Skull from Above

Question 1

This is the point where the sagittal suture meets the coronal suture.

Answer 1

The bregma.

Question 2

What do the unossified parts of the frontal and parietal bones in the bregma region form at birth?

Answer 2

The membranous anterior fontanelle.

Question 3

At what point does the sagittal suture meets the lambdoid suture?

Answer 3

The lambda.

Question 4

What do the unossified parts of the parietal and occipital bones in the lambda region form at birth?

Answer 4

The membranous posterior fontanelle.

Question 5

The line of the frontal suture in the fetal skull may persist in the adult skull and is sometimes known as?

Answer 5

The metopic suture.

Question 6

This is where the cerebrospinal fluid drains into the superior sagittal sinus which causes the irregular depressions on the parts of the frontal and parietal bones that overlie the sinus.

Answer 6

The arachnoid granulations.