Netter's MCQs Chapter 2: Osteology

Question 1

Norma verticalis is the depiction of the skull by observing it from which view?

a: lateral
b: superior
c: anterior
d: posterior

Answer 1

b: superior

Question 2

Which angle of the parietal bone is located at the pterion?

a: frontal
b: mastoid
c: occipital
d: sphenoid

Answer 2

d: sphenoid

Question 3

Which suture is located where the bilateral halves of the parietal bones meet?

a: coronal
b: sagittal
c: lambdoid
d: squamosal

Answer 3

b: sagittal

Question 4

The styloid process is a projection from which bone?

a: maxilla
b: ethmoid
c: temporal
d: sphenoid

Answer 4

c: temporal

Question 5

Which foramen is not associated with the sphenoid bone?

a: ovale
b: magnum
c: spinosum
d: rotundum

Answer 5

b: magnum

Question 6

The zygomatic bone does not contain which process?

a: frontal
b: palatine
c: maxillary
d: temporal

Answer 6

b: palatine

Question 7

Which border of the vomer does not articulate with any other bone?

a: inferior
b: anterior
c: superior
d: posterior

Answer 7

d: posterior

Question 8

Which part of the mandible articulates with the temporal bone?

a: body
b: ramus
c: coronoid process
d: condylar process

Answer 8

d: condylar process

Question 9

Which cervical vertebra is known as the axis?

a: C1
b: C2
c: C4
d: C7

Answer 9

b: C2

Question 10

Which portion of the frontal bone forms the floor of the anterior cranial fossa?

a: nasal
b: basilar
c: orbital
d: squamous

Answer 10

c: orbital

Question 11

Which feature of the occipital bone articulates with the atlas?

a: clivus
b: condyles
c: nuchal lines
d: pharyngeal tubercle

Answer 11

b: condyles

Question 12

Which is not a portion of the squamous part of the temporal bone?

a: temporal
b: glenoid fossa
c: alveolar process
d: zygomatic process

Answer 12

c: alveolar process