Skull Bones 2

Question 1

What are the cranial bones?

Answer 1

The cranial bones are bones that form the skull and protect the brain.

Question 2

How many cranial bones are there in the human skull?

Answer 2

There are 8 cranial bones in the human skull.

Question 3

True or False: The frontal bone is a cranial bone.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which cranial bone forms the forehead and part of the eye sockets?

Answer 4

Frontal bone

Question 5

What is the name of the cranial bone that forms the back and base of the skull?

Answer 5

Occipital bone

Question 6

Which cranial bone houses the pituitary gland and forms the floor of the cranium (back of the eye socket, joins almost every bone)?

Answer 6

Sphenoid bone

Question 7

Which cranial bone contains the middle and inner ear structures (side of skull, 2)?

Answer 7

Temporal bone

Question 8

What is the name of the cranial bone that forms the sides and roof of the cranium (2)?

Answer 8

Parietal bone

Question 9

Which cranial bone is located at the base of the skull and forms part of the eye sockets (found behind Lacrimal)?

Answer 9

Ethmoid bone

Question 10

True or False: The mandible is considered a cranial bone.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What is the Foramen Magnum?

Answer 11

It is the opening in the occipital bone for the spinal cord to enter.