Lab 14: Assessment Questions

Question 1

The ____ suture joins the frontal bone to the parietal bones.

Answer 1

Coronal

Question 2

The parietal bones are firmly interlocked along the midline by the _____ bone.

Answer 2

Sagittal.

Question 3

The ____ suture joins the parietal bones to the occipital bones.

Answer 3

Lamboid.

Question 4

The temporal bones are joined to the parietal bones along the ____ sutures.

Answer 4

Squamous.

Question 5

Name the three cranial bones that contain sinuses.

Answer 5

Frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid.

Question 6

Name a facial bone that contains a sinus

Answer 6

Maxilla

Question 7

Name six cranial bones that are visible on the lateral view of the skull.

Answer 7

Parietal, occipital, temporal, frontal, zygomatic, sphenoid.

Question 8

Forms bridge of nose

Answer 8

Nasal bone

Question 9

Only moveable bone in the facial skeleton

Answer 9

Mandible

Question 10

Contains coronoid process

Answer 10

Mandible

Question 11

Creates prominence of cheek inferior and lateral to the eye

Answer 11

Zygomatic bone

Question 12

Contains sockets of upper teeth.

Answer 12

Maxilla

Question 13

Forms inferior portion of nasal septum

Answer 13

Vomer bone

Question 14

Forms anterior portion of zygomatic arch

Answer 14

Zygomatic bone

Question 15

Scroll shaped bone in nasal passage

Answer 15

Inferior nasal concha

Question 16

Forms anterior roof of mouth

Answer 16

Maxilla

Question 17

Contains mental foramen

Answer 17

Mandible

Question 18

Forms posterior roof of mouth

Answer 18

Palatine bone

Question 19

Small bone in medial wall of orbit

Answer 19

Lacrimal bone

Question 20

Contains large sinus inferior to orbit

Answer 20

Maxilla