Skull Anatomy

Question 1

Name the three main areas of the skull

Answer 1

Cranium face jaw

Question 2

Frontal bone

Answer 2

At the front of the cranium above the eyes forming the forehead

Question 3

Parietal bone

Answer 3

Pair of plates forming the top and great area with the sides of the cranium

Question 4

Temporal bone

Answer 4

Pair of fan shaped plates in the temporal region on the lower side of the cranium in front of the ears

Question 5

Occipital bone

Answer 5

At the back underside of the cranium

Question 6

Sphenoid bone

Answer 6

Single plate forming the majority of the base underside of the cranium

Question 7

Ethmoid bone

Answer 7

Single plate at the front bay section of the cranium immediately behind the nose

Question 8

Sutures

Answer 8

Immovable joints of The skull

Question 9

Atlas

Answer 9

The topmost vertebrae used for nodding

Question 10

Axes

Answer 10

The second bone turning left to right

Question 11

Foramina

Answer 11

Bony openings for passage of vessels and nerves

Question 12

Cancellous spongy bone

Answer 12

Where vessels and nerves run through

Question 13

Fontanella

Answer 13

Membrane covered spaces in the skull at birth, allow brain to grow. This slowly close by 18 months old

Question 14

Coronoid sutures

Answer 14

Where bony plates meet together

Question 15

Fissures

Answer 15

Where nerve cells run through natural spaces between adjacent bones

Question 16

Bony projections

Answer 16

The attachments for ligaments and muscles

Question 17

How many bones in the face are there

Answer 17

11

Question 18

Vomer

Answer 18

Single bone behind the nasal cavity that connects the cranial and facial regions of the skull together

Question 19

Lacrimal bones

Answer 19

Fragile bones forming the inner wall of the orbital cavity

Question 20

Nasal bones

Answer 20

Pair of bones forming the bridge of the nose

Question 21

Nasal turbinates

Answer 21

Pair of fragile cold bones projecting into the nasal cavity increasing the contact of inspired air separated by the midline of the nasal septum

Question 22

Zygomatic bones

Answer 22

A pair of facial bones that articulate posteriorly and extended anteriorly into the zygomatic archThe cheekbone

Question 23

The jaw

Maxilla

Answer 23

Pair of bones forming the aperture the lower border of the orbital cavities and the base of the nose also the anterior portion of the hard palate

Question 24

The mandible

Answer 24

A single horseshoe shaped bone forming the lower jaw with a vertical posterior bony structure articulating with the cranium at the temperomandibular joint

Question 25

Oroantral fistula

Answer 25

Where unwonted connection is created between the mouse and the Antrim during the extraction of upper molar and second premolar teeth

Question 26

Into maxillary suture

Answer 26

Where the two maxillary bone is joined together

Question 27

Maxillary turborosity

Answer 27

The small bone at the very back of the palate that can be fractured off during third molar extraction

Question 28

Intraorbital foraman

Answer 28

Beneath the eyesockets

Nerves supplying upper teeth and labial soft tissue

Question 29

Greater and lesser Palatine foramina

Answer 29

Back of the hard palate

Upper posterior teeth and palatal soft tissue

Question 30

Incisive foreman

Answer 30

Front centre of hard palate

Palatal soft tissue upper anterior teeth

Question 31

Mental synthesis

Answer 31

Where the two bones of the mandible Join together at the Central line

Question 32

The horizontal section of the mandible is called

Answer 32

The body of the mandible

Question 33

The vertical section of the mandible is called

Answer 33

The Ramas of the mandible

Question 34

What is the joint called that allows for opening and closing of the mouth

Answer 34

Temporary mandibular joint TMJ

Question 35

Mylohyoid ridge

Answer 35

Whether mylohyoid muscle attaches to from the floor of the mouth inside the mandible

Question 36

External oblique ridge

Answer 36

Masks the base of the Alviola processes

Question 37

Coronoid process

Answer 37

The front edge of the Ramas. The dip between called sigmoid notch

When the mouth is closed to coronoid process slots under the zygoMatic arch of the face

Question 38

Mandibular foremen

Answer 38

Protected by the lingula

Lower teeth and some soft tissue where it enters the mandibular

Question 39

Mental foramen

Answer 39

Where premolars are, this is where the nerve exits