Views of the Skull

Question 1

What are the 5 views of the skull called?

Answer 1

norma verticalis, norma frontalis, norma occipitalis, norma lateralis, norma basalis

Question 2

What is the diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the frontal bone with both parietal bones?

Answer 2

the anterior fontanelle

Question 3

What is the diamond shaped remnant of developing membrana bone at the intersection of the occipital bone with both parietal bones?

Answer 3

the posterior fontanelle

Question 4

What is the glabella?

Answer 4

the elevation of bone over the frontal sinus between the orbits

Question 5

What is the name given to the outline of the nasal cavity at the front of the skull?

Answer 5

piriform aperture

Question 6

What is the name given to the alveolar jugum of the canine tooth in the maxilla?

Answer 6

canine eminence

Question 7

What forms a bullet-like chin?

Answer 7

a large mental protuberance

Question 8

What forms an indented chin?

Answer 8

well developed bilateral mental tubercles and a slight mental protuberance

Question 9

What bones form the pterion?

Answer 9

parietal, temporal, sphenoid, and frontal bones

Question 10

What points on the skull are used to measure the skull size?

Answer 10

the nasion, vertex, inion, and gnathion

Question 11

What points on the skull are used to measure cranial vault capacity?

Answer 11

the nasion, vertex, and inion