Brain and Spine

Question 1

Suture between frontal and parietal bones

Answer 1

Coronal suture

Question 2

Suture between the two parietal bones

Answer 2

Sagittal suture

Question 3

Suture between the temporal bones and the parietal bones

Answer 3

Squamosal suture

Question 4

Suture between the occipital bones and the parietal bones

Answer 4

Lambdoidal suture

Question 5

Junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures

Answer 5

Bregma

Question 6

Junction of the lambdoidal and sagittal sutures

Answer 6

Lambda

Question 7

Junction of the parietal, squamosal suture, and greater wing of the sphenoid bone

Answer 7

Pterion

Question 8

Junction of the occipital, parietal, mastoid portion of the temporal bone

Answer 8

Asterion

Question 9

Largest sinuses in the cheekbones

Answer 9

Maxillary sinuses

Question 10

Sinuses in the low-center of the forehead

Answer 10

Frontal sinuses

Question 11

Sinuses between the eyes at the nasal bridge

Answer 11

Ethmoid sinuses

Question 12

Sinuses in bones behind the nasal cavity

Answer 12

Sphenoid sinuses

Question 13

2 sets of bones that form the skull

Answer 13

Cranium

Facial Bones

Question 14

8 bones that form the cranium

Answer 14

2 pairs of temporal bones
2 pairs of parietal bones
Frontal bone
Occipital bone
Sphenoid bone
Ethmoid bone

Question 15

Bones that lie inferior to the parietal bones

Answer 15

2 pairs of temporal bones

Question 16

Bones that are paired to form the superior and lateral walls of the cranium

Answer 16

2 pairs of parietal bones

Question 17

Bone that forms the forehead and the superior part of the eye’s orbit

Answer 17

Frontal bone

Question 18

Bone that forms the floor and back wall of the skull

Answer 18

Occipital bone

Question 19

Bone that forms part of the floor of the skull, located anterior to the temporal

Answer 19

Sphenoid bone

Question 20

Bone that lies anterior to the sphenoid, forms the roof of the nasal cavity

Answer 20

Ethmoid bone

Question 21

14 facial bones

Answer 21

2 Nasal Bones-form the bridge of the nose
2 Lacrimal Bones-the medial wall of each orbit
2 Maxillary Bones-forms the upper jaw
2 Zygomatic Bones-commonly referred to as the cheek bones
2 Palatine Bones-form the posterior part of the hard palate
2 Inferior Nasal Conchae-extend inferiorly from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity
Vomer-contributes to the nasal septum
Mandible-forms the lower jaw