skull and neurocranium

Question 1

what is the parietal region

Answer 1

top of head

Question 2

what is the temporal region

Answer 2

side of head above ear

Question 3

what is the auricular region

Answer 3

ear

Question 4

what is the buccal region

Answer 4

cheek

Question 5

what is the orbital region

Answer 5

eye and eyebrows

Question 6

what is the mental region

Answer 6

chin

Question 7

what is the oral region

Answer 7

lips

Question 8

what is the nasal region

Answer 8

nose

Question 9

what is the infraorbital region

Answer 9

side of nose

Question 10

what is the zygomatic region

Answer 10

cheek bones

Question 11

what is the frontal region

Answer 11

forehead

Question 12

what is the occipital region

Answer 12

back of head

Question 13

what is the neurocranium

Answer 13

group of bones in the skull that encloses and protects the brain and associated sensory organs

Question 14

what is the neurocranium divided into

Answer 14

cranial vault and cranial base

Question 15

what is the viscerocranium

Answer 15

group of bones in the skull that surrounds and protects the proximal parts of the digestive and respiratory system

Question 16

what are the 4 pneumatic bones

Answer 16

• maxillary bone
• frontal bone
• sphenoid bone
• ethmoid bone

Question 17

what are pneumatic bones

Answer 17

bones in the skull which have air filled cavities called paranasal sinuses

Question 18

what are the functions of pneumatic bones

Answer 18

• help to warm and humidify air
• make weight of skull lighter
• act as voice resonators

Question 19

what are the functions of the skull

Answer 19

• case of protection for brain and meninges
• provides cavities for accommodation of organs of special senses
• provides openings for the passage of air and food
• accommodates teeth and jaw for mastication

Question 20

what are the joints of the bones in the skull called

Answer 20

immovable joins called sutures

Question 21

why are skull bones not fully fused at birth

Answer 21

• allows molding of fetal head during passage through birth canal
• permits growth of the brain

Question 21

which is the free moving joint in the skull

Answer 21

• mandible connected to the cranium by synovial temporomandibular joints

Question 22

what are fontanelles

Answer 22

wide sutures where 2 bones meet

Question 23

what are the 6 fontanels newborns have

Answer 23

• anterior
• posterior
• two mastoid
• two sphenoid

Question 24

when do anterior fontanelles close

Answer 24

18 months

Question 25

when do posterior fontanelles close

Answer 25

1-2 months

Question 26

what are the parts of the frontal bone

Answer 26

• squamous part - forehead
• nasal part - nose
• 2 paired orbital part - eyebrows