skull part 2

Question 1

The _________ is a compound bone that forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain

Answer 1

sphenoid

Question 2

what is the purple structure in this pic?

Answer 2

sphenoid

Question 3

what are the different parts of the sphenoid?

Answer 3

body, lateral pterygoid plate, medial pterygoid plate, greater wing, lesser wing

Question 4

_______ are extra bones in the sutures

Answer 4

wormian bones

Question 5

what is the bone in red?

Answer 5

occipital

Question 6

name the numbered parts of the occipital bone

Answer 6

1. foramen magnum
2. basilar part
3. inferior nuchal line
4. superior nuchal line
5. external orbital protuberance

Question 7

what is it called when male and female characteristics are physically different?

Answer 7

sexual dimorphism

Question 8

name the numbered parts of the mandible

Answer 8

1. coronoid process
2. ramus
3. condylar process
4. body
5. alveolar process
6. mental process

Question 9

what is the one part of the mandible that has no function?

Answer 9

mental process

Question 10

what is the red foramina in this picture? what goes through here?

Answer 10

Carotid canal
-carotid artery

Question 11

what is the foramina in this picture? what goes through here?

Answer 11

emissary foramen
-emissary veins

Question 12

which foramens can be seen in the sphenoid? what goes through them?

Answer 12

1. ovale (CN V branh 3)
2. rotundum (CN V branch 2)
3. spinosum (middle meningeal artery)
4. optic canal (CN II)

Question 13

what passes through the jugular foramen? where is it?

Answer 13

-CN IX, X, XI, Jugular vein

Question 14

what passes through the stylomastoid foramen? where is ti?

Answer 14

CN VII
(can only be seen from bottom)