Bones of the Skull

Question 1

The skull is made up of _____ bones?

Answer 1

22 bones

Question 2

the cranium makes up ______ bones?

Answer 2

8 bones
* 6 unique bones

Question 3

the face makes up ______ bones?

Answer 3

14 bones

Question 4

most bones are ____ and made up of ____?

Answer 4

flat and made up of sutures

Question 5

list the functions of the skull?

Answer 5

1. supports and protects
2. storage of materials
3. leverage to generate movement

Question 6

Why do we have compact and spongy bone?

Answer 6

compact bone on the outside and spongy bone on the inside to make the bones lightweight

Question 7

List the names of all the cranial bones

Answer 7

1. frontal bone
2. parietal bone
3. temporal bone
4. sphenoid bone
5. occipital bone
6. ethmoid bone

Question 8

Name the sutures of the parietal bone?

Answer 8

1. sagittal suture
2. lambdoid suture
3. coronal suture
4. squamous suture
5. pterygo-parietal suture

Question 9

Name the regions of the temporal bone?

Answer 9

1. squamous region
2. tympanic region
3. mastoid region
4. petrous region

Question 10

List the parts of the sphenoid bone?

Answer 10

1. body
2. greater wing
3. lesser wing
4. superior orbital fissure
5. pterygoid process

Question 11

Name the paranasal sinuses?

Answer 11

1. frontal sinus
2. ethmoid sinus
3. sphenoid sinus
4. maxillary sinus

Question 12

Name the bones within the skull that contain paranasal sinus?

Answer 12

1. frontal
2. ethmoid
3. sphenoid
4. maxillary

Question 13

the anterior fontanelle in an infant later becomes__?

Answer 13

the bregma in an adult skull

Question 14

what are fontanelles?

Answer 14

soft membranous gaps in the infant skull

Question 15

where are the 4 frontanelles in the developing skull?

Answer 15

1. anterior fontanelle (between frontal bone and parietal)
2. posterior fontanelle ( between the sagittal and lambdoid suture
3. mastoid
   4.sphenoid

Question 16

what suture divides the infant frontal bone in two?

Answer 16

metopic suture