Skull And Mandible

Question 1

Frontal bone

Answer 1

Makes up your forehead and the upper part of your orbit(eye socket)

Question 2

Parietal bones

Answer 2

These bones make up the top and sides of your skull. Parietal:wall of cavity(L.)

Question 3

Occipital bone

Answer 3

Makes up the back and base of your skull. Occipital:back part of head (L.)

Question 4

Temporal bone

Answer 4

On the side of your head in the location of your ears. Temporal:related to the temples (L.)

Question 5

Zygomatic bone

Answer 5

Makes up your cheekbone and part of the orbit. Zygomatic: cheekbone (Gr.)

Question 6

Sphenoid bone

Answer 6

Only part of this bone can be seen wedged between the temporal bone and the zygomatic bone. Sphenoid: wedge-shaped (Gr.)

Question 7

Maxilla

Answer 7

Makes up the front of your face below your eyes. It also holds your upper teeth. Maxilla: upper jawbone (L.)

Question 8

Nasal bones

Answer 8

These small bones make up the bridge of the nose (where glasses rest). Nasal: nose (L.)

Question 9

Lacrimal bones

Answer 9

These bones are in the orbit. These are delicate bones that may be broken or missing in a real skull

Question 10

Sutures

Answer 10

Non-moveable joints that connect bones of the skull in the adult. Suture:seam (L.)

Question 11

Coronal suture

Answer 11

Joins the frontal bone to the 2 parietal bones. Coronal:crown (Gr.)

Question 12

Sagittarius suture

Answer 12

Joins the 2 parietal bones together . Sagittal: running in an anterior/posterior direction (L.)

Question 13

Lambdoid suture

Answer 13

Joins the parietal bones to the occipital bone. Lambdoid: looks like the Greek letter lambda

Question 14

Squamous suture

Answer 14

Joins the temporal bone to the occipital, parietal, and sphenoid bones. The bones involved have flat, scale-like edges that overlap to form the suture. Squamous: scale-like (L.)

Question 15

Mental protuberance

Answer 15

The tip of your chin. Mental means chin (L.)

Question 16

Alveolar part ( or margin)

Answer 16

An alveolus is a cavity or space. The alveolar part of the mandible has holes or cavities that hold teeth

Question 17

Angle

Answer 17

Back corner of the mandible. You can easily feel yours with your finger

Question 18

Ramus

Answer 18

Bone of the jaw that heads up to the skull. It has 2 projections or processes

Question 19

Ramus: Coronoid Process

Answer 19

Big chewing muscles attach here. This process points to the coronal suture

Question 20

Ramus: Condylar Process

Answer 20

(Or mandible condyle) with its rounded head that articulates with the mandibular fossa of the skull to form the TMJ (temporal-mandibular joint)