Test 2 - Hutch - Skull Anatomy

Question 1

What is the neurocranium?

What is the viscerocranium?

Answer 1

Neurocranium - Bones that cradle the brain

Viscerocranium - Bones of the face that house sensory organs

Question 2

The red line outlining the neurocranium is called _____________. The green dotted line showing the rough border b/t viscerocranium and neurocranium is called ________________.

Answer 2

Desmocranium

Chondrocranium

Question 3

What bones are in the neurocranium?

Answer 3

“POTSEF”

Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Frontal

Question 4

What bones are in the viscerocranium?

Answer 4

12 total

Nasal, Lacrimal, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Maxilla, Zygomatic, Temporal, Mandible, Vomer, Inf nasal turbinate, Palatine, Hyoid

Question 5

Which bones are in both the neurocranium and the viscerocranium?

Answer 5

“SET”

Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Temporal

Question 6

Which bones contribute to the orbit?

Answer 6

PLEZS FM

“Pleazes FM”

Palatine, Lacrimal, Ethmoid, Zygomatic, Sphenoid, Frontal, Maxilla

Question 7

Which bones contribute to the margin of the orbit?

Answer 7

Frontal, Zygomatic, Maxilla, and maybe lacrimal and nasal

Question 8

Sutures. Name the big 4 that you need to know.

Answer 8

Frontal, Sagittal, Coronal, Lambdoid, Squamous (temporal).

Frontal may or may not be present, but it is on a mid-sagittal line on the frontal bone.

Coronal is in the coronal plane, it goes horizontally across the head.

Sagittal is a mid-sagittal line.

Lamdoid does the upside down v in the occipital area.

Question 9

Go over Hutch’s skull lecture.

Answer 9

Do it. Right now. Find all the landmarks