Skull

Question 1

Skull

Answer 1

cranium+mandible

Question 2

2 parts of the cranium

Answer 2

neurocranium
viscerocranium

Question 3

Neurocranium

Answer 3

the bony covering of the brain and its meninges
contains proximal parts of cranial nerves and vasculature of the brain

Question 4

Calvarium

Answer 4

skull cap

Question 5

Basicranium

Answer 5

cranial base

Question 6

8 bones united by sutures

Answer 6

frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
occipital
parietals
temporals

Question 7

Viscerocranium

Answer 7

bones of the facial skeleton
forms the anterior part of the cranium
consists of bones that surround the mouth, nose, and most of the orbits

Question 8

15 bones of the viserocranium

Answer 8

mandible
ethmoid
vomer
maxillae
inferior nasal conchae
zygomatics
palatines
nasals
lacrimals

Question 9

Frontal bone

Answer 9

forms the forehead, roofs of the orbits, superciliary arches superior to the orbital apertures
contains frontal paranasal sinuses

Question 10

Parietal bones

Answer 10

form the superior and lateral parts of the skull

Question 11

coronal suture

Answer 11

runs in the coronal plane
located anteriorly where the parietal bone meets the frontal bone

Question 12

Squamous suture

Answer 12

occurs where each parietal bone meets a temporal bone inferiorly

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Sagittal suture

Answer 13

occurs where the right and left parietal bones meet superiorly in the midline of the

Question 14

Lambdoid suture

Answer 14

occurs where the parietal bones meet

Question 15

Sutural bones

Answer 15

small bones that occur within sutures

Question 16

occipital bone

Answer 16

forms the posterior portion of the cranium and cranial base

Question 17

foramen magnum

Answer 17

located at the base of the occipital bone

Question 18

occipital condyles

Answer 18

articulate with C1 vertebra

Question 19

Nuchal lines

Answer 19

anchor muscles of the back and neck

Question 20

Temporal bones

Answer 20

lie inferior to the parietal bones
Form the inferolateral region of the skull and parts of the cranial floor

Question 21

Sphenoid bone

Answer 21

spans the width of the cranial floor
situated between the bones of the cranial vault and those of the face
greater wings
lesser wings

Question 22

Ethmoid bone

Answer 22

a light spongy bone that lies between the nasal and sphenoid bones
forms most of the medial bony region between the nasal cavity and orbits

Question 23

Crista galli

Answer 23

anchor point for dura mater

Question 24

Mandible

Answer 24

largest and strongest facial bone

Question 25

Mandible horizontal body

Answer 25

anchors the lower teeth and forms the chin

Question 26

Mandible two upright rami

Answer 26

project superolaterally from the body, mandibular angle

Question 27

Coronoid process

Answer 27

provides an insertion for the temporalis

Question 28

Mandibular condyle

Answer 28

articulates with the temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint

Question 29

Maxillary bones

Answer 29

contains maxillary sinuses form the upper jaw and central part of the facial skeleton hold the tooth roots and form most of the nasal aperture and floor

Question 30

zygomatic bones

Answer 30

form the lateral wall of the orbits and prominences of the cheeks

Question 31

Nasal bones

Answer 31

form the bridge of the nose

Question 32

Lacrimal bones

Answer 32

delicate bones located in the medial orbital walls

Question 33

Palatine bones

Answer 33

lie posterior to the maxillae and complete the posterior part of the hard palate

Question 34

Vomer

Answer 34

a slender bone that lies in the nasal cavity and forms the inferior part of the nasal septum

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Inferior nasal conchae

Answer 35

thin, curved bones that project medially from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity

Question 36

Postnatal skull growth

Answer 36

at birth, the bones of the calvarium ossify outward from their centers of ossification and the bones are connected to one another by fibrous membranes

Question 37

Fontanelles

Answer 37

allow for skull compression during childbirth and brain expansion during postnatal growth

Question 38

Synchondroses

Answer 38

immovable, cartilaginous joints between bones of the skull base