Osteology of the skull

Question 1

the Pterion is a confluence of which 5 skull bones?

Answer 1

parietal
frontal
temporal
sphenoid

Question 2

A fracture of the Pterion will cause a damage to which artery?

Answer 2

middle meningeal artery

Question 3

During a epidural hematoma between which two structures is the blood trapped between?

Answer 3

bony cranium and the dura mater

Question 4

Joints of the skull bones are referred to as what?

Answer 4

sutures

Question 5

What are the 12 cranial nerves?

Answer 5

I- olfactory
II- Optic
III- Oculomotor
IV- Trochlear
V- Trigeminal
VI- Abducens
VII- Facial
VIII- vestibulocochlear 
IX- glossopharyngeal
X-vagus
XI- (spinal) Accessory Nerve
XII- hypoglossal

Question 6

Through which Foramen/canal/opening does Cranial nerve I go through?

Answer 6

cribiform plate

Question 7

What goes through the Foramen Lacerum?

Answer 7

emmissary veins

Question 8

Through which Foramen/canal/opening does Cranial nerve II go through?

Answer 8

Optic Canal

Question 9

Through which Foramen/canal/opening does Cranial nerve III go through?

Answer 9

Superior Orbital Fissure

Question 10

What Four Cranial Nerves go through the Superior Orbital Fissure?

Answer 10

Oculomotor (III)
Trochlear (IV)
opthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1)
Abducens (VI

Question 11

What goes through the Foramen Rotundum?

Answer 11

maxillary division of trigeminal (V2)

Question 12

The foramen ovale allows passage for what nerve division?

Answer 12

mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (V3)

Question 13

Through which Foramen/canal/opening does Cranial nerve VII go through?

Answer 13

internal acoustic meatus ( along with cranial nerve VIII)

Question 14

The Jugular Foramen allows passage of what nerves?

Answer 14

Glassopharyngeal nerve
vagus nerve
Spinal Accessory nerve

Question 15

The artery that is damaged during a pterion fracture enters through which foramen?

Answer 15

Middle meningial artery

Question 16

Cranial nerve XII exits through where?

Answer 16

Hypoglossal canal

Question 17

Fractures of the mandible usually involve _____ fractures and normally occur on the ________ sides of the mandible.

Answer 17

2

contralateral

Question 18

A patient has suffered a intercranial epidural hemorrhage, which artery will most likely be effected?

Answer 18

Meningeal arteries

Question 19

in what space would you find the superior cerebral vein?

Answer 19

Subdural space

Question 20

A hemorrhage that is in the subarachnoid space would effect which vessel?

Answer 20

cerebral arteries

Question 21

What kind of hematoma would form within suture boundaries?

Answer 21

Epidural

Question 22

A patient suffering from otorrhea and rhinorrhea along with a tear in his/her dura mater has suffered from which type of fracture?

Answer 22

fracture of the temporal bone