Axial

Question 1

Suture between parietal

Answer 1

sagittal suture

Question 2

Suture between temporal and parietal

Answer 2

squamous suture

Question 3

suture between occipital and parietal

Answer 3

lambdoid suture

Question 4

suture between frontal and nasal

Answer 4

frontonasal suture

Question 5

suture between frontal and parietal

Answer 5

coronal suture

Question 6

how many cranial bones and name them

Answer 6

Frontal 1
Ethmoid 1
Sphenoid 1
occipital 1
parietal 2
temporal 2

Question 8

part of frontal bone underlying forhead

Answer 8

frontal part

Question 9

suture between frontal bones; disappears by 8

Answer 9

metopic suture

Question 10

opening in middle of supraorbital margin

Answer 10

subraorbital foramen

Question 11

edge of frontal part forming superior borders of orbit

Answer 11

subraorbital margin

Question 12

thickened ridges over supraorbital margins; supports eyebrows

Answer 12

supercillary arches

Question 13

forms roof of orbit

Answer 13

orbital part

Question 14

depression on inferior surface of orbital part; accommodates lacrimal gland

Answer 14

lacrimal fossa

Question 15

contribute to the lateral
and inferior walls of the cranium

Answer 15

temporal bones

Question 16

forms the lateral surface
that borders the squamous suture

Answer 16

squamous part

Question 17

This process with the
temporal process of the zygomatic bone forms
the zygomatic arch (cheekbone)

Answer 17

zygomatic process

Question 18

depression on the inferior
base of the zygomatic process that articulates
with the mandible.

Answer 18

mandibular fossa

Question 19

elevation anterior to the
mandibular fossa

Answer 19

articular tubercle

Question 20

region that surrounds the external acoustic meatus or external auditory
canal. This passageway ends as a tympanic membrane.

Answer 20

tympanic part

Question 21

largest most massive part of the temporal bone
that houses the senses of hearing and balance

Answer 21

petrous part

Question 22

Contains mastoid sinuses

Answer 22

mastoid process

Question 23

sharp process near the mastoid process to
which ligaments and tendons attach

Answer 23

styloid process

Question 24

opening between the base of the
styloid and mastoid processes through which the facial nerve
passes

Answer 24

stylomastoid foramen

Question 25

depression on the temporal bone that together with the jugular notch of the occipital bone forms the jugular foramen.

Answer 25

jugular fossa

Question 26

passageway by which the internal carotid artery penetrates the skull and reaches the brain.

Answer 26

carotid canal

Question 27

jagged opening between the temporal and occipital bones.

Answer 27

foramen lacerum

Question 28

canal on the medial side of the petrous part through which nerves and vessels supplying the inner ear and the facial nerve pass.

Answer 28

internal acoustic meatus

Question 29

complex bone articulate with every other cranial bone; hidden by superficial bones

Answer 29

sphenoid

Question 30

central portion of the sphenoid; referred to as turkish saddle

Answer 30

sella turcica / body

Question 31

depression in which the pituitary gland rests ("seat of saddle")

Answer 31

hypophyseal fossa

Question 32

anterior border of the sella turcica ("horn of saddle")

Answer 32

tuberculum sellae

Question 33

groove directly anterior to the tuberculum sellae

Answer 33

optic groove

Question 34

openings at either end of the optic groove through which the optic nerves p

Answer 34

optic canals

Question 35

posterior border of the sella turcica ("back of saddle").

Answer 35

dorsum sellae

Question 36

Large wing-like processes that extend laterally from the body. act as a brace that strengthens the sides of the skull

Answer 36

greater wings

Question 37

irregular slit-like opening between the lesser and greater wings.

Answer 37

superior orbital fissure

Question 38

round opening in greater wings

Answer 38

foramen rotundum

Question 39

oval opening in greater wings

Answer 39

foramen ovale

Question 40

opening where the greater wings form a sharp process call

Answer 40

foramen spinosum

Question 41

processes form plates that permit muscle attachment.

Answer 41

Pterygoid Processes