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Ch. 3 - Text Review Questions Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following features is located on the temporal bone?

a) Superior temporal line
b) Foramen rotundum
c) External acoustic meatus
d) Cribriform plate
e) Orbital plate

A

C) EXTERNAL ACOUSTIC MEATUS

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Which area is immediately posterior to the most distal tooth in the upper arch of the dentition?

a) Retromolar triangle
b) Postglenoid process
c) Cribriform plate
d) Maxillary tuberosity
e) Hamular process

A

D) MAXILLARY TUBEROSITY

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3
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In addition to the zygomatic bone, which of the following bones has a process that forms the other part of the zygomatic arch?

a) Temporal bone
b) Maxillae
c) Sphenoid
d) Palatine bone

A

A) TEMPORAL BONE

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4
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Which of the following is the location of the articulation of the parietal bone & the occipital bone?

a) Coronal suture
b) Squamosal suture
c) Sagittal suture
d) Lambdoidal suture

A

D) LAMBDOIDAL SUTURE

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5
Q

Which of the following bony landmarks form an articulation with each other?

a) Occipital condyles with atlas
b) Occipital condyles with axis
c) Mandibular fossa with coronoid notch
d) Mandibular fossa with coronoid process

A

A) OCCIPITAL CONDYLES WITH ATLAS

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6
Q

Which of the following features is located on the lateral surface of the mandible?

a) Lingula
b) Submandibular fossa
c) Genial tubercles
d) External oblique line
e) Mandibular foramen

A

D) EXTERNAL OBLIQUE LINE

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7
Q

The concavity noted on the anterior border of the coronoid process of the ramus is the:

a) mandibular notch.
b) coronoid notch.
c) temporal fossa.
d) infratemporal fossa.

A

B) CORONOID NOTCH.

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Q

Which of the following landmarks serves to locate the hyoid bone?

a) Level of the 1st cervical vertebrae
b) Superior & anterior to the thyroid cartilage
c) Articulation with the cartilage of the larynx
d) Inferior & posterior to the Adam’s apple

A

B) SUPERIOR & ANTERIOR TO THE THYROID CARTILAGE

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9
Q

The spaces under the three conchae of the lateral walls of the nasal cavity are the:

a) ostia.
b) ducts.
c) meatus.
d) inferior nasal conchae.
e) vestibules.

A

C) MEATUS.

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10
Q

Which of the following bones & their processes form the hard palate?

a) Maxillary processes of the maxillae & horizontal plates of the palatine bones
b) Palatal processes of the maxillae & maxillary plates of the palatine bones
c) Horizontal plates of the palatine bones & palatine processes of the maxillae
d) Maxillary plates of the palatine bones & horizontal processes of the maxillae

A

C) HORIZONTAL PLATES OF THE PALATINE BONES & PALATINE PROCESSES OF THE MAXILLAE

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11
Q

Which of the following bones of the skull is paired?

a) Sphenoid
b) Ethmoid
c) Occipital
d) Vomer
e) Parietal

A

E) PARIETAL

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12
Q

Which of the following bony plates is perforated to allow the passage of the olfactory nerves for the sense of smell?

a) Medial plate of sphenoid bone
b) Lateral plate of sphenoid bone
c) Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
d) Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

A

D) CRIBRIFORM PLATE OF ETHMOID BONE

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13
Q

Which of the following bones of the skull is considered a cranial bone?

a) Vomer
b) Maxilla
c) Sphenoid bone
d) Zygomatic bone
e) Mandible

A

C) SPHENOID BONE

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14
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In which part of the temporal bone is the temporomandibular joint located?

a) Squamous
b) Tympanic
c) Petrous
d) Mastoid

A

A) SQUAMOUS

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15
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Which is a single bone located at the midline of the skull?

a) Temporal
b) Zygomatic
c) Sphenoid
d) Inferior nasal conchae

A

C) SPHENOID

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16
Q

Which of the following structures is a short, window-like opening normally found in bone?

a) Fossa
b) Foramen
c) Fissure
d) Perforation

A

B) FORAMEN

17
Q

Which of the following bones forms the jugular foramen along with the jugular notch of the temporal bone?

a) Occipital
b) Mandible
c) Parietal
d) Sphenoid

A

A) OCCIPITAL

18
Q

Which of the following is a faint ridge noted where the right & left mandibular processes fused together in early childhood?

a) Mylohyoid line
b) Mental protuberance
c) Mandibular symphysis
d) External oblique line

A

C) MANDIBULAR SYMPHYSIS

19
Q

In which bone are both the infraorbital foramen & canal located?

a) Frontal
b) Maxillae
c) Sphenoid
d) Zygomatic

A

B) MAXILLAE

20
Q

The lacrimal gland is located just inside the lateral part of the:

a) glabella
b) supraorbital ridge.
c) supraorbital notch.
d) nasion.

A

B) SUPRAORBITAL RIDGE.

21
Q

The occipital condyles are located _____ & _____ to the foramen magnum.

a) medial, anterior
b) lateral, anterior
c) medial, posterior
d) lateral, posterior

A

B) LATERAL, ANTERIOR

22
Q

Which bone forms both the superior & middle nasal conchae?

a) Occipital bone
b) Mandible
c) Maxilla
d) Frontal bone
e) Ethmoid

A

E) ETHMOID

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