Parts Of The Lateral Skull

Question 1

Lateral skull parts( 40)

Answer 1

• BreCoLaLa
• VIOI
• EESCDPA
• PTP
• GUAP
• FHaNTeCo
• MMTDD
• FSEM SoBa

Question 2

BreCoLaLa

Answer 2

1. Bre- Bregma
2. Co- coronal suture
3. La- Lambda
4. La- Lambdoid suture

Question 3

VIOI

Answer 3

5. Vertex
6. Inner skull table
7. Outer skull table
8. Internal occipital protuberance

Question 4

EESCDPA

Answer 4

9. External occipital protuberance
10. External auditory meatus
11. Styloid process
12. Clivus
13. Dorsum sellae
14. Posterior clinoid process
15. Anterior clinoid process

Question 5

PTP

Answer 5

16. Pituitary fossa
17. Tuberculum sellae
18. Planum sphenoidale

Question 6

GUAPP

Answer 6

19. Greater wings of sphenoid
20. Undulating floor of anterior cranial fossa ( root of orbit)
21. Anterior limit of foramen Magnum
22. Posterior limit of foramen Magnum
23. Posterior wall of maxillary sinus

Question 7

FHaNTeCo

Answer 7

24. F- floor of orbit
25. Ha- hard palate
26. N- Neck of mandible
27. Te- Temporomandibular joint
28. Co- condylar canal

Question 8

MMTDD

Answer 8

29. M- middle meningeal vessels ( anterior branches)
30. M- middle meningeal vessels ( posterior branches)
31. T- transverse sinus
32. D- diploic vein
33. D- diploic venous confluence

Question 9

FSEMM SoBa

Answer 9

34. F - Frontal sinus
35. S - Sphenoid sinus
36. E - ethmoid cells posterior
37. M - maxillary sinus
38. M- Mastoid air cells
39. So- soft palate
40. Ba- base of tongue