important anatomy

Question 1

another name for spongy bone

Answer 1

diploe

Question 2

common type of joints seen in bones in the skull

Answer 2

fibrous sutures

Question 3

where do you find red bone marrow

Answer 3

spongy bone in sutures

Question 4

where do you find the sagittal suture

Answer 4

between two parietal bones

Question 5

where do you find coronal suture

Answer 5

between the frontal and parietal bone

Question 6

where do you find the lamboid suture

Answer 6

between parietal and occipital bone

Question 7

which fontanelle closes first in a child

Answer 7

posterior fontanelle

Question 8

what connects the area between an infants brain

Answer 8

fibrous tissue

Question 9

border of the posterior cranial fossa

Answer 9

dorsum selle of the sphenoid bone and anteriorly the squamous parts of the occipital bone

Question 10

border of middle cranial fossa

Answer 10

petrous part of temporal bone

Question 11

what two bones form the zygomatic arch

Answer 11

temporal process and zygomatic process

Question 12

what layer of the scalp contains blood vessels

Answer 12

loose areolar connective tissue

Question 13

what passes through parotid gland

Answer 13

retromandibular gland, external carotid artery (maxilliaryand superficial teporal artery) and facial nerve

Question 14

is the larynx anterior or posterior to the oesophagus

Answer 14

anterior

Question 15

what level does the oesophagus start

Answer 15

C6

Question 16

what two bones form the nasal septum

Answer 16

vomer bone and perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

Question 17

what bones for the nasopharynx

Answer 17

sphenoid and basilar part of occipital bone

Question 18

function of salpingopharyngeus

Answer 18

elevation of the pharynx

Question 19

where does the lateral pterygoid attach to

Answer 19

joint capsule of the TMJ t insert onto the neck of the mandible and also the articular disc of this joint

Question 20

where does the medial pterygoid attach to

Answer 20

triangular impression on the medial surface of the mandible

Question 21

embryological significance of the foramen caecum

Answer 21

remanent of the median thyroid diverticulum in the early embryonic development

Question 22

what papillae are there no taste buds

Answer 22

filiform

Question 23

what is the name of the mucous food that fixes the tongue to floor of mouth

Answer 23

lingual frenulum

Question 24

what two cranial nerves form the pharyngeal plexus

Answer 24

glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve

Question 25

fibrous layer of the eye

Answer 25

sclera and cornea

Question 26

vascular layer of the eye

Answer 26

choroid, ciliary body and iris

Question 27

sensory layer

Answer 27

retina

Question 28

what fluid lies in the bony labyrinth

Answer 28

perilymph

Question 29

what fluid lies in the membernous labyrinth

Answer 29

endolymph

Question 30

what bones form pterion

Answer 30

temporal, parietal, frontal, sphenoid

Question 31

what does parotid gland secrete

Answer 31

serous

Question 32

what does mandibular gland secrete

Answer 32

both

Question 33

what does sublingual gland secrete

Answer 33

mucous