Skull - random

Question 1

digastric fossa

Answer 1

temporal bone, groove immediately behind the mastoid process (most lateral groove)

Question 2

occipital groove

Answer 2

temporal bone, groove behind the mastoid process, more medial. medial to the digastric fossa.
for course of occipital artery

Question 3

perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

Answer 3

in nasal cavity

comes from the top

Question 4

vomer

Answer 4

in nasal cavity

comes from the bottom

Question 5

pterygoid hamulus is off the

Answer 5

medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone

Question 6

glenoid fossa

Answer 6

aka mandibular fossa
on the temporal bone
where the TMJ is - contains articular cartilage of TMJ

Question 7

articular eminence

Answer 7

where the condyle of the TMJ slides when you open your mouth really wide

Question 8

incisive canal

Answer 8

basalis view
front of hard palate, between the two central incisors, in the maxilla
transmits nasopalatine n., anatomosis of nasopalatine and greater palatine aa.)

Question 9

greater palatine foramen

Answer 9

maxilla, basalis view, more toward the front of the mouth and larger hole, transmits greater palatine nav

Question 10

this is at the base of the pterygoid fossa

Answer 10

scaphoid fossa

attachment for tensor palatine

Question 11

palatovaginal or pharyngeal canal

Answer 11

canals on either side of vomer

Question 12

incisive canal transmits

Answer 12

nasopalatine n.

anastomosis of nasopalatine and greater palatine aa.

Question 13

zygomaticotemporal foramen transmits

Answer 13

zygomaticotemporal n.

Question 14

pharyngeal canal transmits

Answer 14

pharyngeal n.a.

Question 15

pterygoid canal transmits

Answer 15

n and a of pterygoid canal

Question 16

foramen ovale transmits

Answer 16

V3, accessory meningeal a.

Question 17

foramen spinosum

Answer 17

middle meningeal a.

recurrent meningeal branch of V3

Question 18

what attaches at the spine of the sphenoid bone?

Answer 18

sphenomandibular ligament

Question 19

goes through petrotympanic fissure

Answer 19

chorda tympani n

anterior tympanic a.

Question 20

goes through carotid canal

Answer 20

internal carotid a.

sympathetic plexus

Question 21

symphysis menti

Answer 21

groove at midline where two halves of mandible fuse

Question 22

mental foramen transmits

Answer 22

mental nav

Question 23

attaches at tip of mylohyoid line

Answer 23

pterygomandibular raphe

Question 24

submandibular fossa holds

Answer 24

the submandibular salivary gland

Question 25

mandibular notch transmits

Answer 25

masseteric nav

Question 26

lingula is an attachment for

Answer 26

sphenomandibular ligament

Question 27

mandibular foramen and canal transmit

Answer 27

inferior alveolar nav