Skull

Question 1

Average head

Answer 1

Mesocephalic

Question 2

Short from front to back

Answer 2

Brachycephalic

Question 3

____ cm between parietal eminences

Answer 3

15

Question 4

___ cm from the frontal eminence to inion

Answer 4

19

Question 5

___ cm from vertex to chin

Answer 5

23

Question 6

Temporal base or petrous pyramid in mesocephalic forms an angle of _____ to ____ to the MSP

Answer 6

45° to 47°

Question 7

Petrous pyramid in brachycephalic forms an angle greater than _____ to the MSP

Answer 7

47°

Question 8

The width (in brachycephalic) is ___ % or greater than the length

Answer 8

80

Question 9

Head is long from front to back
Narrow from side by side
Deep from vertex to base

Answer 9

Dolicocephalic

Question 10

Petrous pyramid (in dolicocephalic) forms an angle less than _____ (approximately 40°) to the MSP

Answer 10

47°

Question 11

The width is less than ____% of the length

Answer 11

75%

Question 12

Symmetrically divides the body into left and right halves

Answer 12

Midsagittal Plane or Median Plane (MSP)

Question 13

Connecting the pupils or outer canthi of the eyes

Answer 13

Interpupillary Line or Interorbital Line (IPE)

Question 14

Slight depression above each eyebrow
Corresponds to the anterior fossa of the cranial vault

Answer 14

Supraorbital Groove (SOG)

Question 15

Superior rim of each orbit

Answer 15

Supraorbital Margin (SOM)

Question 16

Ridge of bone on each eyebrow

Answer 16

Supercililliary Arch

Question 17

Smooth prominence between the eyebrow and above the bridge of the nose

Answer 17

Glabella

Question 18

Depression at the nose bridge, junction of the 2 nasal bones and frontal bone

Answer 18

Nasion

Question 19

Junction of the upper lip and the nasal septum
The point where the nose and lip meet

Answer 19

Acanthion or Little Horn

Question 20

Large flap of cartilage at the external portion of the ear

Answer 20

Pinna or Auricle

Question 21

Small cartilaginous flap covering the ear

Answer 21

Tragus

Question 22

Superior attachment of the auricle
Same level of petrous ridge

Answer 22

Top of the ear attachment

Question 23

Junction of the upper and lower eyelids

Answer 23

Canthi/Canthus

Question 24

The lower posterior angle on each side of the jaw or mandible

Answer 24

Gonion/Angle of the Mandible

Question 25

The midpoint of this triangular area of the chin as it appears from the front

Answer 25

Mental Point

Question 26

In an infant it is called Anterior Fontanel, in adult it is _____

Answer 26

Bregma

Question 27

In an infant it is called Posterior Fontanel, in adult it is _____

Answer 27

Lambda

Question 28

In an infant it is called Right Sphenoid Fontanel, in adult it is _____

Answer 28

Right Pterion

Question 29

In an infant it is called Left Sphenoid Fontanel, in adult it is _____

Answer 29

Left Pterion

Question 30

In an infant it is called Right Mastoid Fontanel, in adult it is _____

Answer 30

Right Asterion

Question 31

In an infant it is called Left Mastoid Fontanel, in adult it is _____

Answer 31

Left Asterion

Question 32

It is a line between the glabella and EAM

Answer 32

Glabellameatal Line (GML)

Question 33

Frequently used positioning line located between the outer canthus and the EAM Also called the Radiographic Base Line

Answer 33

Orbitomeatal Line (OML)

Question 34

Reids base line Line of Frankfurt Anthropological base line Base line of the cranium It is a line wc connects the infraorbital point to the EAM

Answer 34

Infraorbitomeatal Line (IOML)