 10

pterion
weak spot, middle meningeal artery runs behind it

Question 11

bones in the viscerocranium?

Answer 11

nasal
maxilla
zygomatic
vomer
inferior nasal conchae
lacrimal
palatine
mandible

Question 12

maxilla features

Answer 12

infraorbital foramen
superior alveolar process (where teeth arise)

Question 13

zygomatic bones features

Answer 13

frontal, temporal and maxillary processes

Question 14

which bone lies in the midline of the nasal septum

Answer 14

vomer

Question 15

lacrimal bone features?

Answer 15

bilateral, sits on medial part of orbit.

Question 16

palatine bone features?

Answer 16

bilateral, part of hard palate and divides cavities

Question 17

mandible features?

Answer 17

condylar process (posterior)
coronoid process (anterior)
ramus
mental process
mental foramina

Question 18

what sections form the cranial fossa

Answer 18

anterior, middle, posterior fossa

Question 19

which lobes of the brain are primarily in each fossa

Answer 19

frontal in anterior
temporal in middle
occipital and cerebellum in posterior

Question 20

how many cranial nerves are there?

Answer 20

12

Question 21

what is found on the superior aspect of the ethmoid bone? which sits on top of this? Which nerves pass through?

Answer 21

cribriform plate
olfactory bulb
olfactory nerves

Question 22

which foramen is most anterior in the sphenoid bone and what passes through it

Answer 22

optic foramen/canal
optic nerve and ophthalmic artery

Question 23

what lies between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid bone? what passes through it?

Answer 23

superior orbital fissure
oculomotor nerve (C3)
trochlear nerve (C4)
ophthalmic nerve (branch of C5)
abducens nerve (C6)

Question 24

what is the name for the small foramen in the sphenoid bone inferior to the superior orbital fissure? what passes through it?

Answer 24

foramen rotundum
Maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve (C5)

Question 25

foramen posterior to foramen rotundum in the sphenoid bone? what passes through it?

Answer 25

foramen ovale
mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve (C5)

Question 26

small foramen lateral to foramen ovale? What passes through this?

Answer 26

foramen spinosum
middle meningeal artery and vein

Question 27

name for big hole in the temporal bone and what passes through it?

Answer 27

internal acoustic meatus
facial nerve (C7)
vestibulocochlear nerve (C8)

Question 28

where is the opening for the facial nerve? what is its name?

Answer 28

in-between styloid process and mastoid process on temporal bone
stylomastoid foramen

Question 29

which large foramen lies between the temporal and occipital bone? What passes through it?

Answer 29

jugular foramen
glossopharyngeal nerve (C9)
vagus nerve (C10)
spinal accessory nerve (C11)
internal jugular vein

Question 30

which foramen in the occipital bone is found lateral to foramen magnum? what passes through it?

Answer 30

hypoglossal canal
hypoglossal nerve (C12)

Question 31

what is the large central hole found in the occipital bone? what passes through it?

Answer 31

foramen magnum
spinal cord
meningeal branch of vertebral arteries

Question 32

which foramen is filled with cartilage and where is it found?

Answer 32

foramen lacerum
Middle cranial fossa, between sphenoid temporal and occipital bones