Cranial/facial Bones

Question 1

Frontal

Answer 1

Forms forehead, superior part of orbits, and most of the anterior cranial fossa; contains sinuses

Question 2

Parietal

Answer 2

Forms most of the superior and lateral aspects of the skull

Question 3

Occipital

Answer 3

Forms posterior aspect and most of the base of the skull

Question 4

Temporal

Answer 4

Forms inferolateral aspects of the skull and contributes to the middle cranial fossa; has squamous, tympanic, and petrous parts

Question 5

Sphenoid

Answer 5

Keystone of the cranium; contributes to the middle cranial fossa and orbits; main parts are the body, greater wings, lesser wings, and pterygoid process

Question 6

Ethmoid

Answer 6

Small contribution to the anterior cranial fossa; forms part of the nasal septum and the lateral walls and roof of the nasal cavity; contributes to the medial wall of the orbit

Question 7

Nasal

Answer 7

Form the bridge of the nose

Question 8

Lacrimal

Answer 8

Form part of the medial orbit wall

Question 9

Zygomatic

Answer 9

Form the cheek and part of the orbit

Question 10

Inferior nasal concha

Answer 10

Form part of the lateral walls of the nasal cavity

Question 11

Mandible

Answer 11

The lower jaw

Question 12

Maxilla

Answer 12

Keystone bones of the face; form the upper jaw and parts of the hard palate, orbits, and nasal cavity walls

Question 13

Palatine

Answer 13

Form posterior part of the hard palate and a small part of nasal cavity and orbit walls

Question 14

Vomer

Answer 14

Inferior part of the nasal septum

Question 15

Auditory ossicles

Answer 15

Malleus, incus, stapes