Osteology of the Skull and Nose, Nasal Cavity and paranasal

Question 1

t/f

the suture line between the sphenoid and occipital bones disappears when a child reaches puberty

Answer 1

true

Question 2

t/f

the crista galli is part of the ethmoid bone

Answer 2

true

Question 3

t/f

the squamosal suture is an overlapping suture instead of a perpendicular joining of bones

Answer 3

true

Question 4

t/f

the coronoid process is involved in the temporomandibular joint articulation

Answer 4

false

the articular fossa and eminence

Question 5

t/f

the cribriform plate is the passageway for olfactory nerves from the nasal cavity to the brain

Answer 5

true

Question 6

t/f

another name for the mental spines is the interior nasal spine

Answer 6

false

genial tubiels

Question 7

t/f

the mandibular fossa is between the condyle and the coronoid process

Answer 7

false

Question 8

t/f

the mental foramen is found on the mandible, not the maxilla

Answer 8

true

Question 9

t/f

alveolar eminences are the most promeninent on the anterior teeth

Answer 9

true

Question 10

t/f

the digastric fossa of the mandible can be seen laterally

Answer 10

false

Question 11

what bones of the skull are paired

Answer 11

temporal
parietal
palatine
not occipital

Question 12

the maxilla consists of a body and ____ processes

Answer 12

4

Question 13

the lateral border of the nasal cavity is formed by the

Answer 13

inferior nasal conchae

Question 14

the midline that shows fusion of the hard palate is called the

Answer 14

median palatine suture

Question 15

the genial tubercles are located on the

Answer 15

internal anterior portion of the mandible

Question 16

another name for the cheek bone is the ________ bone

Answer 16

zygomatic

Question 17

the vertical portion of the mandible is called the

Answer 17

ramus

Question 18

the structure that is composed of the vomer and the perpendiculate plate of the ethmoid bone is the

Answer 18

verticle nasal septum

Question 19

there are 24 bones that make up the skull.

fourteen bones make up the bones of the face

Answer 19

1st statement false

2nd statement true

Question 20

the bulging area of bone behind the third molar is the

Answer 20

maxillary tuberosity

Question 21

the temporal fossa is made up of parts of which bones

Answer 21

frontal
parietal
sphenoid
zygomatic
all of the above

Question 22

the mandibular foramen is located on the

Answer 22

medial ramus

Question 23

the frontal lobe of the brain is within the

Answer 23

anterior cranial fossa

Question 24

what bones are cranial bones

Answer 24

frontal
occipital
ethmoid
temporal

Question 25

the opening in the sphenoid bone at the base of the skull is the

Answer 25

foramen ovale

Question 26

the anterior border of the external ramus ends in the mylohyoid line. it is often identified on radiographs as a thin radiolucent line

Answer 26

both statements false

Question 27

the __________ bone and the mandible from the TMJ articulation

Answer 27

temporal

Question 28

which structure is immediately inferior to the vomer

Answer 28

hard palate

Question 29

the ________ is perpendicular to the median palatine suture

Answer 29

transverse palatine suture

Question 30

two salivary glands are located within ______ in the medial body of the mandible

Answer 30

fossae

Question 31

the suture at the top of the skull that marks the fusion of the parietal bones is the _____ suture

Answer 31

sagittal

Question 32

t/f | the lateral margin of the external nose is known as the ala

Answer 32

true

Question 33

t/f | the respiratory epithelium in the nasal cavity has nerve fibers that can perceive odors

Answer 33

fase | olfactory epithelium

Question 34

t/f | there are four pairs of paranasal sinuses

Answer 34

true

Question 35

t/f | the vomer and ethmoid form the main part of the nasal septum

Answer 35

true

Question 36

t/f | the maxillae and the ethmoid form the floor of the nasal cavity

Answer 36

fase | formed by maxilla and palatine bone

Question 37

t/f | the middle ethmoid sinuses are located in the meatus of the superior nasal concha

Answer 37

false

Question 38

t/f | the maxillary sinuses are the largest paranasal sinues

Answer 38

true

Question 39

t/f | sinuses play an important role in warming the air that flows into the respiratory system

Answer 39

false | not clinically confirmed

Question 40

t/f | the pitutitary fossa is located about the spenoid sinuses

Answer 40

true

Question 41

t/f | a maxillary sinus can have more than one opening

Answer 41

true

Question 42

the most posterior-superior part of the nasal cavity is

Answer 42

where the ethmoid meets the spenoid bone

Question 43

the area underneath each concha is known as a

Answer 43

meatus

Question 44

the lateral walls of the nasal cavity are formed by the ________ conchae

Answer 44

inferior, middle, superior

Question 45

the sinuses that are subdivided into numerous small compartments are the __________ sinuses

Answer 45

ethmoid

Question 46

the _______ ethmoid sinuses are located within the ethmoid bulla

Answer 46

middle

Question 47

_________ does not have a role in trapping contaminants that enter the nasal cavity

Answer 47

olfactory epithelium

Question 48

under normal circumstances, sinueses are filled with

Answer 48

air

Question 49

the thin bone that lies between the maxillary molars and the _________ is sometimes perforated during dental surgery

Answer 49

maxillary sinus

Question 50

t/f the deeper sinuses, particularly the ethmoid, are most commonly involved in sinus infections a new opening can be surgically created to assist with proper drainage

Answer 50

false maxillary sinus most involved true

Question 51

pain over the eye is most likely cuased by infection in the _________ sinus

Answer 51

frontal

Question 52

the crescent shaped groove within the middle nasal concha is the ________

Answer 52

hiatus semilunaris

Question 53

the cilia are hair-like projections on the epithelium in the ______ part of the nasal cavity

Answer 53

anterior posterior midline lateral wall

Question 54

the sinus that drains into the anteriiro part of the haitus semilunaris is the _____ sinus

Answer 54

frontal

Question 55

in a young adult, the maxillary sinus generally lies between the maxillary canine and the ________

Answer 55

premolars and first molar

Question 56

t/f the nasolacrimal duct produces tears these tears are carried into the nasal cavity

Answer 56

first statement false | second statement true

Question 57

the opeing of the maxillary sinus is located at approximately

Answer 57

two-thirds upward toward the medial wall

Question 58

which might not interfere with the floor of the maxillary sinus during the extration of a maxillary molar

Answer 58

a microdont molar

Question 59

a patient who repeatedly presents with sinus infections should be referred to

Answer 59

ear, nose and throat specialist