quiz 12

Question 1

notch in the back/lower skull (on occipital bone)

Answer 1

external occipital protuberance

Question 2

runs up from the spine, holds up head

Answer 2

Nuchal ligament

Question 3

half a joint, sit on top of vertebrae, joint for between vertebral column and skull

Answer 3

occipital condyle

Question 4

anterior to foramen magnum, attaches to sphenoid body

Answer 4

basilar portion

Question 5

flat part, anterior, superior to ears (portion of temporal bone)

Answer 5

squamous portion

Question 6

deep to the ear, very dense (portion of temporal bone)

Answer 6

petrous portion

Question 7

spongelike, least dense, posterior to petrous (portion of temporal bone)

Answer 7

mastoid portion

Question 8

string like bone (portion of temporal bone)

Answer 8

styloid process

Question 9

forms arch from temporal bone to zygomatic bone

Answer 9

zygomatic process

Question 10

sits in ethmoid notch directly below glabella, extremely fragile, paper thin

Answer 10

ethmoid bone

Question 11

where the central nerve passes through to give you a sense of smell, holes let nerve fibers through

Answer 11

cribriform plate

Question 12

part of nasal septum - upper portion, holes are upper part of nostrols

Answer 12

perpendicular plate

Question 13

very paper thin bone, ethmoid air cells (sinuses)

Answer 13

lamina paryracea

Question 14

top tip of ethmoid bone, stick into brain

Answer 14

crista galli

Question 15

bulge in medial/lateral wall of nose

Answer 15

superior nasal concha

Question 16

below the ethmoid bone, forms piece of orbit and part of nasal cavital, dividing line of cranium and face

Answer 16

sphenoid bone

Question 17

forms part of the orbital plate and base of skull (part of sphenoid)

Answer 17

greater wing

Question 18

forms very small part of orbit

Answer 18

lesser wing

Question 19

this connects to the body of the sphenoid ***

Answer 19

basilar portion of the occipital bone

Question 20

notch on the sphenoid body

Answer 20

sella turcica

Question 21

what sits in the sella turcica

Answer 21

pituitary gland

Question 22

another name for the sella turcica

Answer 22

hypophysis

Question 23

2 on each side, form back of nose

Answer 23

ptergoid plates

Question 24

hooks on end of ptergoid plates

Answer 24

hamulus

Question 25

upper jaw

Answer 25

maxilary bone

Question 26

teeth are socketed in the…

Answer 26

alveolar process

Question 27

attaches to frontal bone, forms bottom portion of the orbit (part of maxillary bone)

Answer 27

frontal process