Skull

Question 1

What two bones form the dorsal cranium?

Answer 1

Frontal and parietal

Question 2

What is the median ridge on the dorsal skill formed by parietal and interparietal bones?

Answer 2

External Sagittarius crest

Question 3

The ____________ lines extend fro the external occipital protuberance to the zygomatic process of the frontal bone

Answer 3

Temporal

Question 4

What marks the edge between the dorsal and caudal surfaces of the skill?

Answer 4

Nuchal crest

Question 5

The caudal end of the external sagittal crest is the ?

Answer 5

External occipital protuberance

Question 6

What convex surface lies cranially to the nuchal crest, and causally to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone?

Answer 6

Temporal fossa

Question 7

What are the three parts of the temporal bone?

Answer 7

Squamous, tympanic, and petrous

Question 8

The _____________ part of the temporal bone contains part of the temporal fossa and the zygomatic process

Answer 8

Squamous

Question 9

The ventrolateral surface of the skull, cranial to the temporal bone, is formed by what two bones?

Answer 9

Basisphenoid and presphenoid

Question 10

What bone bears three upper incisor teeth?

Answer 10

Incisive bone

Question 11

What is bound ventrolaterally by the incisive bone and dorsally by the nasal bone?

Answer 11

Nasal pasture

Question 12

Cavity where the eye is situated?

Answer 12

Orbit

Question 13

What forms the orbital medial margin?

Answer 13

Frontal, lacrimal, zygomatic

Question 14

What forms the lateral orbital margin?

Answer 14

Orbital ligament

Frontal process of zygomatic to the zygomatic

Question 15

What fossa is located ventral to the orbit and serves as the attachement site for a muscle of mastication?

Answer 15

Pteygopalatine fossa

Question 16

What are the three openings in the caudal orbit?

Answer 16

Optic canal, orbital fissure, rostral alar canal

Question 17

The orbital fissure is formed by the articulation of what two bones?

Answer 17

Presphenoid

Basisphenoid

Question 18

In the rostral part of the pterygopalatine fossa, what two foramina are located, dorsal to ventral?

Answer 18

Caudal palatine foramen

Sphenopalatine foramen

Question 19

What are the caudal and rostral openings of the infraorbital canal?

Answer 19

Caudal- maxillary foramen (cranial orbit)

Rostral- infraorbital foramen (maxillary bone)

Question 20

What bone forms the caudal third of the ventral cranium?

Answer 20

Basiocciptial

Question 21

What part of the skull articulates with he atlas?

Answer 21

Occipital condyle

Question 22

What re the ventral projections of the occult it also bones that articulates with the tympanic bulla?

Answer 22

Paracondylar process

Question 23

What is the enlargement of the tymporal bone which encloses the middle ear cavity and its ossicles?

Answer 23

Tympanic bulla

Question 24

What is the opening on the lateral side of the tympanic bulla?

Answer 24

External acoustic meatus

Question 25

What cartilage attaches the auricle to the external acoustic meatus?

Answer 25

Annular cartilage

Question 26

What cartilage redirects the force of the muscles controlling the ear?

Answer 26

Scutiform cartilage

Question 27

What part of the temporal bone contains the membranous and bony labyrinth of the inner ear?

Answer 27

Petrosal part

Question 28

What contains the cochlear window and lies under the tympanic bulla?

Answer 28

Promontory

Question 29

What is the only process of the petrous part of the temporal bone that can be viewed externally and serves as attachment for cleidocephalicus, sternochephalicus, and splenious muscles

Answer 29

Mastoid process