Skull quiz moodle/powerpoint quiz

Question 1

How many bones make up the skull?

Answer 1

22

Question 2

The bones of the skull are divided up into two groups.

Name these groups.

Answer 2

1. Cranium
2. Facial bones

Question 3

Name the bone highlighted.

Answer 3

Frontal bone

Question 4

Name two bones which articulate with the frontal bone.

Answer 4

Maxilla
Zygoma

Question 5

Name the butterfly shaped bone highlighted.

Answer 5

Sphenoid

Question 6

Name the sutures labelled A-C.

Answer 6

Coronal
Lambdoid
Squamosal

Question 7

At what age do the sutures fuse?

Answer 7

These sutures allow the skull to grow as the baby’s brain grows. Around two years of age, a child’s skull bones begin to join together because the sutures become bone. When this occurs, the suture is said to “close.” In a baby with craniosynostosis, one or more of the sutures closes too early.

Question 8

What 3 views do we do for a plain imaging skull?

Answer 8

Occipito-Frontal
Occipito-Frontal 30
Lateral

Question 9

List two reasons why we might do plain imaging of the skull.

Answer 9

CT not working
Paediatric lower dose than CT
Skeletal survey

Question 10

What do the following abbreviations used in skull positioning stand for;

MSP
OMBL
IPL

Answer 10

Median sagittal plane
Orbitomeatal baseline
Interpupillary line