Skull Bone Markings/Features

Question 1

Saggital Suture

Answer 1

Parietal to parietal midline of skull

Question 2

Squamous suture

Answer 2

2 temporal bones meet inferior to parietal

Question 3

Lambdoid Suture

Answer 3

Occipital to parietal

Question 4

Styloid process

Answer 4

Sharp needle like projection inferiors to auditory meatus(muscles and ligaments connect)(temporal)

Question 5

Mastoid process

Answer 5

Contain sinus close to middle ear rough projection air cavities(temporal)

Question 6

External acoustic meatus

Answer 6

Canal that leads to eardrum(temporal)

Question 7

Zygomatic process

Answer 7

Joins cheekbone thin bridge(temporal)

Question 8

Jugular foramen

Answer 8

Allows jugular vein passage occipital and temporal(temporal)

Question 9

Carotid canal

Answer 9

Internal carotid artery runs, blood to brain(temporal)

Question 10

Foramen magnum

Answer 10

Lower part of brain spinal cord connects to brain(occipital)

Question 11

Occipital condyles

Answer 11

Rest on first vertebra of spinal column(occipital)

Question 12

Sella Turcica

Answer 12

Turks saddle
Snug enclosure for pituitary gland
(Sphenoid)

Question 13

Crista galli

Answer 13

Outermost covering of brain that attaches to projection(ethmoid)

Question 14

Cribriform plate

Answer 14

Nerve fibers to carry implicates to olfactory(ethmoid)

Question 15

Superior and middle nasal conchae

Answer 15

Form part of lateral wall of nasal cavity and increase air flow(ethmoid)

Question 16

Mandibular ramus

Answer 16

Upright bar of bone connect mandible to temporal bone(mandible)

Question 17

Alveolar margin

Answer 17

Bumps along teeth(mandible)

Question 18

Temporomandibular joint

Answer 18

Tmj temporal and mandible meet(mandible)

Question 19

Palatine process

Answer 19

Anterior part of hard palate of mouth
Hard part(maxilla)

Question 20

Alveolar margin(maxillae)

Answer 20

Superior edge of mandibular body soft part

Question 21

Coronal Suture

Answer 21

Connects parietal to frontal