Skull

Question 1

Frontal Bone

Answer 1

major bone of the forhead

Question 2

Superciliary Arch

Answer 2

the ridge above the eye socket

Question 3

Glabella

Answer 3

the smooth triangular part of the frontal bone (Where a unibrow would be)

Question 4

Frontal Sinus

Answer 4

Cavity within the frontal bone

Question 5

Parietal Bone

Answer 5

large paired bone located in the superior portion of the skull

Question 6

Coronal Suture

Answer 6

Runs laterally joining frontal and parietal bones (joint)

Question 7

Sagittal Suture

Answer 7

Runs anterioposteriorally joining the two parietal bones

Question 8

Temporal bone

Answer 8

paired bone located on the lateral sides of the skull

Question 9

squamous suture

Answer 9

runs anteroposteriorly joining the temporal and parietal bones

Question 10

Mandibular Fossa

Answer 10

Articulates with the condylar process of the mandible (Where mandible connects)

Question 11

Temporomandibular Joint

Answer 11

Articulation of the mandibular fossa and the condylar process of the mandible

Question 12

external auditory meatus (canal)

Answer 12

ear hole

Question 13

Petrous Part

Answer 13

dense bony ridge on interior surface of temporal bone, location of middle and inner ear cavities (teturs on the petrus)

Question 14

Internal auditory meatus (canal)

Answer 14

short canal in petrous part of temporal bone extending laterally towards the inner ear

Question 15

styloid process

Answer 15

long sharp process of the temporal bone extending inferiorly

Question 16

Mastoid Process

Answer 16

round process of the temporal bone posterior to the styloid process and extending inferiorly

Question 17

Stylomastoid Foramen

Answer 17

Located between the styloid and mastoid processes, passage for facial nerve

Question 18

Carotid Canal

Answer 18

located on petrous part of the temporal bone anterior to the jugular foramen

Question 19

Jugular Foramen

Answer 19

Located on inferior petrous part of the temporal bone posterior to the carotid canal

Question 20

zygomatic process

Answer 20

arch of bone extending anteriorly from the temporal bone

Question 21

Zygomatic Bone

Answer 21

Paired bone which participates with the zygomatic process (Cheek Bone)

Question 22

Temporal Process

Answer 22

arch of bone extending posteriorly from the zygomatic bone

Question 23

zygomatic arch

Answer 23

formed by union of the zygomatic bone and zygomatic processes of the temporal bone

Question 24

occipital bone

Answer 24

most posterior and inferior bone of the skull

Question 25

labdoid suture

Answer 25

runs transversely joining the occipital and parietal bones

Question 26

external occipital protuberance

Answer 26

median protrusion on the occipital bone posterior and superior to foramen magnum

Question 27

superior nuchal line

Answer 27

runs horizontally from external occipital protuberance

Question 28

lateral superior nuchal line

Answer 28

diagonal extension of the superior nugal line towards the mastoid process (after curve)

Question 29

foramen magnum

Answer 29

large opening on the inferior part of the skull (where the spinal chord passes through)

Question 30

occipital condyle

Answer 30

paired rounded process lateral to the foramen magnum

Question 31

hypoglossal canal

Answer 31

paired canal superior to occipital condyle

Question 32

basilar part

Answer 32

region of the occipital bone aterior to foramen magnum

Question 33

sphenoid bone

Answer 33

butterfly-shaped bone forming the floor of the cranium

Question 34

greater wing

Answer 34

posterior and inferior to lesser wing on interior of the skull

Question 35

lesser wing

Answer 35

anterior and superior to greater wing on the interior of the skull (Manta Ray Looking)

Question 36

superior orbital fissure

Answer 36

fissure between greater and lesser wings of sphenoid visible from the orbits

Question 37

inferior orbital fissure

Answer 37

fissure in the orbit floor between maxilla and greater wing of sphenoid

Question 38

sella turcica

Answer 38

saddle-like depression posterior to lesser wing (space in manta ray)

Question 39

sphenoid(al) sinus

Answer 39

cavity in sphenoid, inferior to the sella turcica

Question 40

optic canal

Answer 40

paired opening through lesser wing of the sphenoid

Question 41

foramen spinosum

Answer 41

paired opening at the posterior margin of the sphenoid

Question 42

foramen ovale

Answer 42

paired opening lateral to the base of the sella turcica

Question 43

foramen lacerum

Answer 43

paired opening lateral to the sella turcica

Question 44

foramen rotundum

Answer 44

paired oping anterior to the foramen ovale

Question 45

lateral pterygoid plate

Answer 45

sharp process that laterally and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid

Question 46

medial pterygoid plate

Answer 46

sharp process that medially and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid

Question 47

sutural bone

Answer 47

irregular bone within a cranial suture

Question 48

ethmoid bone

Answer 48

located between orbits and between sphenoid and nasal bones, forms roof of nasal cavity, side of the orbits

Question 49

crista galli

Answer 49

superior projection in the middle of the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone

Question 50

cribriform plate

Answer 50

porous bone surrounding the crista galli in the floor of the cranium through which olfactory nerves pass

Question 51

ethmoid(al) sinus / ethmoid(al) air cells

Answer 51

numerous cavities within the ethmoid bone

Question 52

perpendicular plate

Answer 52

median inferior projection of the ethmoid; forms superior nasal septum

Question 53

vomer

Answer 53

bone forming the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal septum

Question 54

choanae

Answer 54

paired internal openings of the nasal cavity; on either side of the vomer

Question 55

inferior nasal concha

Answer 55

bone that protrudes into the inferior part of the nasal cavity; also known as the inferior turbinate bone