skull

Question 1

axial skeleton

Answer 1

skull, vertebral column and ribcage

Question 2

Answer 2

A. frontal bone

B. parietal bone

C. temporal bone

D. occipital bone

E. sphenoid bone

F. ethmoid bone

Question 3

fontanels

Answer 3

a space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete and the sutures not fully formed. The main one is between the frontal and parietal bones.

Question 4

calvarium (cranial vault)

Answer 4

“skullcap” that’s the top part of the skull

Question 5

Answer 5

supraorbital margins in frontal bone

Question 6

Answer 6

frontal sinuses in frontal bone

Question 7

Answer 7

glabella in frontal bone

Question 8

Answer 8

metopic suture in frontal bone of fetal skull

Question 9

Answer 9

A. coronal suture

B. squamous suture

C. lamboidal suture

D. sagital suture

Question 10

Answer 10

occipital bone features

A. foramen magnum

B. occipital condyles

C. palatine bone

Question 11

Answer 11

external occipital protuberance

Question 12

Answer 12

A. external acoustic meatus

B. styloid process

C. mastoid process

Question 13

Answer 13

going counter clockwise of person facing right

a. squamous portion
b. tympanic portion
c. petrous portion

Question 14

Answer 14

zygomatic process

Question 15

Answer 15

mandibular fossa

Question 16

Answer 16

A. greater wings

B. lesser wings

C. hypophyseal fossa

D. optic canal

E. cribriform plate

F. cribriform foramina

Question 17

Answer 17

sella turcica of sphenoid bone

Question 18

Answer 18

optic foramina of sphenoid bone

Question 19

Answer 19

superior orbital fissures of sphenoid bone

Question 20

Answer 20

A. mandible

B. mandibular condyle

C. mental foramen ????

D. maxilla

E. zygomatic

F. zygomatic arch

Question 21

Answer 21

A. lacrimal

B. nasal

C. vomer

Question 22

Answer 22

cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

Question 23

Answer 23

ethmoid bone features

a. olfactory foramina
b. crista galli
c. cribriform plate

Question 24

Answer 24

perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

Question 25

Answer 25

ethmoid bone features upper: superior nasal conchae lower: middle nasal conchae all of that area is known as the lateral mass

Question 26

wormian (sutural) bones

Answer 26

extra bone pieces that can occur within a suture (joint) in the skull

Question 27

Answer 27

blue=frontal purple=ethmoid yellow=sphenoid red=temporal green=parietal orange=occipital

Question 28

Answer 28

a. rami (ramus) b. angle c. body

Question 29

alveolar margin

Answer 29

the bone that your teeth grow out of

Question 30

Answer 30

from left to right mandibular condyle condyloid process mandibular notch coronoid process

Question 31

roof of the mouth

Answer 31

palatine process

Question 32

describe location of lacrimal fossa what does it contain

Answer 32

between eyes and nose contains lacrimal sac

Question 33

Answer 33

inferior nasal conchae

Question 34

Answer 34

a. malleus b. incus c. stapes

Question 35

Answer 35

hyoid bone

Question 36

foramen ovale a. location b. what's in it

Answer 36

a. sphenoid b. mandibular nerve

Question 37

foramen spinosum a. location b. what's in it

Answer 37

a. sphenoid b. middle meningeal artery and vein

Question 38

foramen lacerum a. location b. what's in it

Answer 38

a. base of skull b. the artery and nerve of pterygoid canal

Question 39

foramen rotundum a. location b. what's in it

Answer 39

a. sphenoid b. trigemenal nerve

Question 40

carotid foramen a. location b. what's in it

Answer 40

a. temporal bone b. carotid artery

Question 41

jugular foramen a. location b. what's in it

Answer 41

a. temporal and occipital bone b. vagus nerve

Question 42

a depression or hollow in a bone

Answer 42

fossa

Question 43

round prominence on the end of a bone

Answer 43

condyle

Question 44

a projection or outgrowth from a larger bone

Answer 44

process

Question 45

an opening in a bone that allows muscles, nerves, arteries, veins and other structures to connect one part of the body to another

Answer 45

foramen (foramina)

Question 46

a groove, division, furrow or cleft

Answer 46

fissure