SKULL

Question 1

Skull contains ____ bones divided into the cranial and facial bones

Answer 1

22

Question 2

How many cranial bones are in the skull? How are they divided?

Answer 2

8 cranium bones divided into calvaria and floor

Question 3

Which bones articulate with the parietal bone?

Answer 3

Frontal
Temporal
Occipital 
Sphenoid
And opposite parietal bones

Question 4

What foramen is in the occipital bone and what passes through it?

Answer 4

Foramen magnum, the inferior portion of the medulla oblongata passes through to join the spinal cord

Question 5

The ethmoid bone has two lateral masses called

Answer 5

Labryinths

Question 6

What bones do the sphenoid bone articulate with?

Answer 6

All other 7 bones of the cranium

Question 7

The ________ of the temporal bones contains organs of hearing and balance

Answer 7

Petromastoid portion

Question 8

The occipital bone articulates with

Answer 8

Parietals
Temporals
Sphenoid
C1

Question 9

What is the function of facial bones?

Answer 9

Provide shape and support for the face

Question 10

Cranial and facial bones are joined by fibrous joints called

Answer 10

Sutures (except for mandible)

Question 11

The junction of the coronal and sagittal suture

Answer 11

Bregma

Question 12

The junction of lambdoidal and sagittal suture

Answer 12

Lambda

Question 13

The junction of the parietal, squamosal, and greater wing of sphenoid

Answer 13

Pterion

Question 14

The junction of the occipital, parietal, and mastoid portion of the temporal bone

Answer 14

Asterion

Question 15

How many incomplete ossifications are there in a newborns skull?

Answer 15

6 called fontanels

Question 16

What are the average measurements of the skull?

Answer 16

6 inches side to side
7 front to back
9 vertex to submental region

Question 17

Where is the sphenoid fontanel located?

Answer 17

Pterion junction

Question 18

Which cranial type is short and broad from side to side? Petrous portions form what angle with the msp…

Answer 18

Brachycephalic, 54 degrees

Question 19

Which cranial type is typical/average? Petrous portions form what angle with the msp…

Answer 19

Mesocephalic, 47 degrees

Question 20

Which cranial type is long and narrow side to side? Petrous portions form what angle with the msp…

Answer 20

Dolichocephalic, 40 degrees

Question 21

Which of all the sinuses are well developed at birth?

Answer 21

Maxillary

Question 22

Another name for maxillary sinuses?

Answer 22

Antra of highmore

Question 23

Maxillary sinuses are roughly __ in shape

Answer 23

Pyrimidal

Question 24

What is the second largest sinuses?

Answer 24

Frontal

Question 25

Where is the ethmoid sinuses located?

Answer 25

Lateral masses

Question 26

T or F, Sphenoidal sinuses are always paired

Answer 26

False, normally paired but can be SINGLE

Question 27

Where is the sphenoid sinuses located?

Answer 27

Sphenoid bone below sella turcica

Question 28

Sinus group visuallized in the lateral view

Answer 28

All 4 sinuses

Question 29

What bone articulates with the zygoma to help form cheeks?

Answer 29

Maxillary bone

Question 30

Facial bone that helps form bridge of the nose and articulates with…

Answer 30

Nasal bones, articulates with opposite nasal bones, maxillary bone, and frontal bone

Question 31

Zygomatic process is found on …

Answer 31

Maxillary and temporal bone

Question 32

Smallest bone in the skull

Answer 32

Lacrimal

Question 33

What passes through the lacrimal foramen?

Answer 33

Tear of duct

Question 34

The lacrimal forms the __ wall of the orbits

Answer 34

Medial

Question 35

Maxillary bone forms the __ walls and most of the __ of the nasal cavity

Answer 35

Lateral, floor