Head & Neck

Question 1

Which bony structure protects the brain?

Answer 1

Cranium/skull

Question 2

What name is given to the outer layer of bone?

Answer 2

Compact bone

Question 3

Name the inner sponge-like layer of bone?

Answer 3

Cancellous bone

Question 4

What name is given to a hole that occurs naturally in bone?

Answer 4

Foramen

Question 5

Name the bone which makes up the forehead?

Answer 5

The Frontal Bone

Question 6

Name the bone which is found on each side of the cranium behind the frontal bone?

Answer 6

Parietal Bone

Question 7

Name the bone situated at the back and base of the cranium?

Answer 7

The Occipital Bone

Question 8

Name the bone also known as the temple?

Answer 8

The Temporal Bone

Question 9

What names could be used when describing the cheekbone?

Answer 9

Zygoma Bone, Zygomatic Bone or Zygomatic Arch

Question 10

What is the anatomical name for the upper jaw?

Answer 10

Maxilla

Question 11

What is the anatomical name for the lower jaw?

Answer 11

Mandible

Question 12

What name is given to the horse-shoe shaped bone of both the upper and lower jaws?

Answer 12

Alveolar Process

Question 13

What is the name of the foramen that is found in the upper jaw palatal to the central incisor?

Answer 13

Incisive Foramen

Question 14

What is the name of the foramen that is situated on the outside of the maxilla underneath the orbit?

Answer 14

Infra-orbital Foramen

Question 15

What is the name of the foramen that is situated in the hard palate toward the posterior section of the maxilla?

Answer 15

Greater Palatine Foramen

Question 16

What name is given to the vertical section of the mandible?

Answer 16

Ramus of Mandible

Question 17

What name is given to the horizontal section of the mandible?

Answer 17

Body of Mandible

Question 18

What name is given to the area where the Ramus and Body of the mandible join?

Answer 18

Angle of Mandible

Question 19

What is the name given to the part of the mandible which is ball shaped and forms part of the Temporomandibular Joint?

Answer 19

Condyle

Question 20

What name is given to the pointed bony structure that forms the front of the ramus?

Answer 20

Coronoid Process

Question 21

What is the name of the dip which connects the Condyle and the Coronoid Process

Answer 21

The Sigmoid Notch

Question 22

What is the name of the external bony ridge on the outside of the ramus/body of mandible?

Answer 22

External Oblique Line

Question 23

What is the name given to the bony ridge found on the inside of the body of the mandible?

Answer 23

Mylohyoid Ridge

Question 24

What foramen is found on the external aspect of the body of the mandible?

Answer 24

Mental Foramen

Question 25

What is the name of the foramen that is found on the internal aspect of the ramus of the mandible?

Answer 25

Mandibular Foramen