the skull (p2)

Question 1

skull bones are broken into (2)

Answer 1

facial and cranial bones

Question 2

skull bone making forehead

Answer 2

frontal bone

Question 3

skull bone forming central upper, back, and sides of skull

Answer 3

parietal bone

Question 4

most posterior cranial bone, connects to parietal

Answer 4

occipital bone

Question 5

bones on side of skull around temple and ear

Answer 5

temporal bone

Question 6

bone in the middle base of skull. has wings kind of looks like butterfly

Answer 6

sphenoid

Question 7

bone at root of nose with many perforations

Answer 7

ethmoid

Question 8

small oblong bones, makes up part of nose

Answer 8

nasal bone

Question 9

small bone forming inner part of eye socket

Answer 9

lacrimal bone

Question 10

part of nasal septum; thin bone separating nasal cavities

Answer 10

vomer

Question 11

lower jaw bone

Answer 11

mandible

Question 12

upper jaw bone, doesn’t move while chewing

Answer 12

maxilla

Question 13

cheekbone

Answer 13

zygomatic bone

Question 14

suture connecting parietal and temporal bones

Answer 14

squamous suture

Question 15

sutures connecting frontal and parietal bones

Answer 15

coronal suture

Question 16

suture connecting parietal bones

Answer 16

sagittal suture

Question 17

suture connecting parietal and occipital bones

Answer 17

lambdoid suture

Question 18

bone feature around eyebrows

Answer 18

supraorbital margin

Question 19

small openings above eye sockets

Answer 19

supraorbital foramen

Question 20

small openings below eye sockets

Answer 20

infraorbital foramen

Question 21

tooth sockets

Answer 21

dental alveoli

Question 22

small openings on chin

Answer 22

mental foramen

Question 23

horizontal “U” shape portion of mandible

Answer 23

mandible body

Question 24

lateral portion on either side of mandible

Answer 24

ramus

Question 25

superior aspect of ramus (is pointy)

Answer 25

coronoid process

Question 26

bone feature articulating the mandible

Answer 26

condylar process

Question 27

projection around zygomatic bone

Answer 27

temporal process

Question 28

projection around temporal bone

Answer 28

zygomatic process

Question 29

groove in ramus of mandible

Answer 29

mandibular notch

Question 30

small slender projection from bottom of temporal bone

Answer 30

styloid process

Question 31

rounded process beneath your ear

Answer 31

mastoid process

Question 32

outer passageway in skull forming ear hole

Answer 32

external acoustic meatus

Question 33

upper chambers of nasal cavity

Answer 33

middle nasal concha

Question 34

lower features of ethmoid bone

Answer 34

inferior nasal concha

Question 35

“palate” bone; roof of mouth

Answer 35

palatine bone

Question 36

small holes that rhyme (posterior going forward)

Answer 36

jugular foramen, carotid canal, foramen lacerum, foramen ovale

Question 37

located base of occipital bone, articulates with top vertebra

Answer 37

occipital condyle

Question 38

hole relate to spinal cord at base of skull

Answer 38

foramen magnum

Question 39

depression accepting condylar process of mandible

Answer 39

mandibular fossa

Question 40

bulge on superior portion of ethmoid bone (where meninges connect)

Answer 40

crista galli

Question 41

forms roof of nasal cavity, plates on either side of crista Galli

Answer 41

cribriform plate

Question 42

saddle like spot supporting the pituitary gland superior side of sphenoid bone

Answer 42

Sella turcica

Question 43

fontanel around temple area (joins frontal, temple, parietal, and sphenoid bones)

Answer 43

sphenoidal fontanelle

Question 44

intersection of parietal, occipital, and temporal bones

Answer 44

mastoid fontanelle

Question 45

intersection of both parietal bones and occipital bones in infants

Answer 45

posterior fontanelle

Question 46

where front and parietal bones intersect on a baby’s head

Answer 46

anterior fontanelle