MT1: Module tutorial skull

Question 1

Skulls consists of

Answer 1

Neurocranium

Viscerocranium

Question 2

Neurocranium

Answer 2

Protective case for the brain

Formed by eight bones and divided into calvaria (skullcap) and cranial base

Question 3

Viscerocranium

Answer 3

Jaw/ facial skeleton

Formed by fourteen bones and includes upper and lower jaw

Question 4

Bones of the neurocranium

Answer 4

Sphenoid

Ethmoid

Frontal

Parietal

Occipital

Temporal

Question 5

Bones of the viscerocranium

Answer 5

Maxilla

Inferior concha

Lacrimal

Nasal

Zygomatic

Mandible

Palatine

Vomer

Question 6

Skull sutures

Answer 6

Coronal

Bregma

Sagittal

Lambdoid

Lambda

Question 7

Fontanelles

Answer 7

Soft fibrous sutures in early childhood

Anterior

Posterior

Mastoid

Sphenoidal

Question 8

Superior orbital fissure

Answer 8

CN III

CN IV

CN Vi

CN VI

Question 9

Cribriform plate

Answer 9

CN I

Question 10

Optic canal

Answer 10

CN II

Question 11

Foramen rotundum

Answer 11

CN Vii

Question 12

Foramen ovale

Answer 12

CN Viii

Question 13

Formane lacerum

Answer 13

ICA

Question 14

Foramen spinosum

Answer 14

MMA

Question 15

Internal acoustic meatus

Answer 15

CN VII

CN VIII

Question 16

Jugular foramen

Answer 16

CN IX

CN X

CN XI

IJV

Question 17

Hypoglossal canal

Answer 17

CN XII

Question 18

Carotid canal

Answer 18

ICA

Question 19

Stylomastoid foramen

Answer 19

CN VII

Question 20

Foramen magnum

Answer 20

Medulla

Meninges

VA

CN XI