the Skull and Shit

Question 1

what is the cranium

Answer 1

skull minus the mandible

Question 2

characteristics of sutura notha (false sutures)

Answer 2

sutures lacking interlocking of adjacent bone surfaces

typically formed by endochondral ossification

Question 3

what is norma verticalis

Answer 3

skulled viewed from the top

Question 4

the intersection of the coronal and sagittal sutures

Answer 4

bregma

Question 5

intersection of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures

Answer 5

lambda

Question 6

diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the FRONTAL bone with both PARIETAL bones

Answer 6

anterior fontanelle

Question 7

diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the OCCIPITAL bone with both PARIETAL bones

Answer 7

posterior fontanelle

Question 8

glabella, what is it

Answer 8

elevation of bone over the frontal sinus between the orbits

Question 9

name given to the outline of the nasal cavity at the front of the skull

Answer 9

piriform aperture

Question 10

name given to the alveolar jugum of the canine tooth in the maxilla

Answer 10

canine eminence

Question 11

forms a bullet-like chin

Answer 11

large mental protuberance

Question 12

forms an indented chin (aka butt chin)

Answer 12

well developed bilateral mental tubercles and a slight mental protuberance

Question 13

what is the tip of the external occipital protuberance called

Answer 13

inion

Question 14

points on a skull used to measure its SIZE

Answer 14

nasion, vertex, inion and gnathion

Question 15

points on the skull used to measure cranial vault CAPACITY

Answer 15

nasion, vertex, inion

Question 16

olfactory nerve exits the cranial vault via what opening

Answer 16

cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone

Question 17

bony feature that is prominent in the median plane of the middle cranial fossa

Answer 17

sella turcica

Question 18

contents of the optic canal

Answer 18

optic nerve, ophthalmic artery

Question 19

contents in superior orbital fissure

Answer 19

ophthalmic veins, 
oculomotor nerve
trochlear nerve
ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve
abducent nerve

Question 20

forms the roof of the posterior cranial fossa

Answer 20

tentorium cerebelli

Question 21

part of the cerebrum that occupies the posterior cranial fossa

Answer 21

NONE, tentorium cerebelli separates the cerebrum into a space above the posterior cranial fossa

Question 22

part of the nervous system that occupies the posterior cranial fossa

Answer 22

cerebellum
pons
medulla oblongata

Question 23

contents of internal acoustic meatus

Answer 23

cranial nerves VII, VIII

nervus intermedius/nevre of Wrisberg/sensory root of VII

motor root of VII

vestibular and cochlear roots of VIII

internal auditory/internal labyrinthine artery and vein

Question 24

cranial nerves located within the jugular foramen

Answer 24

cranial nerves IX, X, XI