Osteology of The Skull

Question 1

Rounded elevation on a bony surface

Answer 1

Eminence (tubercle)

Question 2

faint elevations where the fan-shaped temporalis muscle attaches and border of temporal fossa

Answer 2

Parietal: Superior and inferior temporal lines

Question 3

elevation on the posterior aspect of the maxilla, distal to the maxillary molars

Answer 3

Maxillary tuberosity

Question 4

landmarks for attachments of muscles

Answer 4

Prominences and depressions

Question 5

What attach muscle to bone

Answer 5

tendons

Question 6

What attach bone to bone

Answer 6

ligaments

Question 7

shallow depression on a bony surface

Answer 7

fossa

Question 8

(Sing. Foramen): openings for blood vessels and nerves

Answer 8

Foramina

Question 9

Identify cranial and facial bones using the foramina that are present on each and what nerves are involved.

Answer 9

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Question 10

Locate each bone on the skull and images.

Answer 10

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Question 11

Is the frontal sinus a sinus? Which one

Answer 11

One of the paranasal sinuses

Question 12

paired air filled cavities lined with mucous membranes, serve to lighten skull, sound resonators, provide mucous

Answer 12

Paranasal sinuses

Question 13

What are the 4 paranasal sinuses

Answer 13

Frontal
Maxillary
Sphenoidal
Ethmoidal

Question 14

junction or line where two bones come together

Answer 14

Suture

Question 15

Short circular opening in the bone

Answer 15

Foramen

Question 16

Long tubular opening in the bone

Answer 16

Canal

Question 17

Oval bony prominence typically located at articulations

Answer 17

Condyle

Question 18

Space

Answer 18

Meatus

Question 19

Deep cleft, usually from improper fusion

Answer 19

fissure

Question 20

Shallow depression on a bony surface

Answer 20

Fossa

Question 21

abrupt, small protuberance of bone

Answer 21

Spine

Question 22

convex projections of bone that serve as attachment sites for muscles, tendons, or ligaments

Answer 22

Processess

Question 23

the point where two or more bones make contact

Answer 23

Articulation

Question 24

Abnormal hole in a hollow organ, such as sinus wall

Answer 24

Perforation

Question 25

Large prominence on the surface of bone

Answer 25

tuberosity

Question 26

Coronal suture is between

Answer 26

the frontal and parietal bones

Question 27

Sagittal suture is between

Answer 27

parietal bones

Question 28

Lambdoidal suture is between

Answer 28

occipital and parietal bones

Question 29

Squamosal suture is between

Answer 29

temporal and parietal bones

Question 30

Temporozygomatic suture is between

Answer 30

temporal process of zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Question 31

Median palatine suture is between

Answer 31

palatine bone

Question 32

Transverse palatine suture is between

Answer 32

maxillae and palatine bone

Question 33

What 7 bones form the orbit

Answer 33

frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, lacrimal, palatine, maxilla, and zygomatic bones