Skull anatomy week 1

Question 1

The ethmoid bone is more ____ to the sphenoid bone.

Answer 1

Anterior

Question 2

The sphenoid bone is ____ to the ethmoid bone

Answer 2

Posterior

Question 3

Cranial bones of the floor/base of skull

Answer 3

R/L Temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid

Question 4

Cranial bones of the Skull cap

Answer 4

Frontal, R/L Parietal, occipital

Question 5

What are the four cranium bones that articulate with the frontal bone?

Answer 5

R/L parietal, ethmoid & sphenoid

Question 6

What are the 5 cranial bones that articulate with the parietal bones ?

Answer 6

R/L temporal, sphenoid, occipital, frontal

Question 7

Where is the widest portion of the cranium?

Answer 7

Between parietal tubercles

Question 8

Where is the inion located?

Answer 8

Occipital bone

Question 9

Bones that articulate with the temporal bone

Answer 9

R/L parietal, occipital, sphenoid

Question 10

What cranial bone has the jugular foramen?

Answer 10

occipital

Question 11

What cranial bones articulate with the sphenoid bone?

Answer 11

All of them

Question 12

What does sella turcica mean and where is it located?

Answer 12

It means “saddle” and is found on the sphenoid bone

Question 13

What bones does the ethmoid bone articulate with?

Answer 13

Frontal and sphenoid

Question 14

Where does hearing take place?

Answer 14

Cochlea

Question 15

The adult asterion junction point is called what on a child?

Answer 15

Mastoid fontanel

Question 16

The adult Bregma junction point is called what on a child?

Answer 16

Anterior fontanel

Question 17

The adult Lambda junction point is called what on a child?

Answer 17

Posterior fontanel

Question 18

The adult Pterion junction point is called what on a child?

Answer 18

sphenoid fontanel

Question 19

How many adult cranium bones?

Answer 19

8

Question 20

How many adult facial bones?

Answer 20

14

Question 21

Where is the pituitary gland located?

Answer 21

sella turcica of the sphenoid bone