Intro to Skull Pt. 1

Question 1

Segments of the Skull (4)

Answer 1

1. skull
2. cranium
3. calvarium
4. calotte

Question 2

How does the fetal skull move?

Answer 2

Bones will slide over each other via fontanelles and connective tissue.

Question 3

Cranium is made up of the

Answer 3

Neocranium and Viscerocranium

Question 4

Paired bones include:

Answer 4

1. nasals
2. inferior nasal conchae
3. maxillae
4. palatines
5. zygomatics

Question 5

Non-synovial joint:

Answer 5

Cranial suture (fibrous)

Question 6

Unpaired bones include:

Answer 6

1. occipital
2. sphenoid
3. frontal
4. ethmoid
5. vomer
6. mandible

Question 7

Where are these found?

body, angle, ramus, condylar, and coronoid processes

Answer 7

mandible

Question 8

Where are these found?

Tympanic part, squamous part, petrous part, styloid and mastoid processes

Answer 8

temporal

Question 9

Where are these found?

body, pterygoid processes, greater and lesser wings, anterior and posterior clinoid processes, sinus

Answer 9

sphenoid

Question 10

Where are these found?

perpendicular plate, cribriform plate, orbital plate, superior and middle nasal conchae

Answer 10

ethmoid

Question 11

The temporal bone is fused to the occipital bone via the _____ notch that has the ______ canal.

Answer 11

Jugular/jugular

Question 12

Which nerve goes through the superior orbital fissures of the sphenoid bone?

Answer 12

V1

Question 13

What is the cruciate suture made up of? (3)

Answer 13

1. median palatine suture
2. transpalatine suture
3. interpalatine suture (part of median palatine)

Question 14

Sutural bone example

Answer 14

interparietal bones

aka: Wormian bone or Inca Bone

Question 15

What is the pterion made up of? (4)

Answer 15

1. parietal
2. temporal
3. sphenoid
4. frontal

Question 16

What is the asterion made up of?

Answer 16

1. occipital
2. temporal
3. parietal
4. Zygomatic? Wormian?

Question 17

Where is Lambda located?

Answer 17

In the middle between the two parietal lobes and occipital meet.

Question 18

How many teeth do you have as a child? What is the labeling?

Answer 18

Maxillary teeth: A-J
Mandibular teeth: K-T
2 incisors
1 canine
2 molars

Question 19

How many permanent teeth?

Answer 19

32 teeth - 
4 quadrant each with
2 incisors
1 canine
2 premolars
3 molars