Neuro Exam 1 Skull

Question 1

houses the lacrimal gland

Answer 1

lacrimal fossa

Question 2

number of bones in the neurocranium

Answer 2

8

• 2 pairs of parietal and temporals
• zygomatic
• ethmoid
• frontal
• occipital

Question 3

Number of bones in Facial Skeleton (viscerocranium)

Answer 3

14 bones

Question 4

Middle and sup. nasal concha are part of

Answer 4

ethmoid

Question 5

inferior nasal concha is part of

Answer 5

it is its own bone, articulates with the maxilla

Question 6

joins the viscero and neurocranium together

Answer 6

zygomatic process of temporal bone

Question 7

radiographic midline of nasal aperture

Answer 7

anterior nasal spine

Question 8

opening for maxillary air sinus

Answer 8

maxillary hiatus

Question 9

the largest sinus in the face

Answer 9

maxillary sinus

Question 10

tears go from eyes to nose

Answer 10

nasolacrimal sulcus

Question 11

breaks off during jaw fractures

Answer 11

condylar process

Question 12

houses the roots of the teeth

Answer 12

alveolar process

Question 13

the salivary gland lives here

Answer 13

sublingual salivary gland in the sublingual fossa and the submandibular salivary gland in the submandibular fossa

Question 14

foramen which form a straight line

Answer 14

the supra and infraorbital foramen, and the mental foramen

Question 15

guideline for where the needle goes in, to reach the ______ nerve

Answer 15

retromolar fossa; inferior alveolar nerve

Question 16

attachment for the temporalis

Answer 16

the temporal lines

Question 17

fills the temporal fossa

Answer 17

the temporalis muscle

Question 18

area of weakness on the skull

Answer 18

pterion

Question 19

zygomatic arch

Answer 19

composed of the zygomatic process and the temporal process

Question 20

medial, and between the mandibular fossa and the auditory meatus

Answer 20

petrotympanic fissure

Question 21

lateral, and between the mandibular fossa and the auditory meatus

Answer 21

squamotympanic fissure

Question 22

at the junction of the temporal and occipital bones also CN 9,10,11

Answer 22

jugular foramen (includes the internal jugular vein)

Question 23

where the ganglion for CN5 lives

Answer 23

trigeminal depression (trigeminal nerve)

Question 24

CN7 goes through to innervate the face

Answer 24

stylomastoid foramen

Question 25

makes up part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity

Answer 25

vertical plate of the palatine bone

Question 26

articulate with C1 (atlas)

Answer 26

condyles of the occipital bone

Question 27

dura from brain connects to

Answer 27

crista galli and the ant/post clinoid processes of the sphenoid

Question 28

houses branches of CN1 (olfactory)

Answer 28

cribiform plate

Question 29

cells between the orbital plate and the perpendicular plate

Answer 29

air cells

Question 30

hole found between the greater wing and the maxilla

Answer 30

inferior orbital fissure

Question 31

hole found between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid

Answer 31

superior orbital fissure

Question 32

hole surrounded by the sphenoid, temporal, and occipital bones (psuedo opening covered by cartilage)

Answer 32

foramen lacerum