HFN

Question 1

• forms forehead

Answer 1

Squama Frontalis

Question 2

• two plates forms the roof of the orbits and nasal cavities

Answer 2

Pars Orbitalis

Question 3

• forms eyebrows

Answer 3

Supraorbital Ridge

Question 4

• smooth prominence above the nasal bone

Answer 4

Glabella Frontalis

Question 5

• horizontal extension that forms the roof of the orbit and nasal cavity

Answer 5

Orbital Plate

Question 6

• joins frontal process of zygomatic bone

Answer 6

Zygomaticus Frontalis

Question 7

• upper of the two lines
• attachment point for temporal fascia

Answer 7

Superior Temporal Line

Question 8

• lower part of arc
• attachment point for temporal muscle

Answer 8

Inferior Temporal Line

Question 9

passageway for an emissary vein that draws blood

Answer 9

Parietal Foramen

Question 10

• rounded elevation on the external surface of parietal
• widest point

Answer 10

Parietal eminence

Question 11

-Elevation near the center of the squamous part;

Answer 11

External Occipital Protuberance

Question 12

-Attachment point for several muscle that control the
position of the head and neck

Answer 12

Superior Nuchal Line & Inferior Nuchal Line

Question 13

-Attachment point for ligamentum nuchae

Answer 13

Median Nuchal Line

Question 14

-Passageway for spinal cord

Answer 14

Foramen Magnum

Question 15

-Articulates with the superior articular facet of the atlas
(1st) vertebra

Answer 15

Occipital Condyle

Question 16

-Passageway for internal jugular vein and
glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves

Answer 16

Jugular Foramen

Question 17

-Is a notch or small hole located along the superior
margin of the orbit
-Passageway for the supraorbital vessels and nerve

Answer 17

Supraorbital notch or foramen

Question 18

-Passageway for the hypoglossal nerve that controls
movement of the tongue.

Answer 18

Hypoglossal canal

Question 19

-Elevation at the center of the cruciform eminence.

Answer 19

Internal occipital protuberance

Question 20

-Attachment point for connective tissues (falx
cerebelli) that anchors the brain.

Answer 20

Internal Occipital Crest

Question 21

-Provide channels for transverse sinuses that drain
venous blood from the brain to jugular foramen
-Serve as attachment points for tentorium cerebelli

Answer 21

Groove (Sulcus) for transverse sinus

Question 22

-It gives attachment to the temporalis muscle.

Answer 22

Squama Temporalis

Question 23

-It is located inferior to the squamous part and anterior
to the mastoid part of the bone.

Answer 23

Pars Tympanica Temporalis

Question 24

-Is a prominent canal (the ear canal) in the tympanic
part of the temporal bone
-It transmits sounds to the tympanic membrane
(eardrum) in the middle ear

Answer 24

External Acoustic Meatus

Question 25

-It is an attachment point for two ligaments and tree m

Answer 25

Styloid Process

Question 26

-It forms a narrow mass between the sphenoid bone (anterior) and the occipital bone (posterior) -This hardened extension (petrosus;L.,hard) encloses the middle and inner ear structures

Answer 26

Pars Petrosa Temporalis

Question 27

-It gives passage to the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves and the labyrinthine artery.

Answer 27

Internal Acoustic Meatus

Question 28

-It gives passage for the internal carotid artery to enter the base of the skull. -The internal carotid artery and then curves anteromedially enters the cranium through the foramen lacerum.

Answer 28

Carotid Canal

Question 29

is the thick, roughened, posterior portion of the temporal bone that is located behind the ear

Answer 29

Mastoid Part

Question 30

-It contains air cells that connect to the middle ear and gives attachment to muscles that moves the head and neck

Answer 30

Mastoid Process

Question 31

- It is an attachment point for the digastric muscle that moves the hyoid bone and opens the mouth (or depresses the mandible)

Answer 31

Mastoid Notch

Question 32

-It allows the facial nerve to exit the skull and the stylomastoid artery to enter

Answer 32

Stylomastoid Foramen

Question 33

-It transmits the emissary vein(s) from the sigmoid sinus and a branch of the occipital artery to the dura mater

Answer 33

Mastoid Foramen