Osteology Quiz

Question 1

What nerves run through the superior orbit fissure?

Answer 1

III
IV
V1 (little 1)
VI

Question 2

deepest part of the orbit

Answer 2

orbital apex

Question 3

bones that form superior wall of the orbit

Answer 3

orbital plates of the frontal bone

Question 4

bones that form the posterior medial wall of the orbit

Answer 4

ethmoid bone

Question 5

bones that form the anterior medial wall of the orbit

Answer 5

lacrimal bone

Question 6

bones that form the inferior wall of the orbit

Answer 6

orbital surfaces of the maxilla

Question 7

bones that form the anterior portion of the lateral wall

Answer 7

zygomatic bone

Question 8

bones that form the posterior portion of the lateral wall

Answer 8

greater wing of the sphenoid bone

Question 9

the round opening in the orbital apex is the

Answer 9

optic canal

Question 10

what passes through optic canal

Answer 10

second cranial or optic nerve

ophthalmic artery

Question 11

a short window like opening in the bone

Answer 11

foramen

Question 12

a longer, narrow tubelike opening in the bone

Answer 12

canal

Question 13

a type of canal

Answer 13

meatus

Question 14

narrow cleftlike opening

Answer 14

fissure

Question 15

small opening as an entrance into a hollow organ or canal

Answer 15

ostium

Question 16

opening or orifice in a bone

Answer 16

aperture

Question 17

what suture is more serrated

Answer 17

lambdoidal

Question 18

what 6 bones make up the orbit

Answer 18

sphenoid
ethmoid
lacrimal
frontal
zygomatic
maxilla

Question 19

suture between frontal bone and parietal bones

Answer 19

coronal sutures

Question 20

suture between frontal bone and nasal bones

Answer 20

frontonasal suture

Question 21

suture in maxillae

Answer 21

intermaxillary suture

Question 22

suture in between occipital bone and parietal bones

Answer 22

lambdoidal suture

Question 23

suture in
antierior part: maxillae
posterior part: palatine bones

Answer 23

median palatine suture

Question 24

suture in between parietal bones

Answer 24

sagittal suture

Question 25

suture in between temporal bones and parietal bones

Answer 25

squamosal sutures

Question 26

suture in between zygomatic bones and temporal bones

Answer 26

temporozygomatic sutures

Question 27

suture in between maxilla and palatine bones

Answer 27

transverse palatine suture

Question 28

nasal meatus

Answer 28

each meatus has openings through which the paranasal sinuses or nasolacrimal duct communicates with the nasal cavity

Question 29

the anterior opening of the nasal cavity

Answer 29

piriform aperture