lesson 2 Cranial Bones; Facial Bones

Question 1

bones of cranium

Answer 1

frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid

Question 2

bones of facial

Answer 2

mandible, maxilla, zygomatic, nasal (lacrimal, palatine, inferior nasal concha, vomer)

Question 3

oval; form varies from person to person because of differences in width and length

Answer 3

geometric form (normal)

Question 4

external cranial bones

Answer 4

frontal, occipital, parietal, temporal

Question 5

anterior third of cranium; forms forehead and anterior portion of roof of skull

Answer 5

frontal

Question 6

part of face above eyes

Answer 6

vertical surface

Question 7

vertex; topmost part of head

Answer 7

horizontal surface

Question 8

rounded prominences on either side of median line just inferior of frontal bone; vary in size and prominence among people

Answer 8

frontal eminence

Question 9

superior rim of eye sockets

Answer 9

supraorbital margins

Question 10

inferior part of forehead just superior to median ends of eye brows

Answer 10

superciliary arches

Question 11

between superciliary arches and inferior part of frontal bone; lies at root of nose; lateral margins form a part of orbital margins and converge medially descend to nasal bones

Answer 11

glabella

Question 12

lowest part of the back and base of cranium; forms cradle for brain

Answer 12

occipital bone

Question 13

prominence at center of external surface of occipital bone

Answer 13

occipital protuberance

Question 14

opening in occipital bone which spinal cord passes

Answer 14

foramen magnum

Question 15

superior portion of sides and back of cranium as well as posterior 2/3rds of roof of cranium

Answer 15

parietal bones

Question 16

mark convexity on outer surface of parietal bones

Answer 16

parietal eminences

Question 17

marks widest part of cranium

Answer 17

parietal eminences

Question 18

inferior portion of sides in base or cranium, inferior to paretial bones and anterior to occipital bone

Answer 18

temporal bones

Question 19

concave surface of head that overlies the temporal bone

Answer 19

temporal cavity

Question 20

vertical portion of temporal bone; comprises anterior and superior part of bone; scale like/thin/transluscent

Answer 20

squama

Question 21

actual passage to hearing organ

Answer 21

external auditory meatus

Question 22

procession on temporal and zygomatic bones

Answer 22

zygomatic arch

Question 23

widest part of face

Answer 23

zygomatic/arch

Question 24

small oval depression on zygomatic depression of temporal bone; where condyle of mandible articulates; anterior orf external auditory meatus

Answer 24

mandibular fossa (glenoid fossa)

Question 25

rounded projection on inferior portion of temporal bone just posterior to lobe of ear where sternocleidomastoid muscle inserts

Answer 25

mastoid process

Question 26

widest part of neck

Answer 26

mastoid process

Question 27

external facial bones

Answer 27

nasal bones,zygomatic bones, maxilla, mandible

Question 28

directly inferior to glabella; form dome over superior portion of nasal cavity; triangular in form

Answer 28

nasal bones

Question 29

degree of inclination/projection to angle of jaw and forehead

Answer 29

angle of inclination

Question 30

orifice in bony face bounded by margin of nasal bones and maxilla

Answer 30

nasal cavity

Question 31

diamond shaped surfaces that form cheek bones; forms convex surface in both anterior and lateral direction; bone lies on front and side of cheeck; change in direction changes at center of bone half attached to temporal bone and other to malar bone

Answer 31

zygomatic bones

Question 32

process of temporal and zygomatic bones

Answer 32

zygomatic arch

Question 33

on lateral portion of cheek inferior to zygomatic arch

Answer 33

zygomatic arch depression

Question 34

lateral rim of eye socket formed process of frontal bone and process of zygomatic bone

Answer 34

zygomaticofrontal process

Question 35

paried bone of several processes that form the base of most of superior face; roof of mouth, sides of nasal cavity and floor of orbit upper jaw bone

Answer 35

maxilla

Question 36

sharp bony projection located medially along inferior margin of nasal cavity

Answer 36

nasal spine

Question 37

medial partition between nostrils; covers nasal spine; most inferor part of nose

Answer 37

columnar nasi

Question 38

processes of maxilla

Answer 38

alveolar process, frontal process of maxilla, platine process, dental prognathism

Question 39

bony ridges that contain tooth sockets

Answer 39

aveolar process

Question 40

ascedning part of jaw which gradually protrudes as it rises beside the nasal bone to meet frontal bone

Answer 40

frontal process of maxilla

Question 41

oblique insertion of teeth

Answer 41

dental prognathism

Question 42

horseshoe shaped; inferior portion of jaw

Answer 42

mandible

Question 43

horizontal poriton of lower jaw

Answer 43

body

Question 44

triangular projection on inferior portion of anterior mandible

Answer 44

mental eminence

Question 45

area between mental eminence and inferior incisor teeth; influences recession of lower integumentary lip

Answer 45

incisor fossa

Question 46

vertical portion of mandible

Answer 46

ramus

Question 47

rounded eminense at articulating end of bone

Answer 47

condyle

Question 48

anterior eminense of ramus where temporal muscle attaches; nonarticulating

Answer 48

coronoid process

Question 49

depression between condyle and coronoid process

Answer 49

madibular notch

Question 50

formed by junction of posterior edge of ramus and inferior surface of body; marks widest part of lower 1/3rd of face

Answer 50

angle of mandible

Question 51

small depression in zygomatic process where condyle articulates

Answer 51

mandibular fossa

Question 52

measured by straight line between 2 angles of mandible;

Answer 52

bimandibular width

Question 53

between nasal passages on median plane; forms inferior and posterior portion of septum of nose

Answer 53

vomer