Skull

Question 1

Coronal suture

Answer 1

Articulation b/w frontal and both parietal bones

Question 2

Sagittal suture

Answer 2

Articulation between both parietal bones

Question 3

Lambdoid suture

Answer 3

Articulation between parietal and occipital bones

Question 4

Squamous suture

Answer 4

Articulation b/w temporal and parietal bones

Question 5

Foramen magnum located in what skull bone

Answer 5

Occipital

Question 6

What cranial depression houses the pituitary gland

Answer 6

Sella turcica

Question 7

Foramen rotundum is exit for

Answer 7

Maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve

Question 8

Foramen ovale is exit for

Answer 8

Mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve

Question 9

Foramen spinosum is exit for

Answer 9

Middle meningeal artery

Question 10

Sphenoid bone fun facts

Answer 10

Unites the cranial and facial bones
Articulates w/ almost every bone in the skull
Contains the sphenoid sinuses

Question 11

Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

Answer 11

Superior portion of nasal septum

Question 12

Orbital plate of ethmoid

Answer 12

Forms medial wall of the orbit

Question 13

Crista galli of ethmoid

Answer 13

Attachment for falx cerebri

Question 14

Ethmoidal labyrinth contains

Answer 14

Superior and middle nasal conchae

Question 15

What nerve descends along lateral border of cribriform plate and what portion of skull is cribriform plate located

Answer 15

Olfactory nerve

Anterior cranial fossa

Question 16

Cribriform foramina is passageway for what

Answer 16

Olfactory nerve branches

Question 17

Lacrimal groove is passageway of

Answer 17

The nasolacrimal duct

Question 18

What forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum

Answer 18

Vertical plate of the vomer bone

Question 19

Palatine bone orbital process

Answer 19

Part of medial floor of orbit

Question 20

Palatine perpendicular plate and horizontal plate

Answer 20

Perpendicular- lateral wall of nasal cavity

Horizontal- posterior portion of hard palate

Question 21

Medial wall of orbit formed by

Answer 21

Frontal process of maxilla
Lacrimal bone
Lateral mass of ethmoid bone

Question 22

Floor of orbit formed by

Answer 22

Perpendicular plate of palatine bone
Orbital surface of maxilla
Zygomatic bone

Question 23

Lateral wall of orbit formed by

Answer 23

Zygomatic process of frontal bone
Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Orbital surface of zygomatic bone

Question 24

Roof of orbit formed by

Answer 24

Lesser wing of sphenoid bone

Frontal bone

Question 25

How many bones make up orbit

Answer 25

7

Question 26

Structures in middle cranial fossa

Answer 26

Sella turcica- pituitary

Foramen ovale- mandibular trigeminal

Question 27

Structures in posterior cranial fossa

Answer 27

Foramen magnum

Jugular foramen

Question 28

Le Fort I fracture

Answer 28

Fracture of maxilla localized to the alveolar process

Underneath nose from edge of mouth to other edge of mouth

Question 29

Le Fort II fracture

Answer 29

Partially through the orbit, and damages the maxilla up to the zygomatic maxillary suture

Question 30

Le Fort III fracture

Answer 30

Detachment of the upper portion of face from the cranium