skeletal anatomy mcqs

Question 1

which feature is located on temporal bone?

Answer 1

external acoustic meatus

Question 2

which ares is the immediately posterior to the most distal tooth in maxilla?

Answer 2

maxillary tuberosity

Question 3

in addition to zygomatic bone, which of the following has a process that forms the other pat of zygomatic arch?

Answer 3

temporal

Question 4

which of the following is the location of the articulation of the parietal bones and the occipital bones?

Answer 4

lambdoid suture

Question 5

which of the following bony landmarks form an articulation with each other?

Answer 5

occipital condyles and atlas

Question 6

which of the following features is located on the lateral surface of the mandible?

Answer 6

external oblique line

Question 7

the orbital apex is composed of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone and the

Answer 7

palatine bone

Question 8

which of the following landmarks is formed by the maxillae?

Answer 8

median palatine suture

Question 9

which of the following structures is located or travels within the infratemporal fossa?

Answer 9

posterior superior alveolar artery

Question 10

the concavity noted on the anterior border of the coronoid process of the mandibular ramus is the

Answer 10

coronoid notch

Question 11

which of the following landmarks serves to locate the hyoid bone during an extraoral examination on a patient?

Answer 11

superior and anterior to the thyroid cartilage

Question 12

which of the following structures forms the floor of each maxillary sinus?

Answer 12

alveolar process of the maxilla

Question 13

which of the following processes is located just inferior and medial to the external acoustic meatus?

Answer 13

styloid process

Question 14

the spaces located under the three conchae of the lateral walls of the nasal cavity are the nasal?

Answer 14

meatuses

Question 15

which of the following bones and their processes form the hard palate?

Answer 15

Horizontal plates of the palatine bones and palatine processes of the maxillae

Question 16

which of the following cranial nerves is associated with the stylomastoid foramen?

Answer 16

7th cranial nerve

Question 17

which of the following bones of the skull is paired?

Answer 17

parietal

Question 18

which of the following bony plates if perforated to allow passage of the olfactory nerves for the sense of smell?

Answer 18

cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

Question 19

which of the following bones of the skull is considered a cranial bone?

Answer 19

sphenoid bone

Question 20

which part of the temporal bone is involved in the temporomandibular joint?

Answer 20

squamous

Question 21

which is a single bone located at the midline of the skull?

Answer 21

sphenoid

Question 22

which of the following structures is a short windowlike opening found in healthy bone?

Answer 22

foramen

Question 23

which of the following bones forms the jugular foramen along with the jugular notch of the temporal bone?

Answer 23

occipital

Question 24

which of the following is a faint ridge noted where the right and left mandibular processes fused together in early childhood?

Answer 24

mandibular symphysis

Question 25

in which bone are BOTH the infraorbital foramen and infraorital canal located?

Answer 25

maxillae

Question 26

which of the following structures is a large, roughened projection related to the petrous part of the temporal bone?

Answer 26

process

Question 27

which of the following landmarks is an anterior process located on the sphenoid bone?

Answer 27

wing

Question 28

the lacrimal gland is located just insided the lateral part of the

Answer 28

supraorbital rim

Question 29

the occipital condyles are located _________________ and _______________ to the foramen magnum.

Answer 29

lateral and anterior

Question 30

which bone forms BOTH the superior and middle nasal conchae?

Answer 30

ethmoid