Important Points on the Skull

Question 1

What is the point where the temporal, occipital and parietal bones meet?

Answer 1

Asterion

Question 2

What is the meeting point of the frontal and parietal bones called?

Answer 2

Bregma

Question 3

What should be closed by the first 18 months of life?

Answer 3

Anterior Fontanelle

Question 4

What is the smooth transverse ridge connecting the supraorbital ridges?

Answer 4

Glabella

Question 5

What is the highest point on the External Occipital Protuberance?

Answer 5

Inion

Question 6

What is the meeting point of the occipital and parietal bones?

Answer 6

Lambda

Question 7

What is closed by the first 2-3 months of life?

Answer 7

Posterior Fontanelle

Question 8

What is the center of the frontonasal suture between the frontal and nasal bones?

Answer 8

Nasion

Question 9

What is the place where the frontal, sphenoid, parietal and temporal bones meet?

Answer 9

Pterion

Question 10

What is the highest point on the skull in the sagittal plane?

Answer 10

Vertex

Question 11

What is the middle of the anterior aspect of the foramen magnum?

Answer 11

Basion

Question 12

What is the middle of the posterior aspect of the foramen magnum?

Answer 12

Opisthion