Quiz 2

Question 0

Calvaria

Answer 0

Cranium without a face (including mandible)

Question 1

Cranium

Answer 1

Skull without the mandible

Question 2

Calotte

Answer 2

Calvaria that doesn’t include a cranial base (just the top half of the brain case)

Question 3

How many bones are there in the human skull?

Answer 3

28

Question 4

How many skeletal elements are there at birth?

Answer 4

45, which fuse to 28 over time

Question 5

How many sets of teeth are there in dental development?

Answer 5

Two:

1) Between 6-24 months: Deciduous teeth/dentition
2) Approximately 6 years: last and final dentition

Question 6

What are the 4 cranial sutures?

Answer 6

1) Sagittal: middle suture
2) Coronal: forms a “T” with the sagittal suture toward the frontal bone
3) Metopic: usually fuses during early development, but when present it is an extension of the sagittal suture
4) Lambdoidal: divides the parietal from the occipital (parabolic shape on the posterior of the skull)

Question 7

Parietal mastoid

Answer 7

Where the parietal connects

Question 8

Occipital mastoid

Answer 8

Where the occipital connects

Question 9

Temporal suture

Answer 9

Forms an arch shape next to the zygomatic arch

Question 10

What are the 4 elements of the sinus?

Answer 10

1. Maxillary
2. Frontal
3. Ethmoid
4. Sphenoid

Question 11

What is a basilaris suture?

Answer 11

A cartilaginous joint- like the ribs connected to the sternum.