Kania cranial motion lab

Question 1

nasion

Answer 1

midpoint of frontonasal suture

Question 2

glabella

Answer 2

frontal area just above the frontonasal sutures

Question 3

pterion

Answer 3

intersection of frontal, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal bones

Question 4

asterion

Answer 4

intersection of temporal, parietal and occipital

Question 5

vertex

Answer 5

highest point or crown of head

Question 6

bregma

Answer 6

junction of coronal and sagittal sutures

Question 7

lambda

Answer 7

junction of sagittal and lambdoidal sutures

Question 8

external occipital protuberance

Answer 8

inion

back of head inferiorly

Question 9

what is the vault hold
index fingers
middle finger
fourth finger
little finger
entire finger and palm should do what

Answer 9

Keep hands with contact similar to a silk scarf on the head
Hands on either side of the head with thumbs touching each other along the sagittal suture
Index fingers on the greater wing of the sphenoid
Middle finger in front of the ear
Fourth finger on mastoid process behind the ear
Little finger on occiput
Finger pads (not tips) contact the skull
Entire finger and palm should contact the skull