Skull

Question 1

How many bones is the cranium made up of

Answer 1

8

Question 2

How many bones is the facial skeleton made up of

Answer 2

14

Question 3

What common type of joint is seen between most bones in skull

Answer 3

Fibrous Joint

Question 4

Most bones of skull are made up of compact bone separated by spongy bone known as

Answer 4

Diploe

Question 5

Which part of the skull bone houses red marrow

Answer 5

Trabecular Bone

Question 6

Skull sutures are a type of

Answer 6

Fibrous Joint

Question 7

Sagittal Sutures of skull lie between

Answer 7

Parietal and Parietal

Question 8

Coronal Sutures of skull lie between

Answer 8

Frontal and Parietal

Question 9

Lambdoid Sutures lie between

Answer 9

Parietal and Occipital

Question 10

Where is the mastoid process found

Answer 10

Temporal Bone

Question 11

Where is the Zygomatic Arch found

Answer 11

Between Temporal Bone and Zygomatic Bone

Question 12

Where is the Styloid Process found

Answer 12

Temporal Bone

Question 13

The floor of the skull is divided into how many fossa

Answer 13

Three

Question 14

Which bone makes up most of the floor of the middle cranial fossa

Answer 14

Sphenoid

Question 15

Where is the pituitary fossa found

Answer 15

Sphenoid Bone

Question 16

What is the largest foramen in posterior cranial fossa

Answer 16

Foramen Magnum

Question 17

Name three structures which pass through Foramen Magnum

Answer 17

Spinal part of Accessory Nerve
R+L Vertebral Arteries
Ant and Pos Spinal Arteries

Question 18

Which nerve is found in Cribriform Plate

Answer 18

Olfactory Nerve

Question 19

Which nerve is found in Optic Canal

Answer 19

Optic Nerve

Question 20

Which four nerves are found in Superior orbital Fissure

Answer 20

Occulomotor Nerve
Trochlear Nerve
Ophthalmic Nerve
Abducens Nerve

Question 21

Which nerve is found in Foramen Rotundum

Answer 21

Maxillary Nerve

Question 22

Which nerve is found in Foramen Ovale

Answer 22

Mandibular nerve

Question 23

Which nerves are found in internal acoustic meatus

Answer 23

Facial Nerve

Vestibulochlear Nerve

Question 24

Which three nerves are found in Jugular Foramen

Answer 24

Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Vagus Nerve
Accessory Nerve

Question 25

Which nerve is found in Hypoglossal Canal

Answer 25

Hypoglossal Nerve

Question 26

Where are the Hypoglossal Canal and Foramen Magnum found

Answer 26

Occipital Bone

Question 27

Which three foramen are found in Posterior Cranial Fossa

Answer 27

Jugular Foramen
Hypoglossal Canal
Foramen Magnum

Question 28

Which six foramen are found in Middle Cranial Fossa

Answer 28

Internal Acoustic Meatus
Foramen Spinosum
Foramen Ovale
Foramen Rotundum
Superior Orbital Fissure
Optic Canal

Question 29

The ear ossicles are found within which part of which bone

Answer 29

Petrous of Temporal Bone