Ch. 7

Question 0

Parietal bone

Answer 0

The central side/upper back part of each side of the skull

Question 1

Frontal bone

Answer 1

The front of the skull (forehead)

Question 2

Occipital bone

Answer 2

Forms the back of the skull and the spinal cord passes through it

Question 3

Foramen magnum

Answer 3

The hole in the base of the skull that the spinal cord passes

Question 4

Occipital condyles

Answer 4

Two rounded knobs on the occipital bone that forms the joint in the first cervical vertebra

Question 5

External occipital protuberance

Answer 5

Small bump on the back of the lower skull

Question 6

Nuchal lines

Answer 6

Four curved lines on the external surface of the occipital bone

Question 7

Temporal bone

Answer 7

Enclose the middle/inner ear

Question 8

External acoustic meatus

Answer 8

Ear canal tube from the outer ear to the middle ear

Question 9

Mandibular fossa

Answer 9

The depression in the temporal bone

Question 10

Styloid process of the temporal bone

Answer 10

Piece of bone that extends down the human skull

Question 11

Mastoid process

Answer 11

The temporal bone behind the ear (neck muscles are attached)

Question 12

Zygomatic process

Answer 12

A projection of the temporal bone that forms part of zygoma

Question 13

Suture

Answer 13

A stitch(es) holding the edges of a wound

Question 14

Coronal suture

Answer 14

Separating the frontal bone from the parietal bones

Question 15

Sagittal suture

Answer 15

A dense fibrous connective tissue joint

Question 16

Lambdoid suture

Answer 16

A dense fibrous connective tissue joint from the posterior aspect of the skull

Question 17

Squamosal suture

Answer 17

Brain case

Question 18

Ethmoid bone

Answer 18

A square bone at the root of the nose

Question 19

Crista galli

Answer 19

Shark tale inside the anterior side of the skull

Question 20

Cribform plate

Answer 20

Around the shark tale

Question 21

Perpendicular plate

Answer 21

Forms part of nasal septum with a piece of hyaline cartilage (Large T)

Question 22

Superior nasal conchae

Answer 22

Middle nasal conchae :delicate projection of lateral masses

Question 23

Sphenoid bone

Answer 23

Forms part of floor cranium ,unites cranial & facial bones

Question 24

Sella turcica

Answer 24

(Turkish saddle) bony saddled-shaped enclosure on superior surface of the body

Question 25

Zygomatic bone

Answer 25

Forms prominent part of cheek & outer side of eye

Question 26

Temporal process

Answer 26

Curves posteriorly to meet zygo process of temporal bone

Question 27

Nasal bone

Answer 27

Support bridge of nose (superior)

Question 28

Lacrimal bone

Answer 28

Form part of medial wall of orbit

Question 29

Vomer bone

Answer 29

Forms inferior portion of bony nasal septum

Question 30

Maxilla bone

Answer 30

(Upper jawbones) support upper teeth & form inferior orbital rim

Question 31

Inferior nasal bone

Answer 31

Creates turbulence in air passing trirough nasal cavity

Question 32

Palatine bone

Answer 32

Form posterior portion of the hard plate

Question 33

Mandible

Answer 33

Forms the lower jaw

Question 34

Ramus

Answer 34

The ascending part that begins at the mandibular angle

Question 35

Coronoid process of the mandible

Answer 35

Insertion part of the temporalis muscle

Question 36

Angle of mandible

Answer 36

A posterior boarder of the junction of the lower boarder of ramus

Question 37

Mandibular condyle

Answer 37

Articulates with temporal bone at temporomandibular joint

Question 38

Mental Foramen

Answer 38

Passageway for blood vessels & nerves

Question 39

What bones make up that nasal cavity?

Answer 39

Frontal bone, sphenoid/ethrnoid for superior wall. Lateral walls are formed by maxillaed/lacrimal bones. Soft nose tissue form anterior margin

Question 40

What bones contain paranasal sinuses?

Answer 40

Spheroid ,ethmoid frontal bone & paired ; lightens the skull bones & provides an extensive area of muscular epithelium (release muscus)

Question 41

What is the function of the conchae?

Answer 41

Increases air flowing turbulence through nasal cavity, helps trap airborne particles

Question 42

Anterior frontanel

Answer 42

"Soft blood" for infants ,pulses at heart beat, made of fibrous connective tissue & covers major blood cells

Question 43

Posterior frontanelle

Answer 43

A gap between bones in the human skull