Skull Anatomy Flashcards
The skull has how many bones?
22; 8 cranial and 14 facial
What cranial bones are paired?
Parietal and temporal
The sphenoid and ethmoid are classified as ____ bones
Cranial (floor)
What is the name of the articulation between the frontal and parietal bone?
The coronal suture
What is the name of the articulation between the parietal bone and the temporal bone?
Squamosal suture
The foramen magnum is located in which bone?
Occipital
The flattened, horizontal portion on the superior aspect of the ethmoid bone is called the:
Cribriform plate
The hard, dense bony process of the temporal bone that houses the structures of the middle and inner ear is called the:
Petrous pyramid
The mastoid air cells are located in the:
temporal bone
The rounded, articulating condyles of the mandible that help form the temporomandibular joint are called the:
condyloid processes
The superior and middle nasal conchae that serve to increase the surface area of the nasal cavities are found in the:
Ethmoid bone
Which three cranial bones articulate directly with the zygomatic bone?
Frontal, sphenoid, temporal
The only movable bone in the adult skull is the:
Mandible
Average skull, width is 75-80% of length. Angle from midsagittal plane to petrous pyramid is 47 degrees
Mesocephalic
Broad skull side to side; 80% or greater than the length
Brachycephalic
Long, narrow skull; less than 75% of the length
dolichocephalic
There are a total of _____ fontanels in an infant.
6
Which cranial bone contains the cribriform plate?
ethmoid
What is the difference, in degrees, between the infraorbitomeatal and orbitomeatal line?
7-8 degrees
A patient enters the emergency department with a possible basilar skull fracture. Which of the following skull projections would best demonstrate any blood present in the sphenoid sinus?
horizontal beam lateral
Which cranial bone possesses the zygomatic process?
temporal