OPT 1210 Lesson 5

Question 1

How many bones are in the human skull?

Answer 1

22

Question 2

What is the first thing you need to do when you see a pt?

Answer 2

Orient yourself - what are you looking at?

Question 3

What present of the body is an infant’s head?

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

What are the fontanels?

Answer 4

Fibrous membrane that are soft and hold the bones of the skull together - allows movement @ birth and allow the brain to grow

Question 5

How many fontanels does an infant have?

Answer 5

2 - An anterior and a posterior

Question 6

What joins the 22 bones of the skull?

Answer 6

2 fontanels and 4 sutures

Question 7

What is the skull cap called?

Answer 7

Calvaria

Question 8

What do the facial bones do?

Answer 8

Support teeth (Upper Maxillary region) and form the orbit and nasal cavity

Question 9

What are the names of the 4 sutures?

Answer 9

1. Sagittal
2. Coronal
3. Lamboidal
4. Squamous

Question 10

What bones does the sagittal suture join?

Answer 10

2 Parietal bones

Question 11

What bones does the Coronal suture join?

Answer 11

Frontal and Parietal bones

Question 12

What bones does the Squamous suture join?

Answer 12

Temporal and Parietal bones

Question 13

What bones does the Lamboidal suture join?

Answer 13

Occipital and Parietal bones