The Skull and Its Landmarks

Question 1

What is the name of the bone that forms the forehead?

Answer 1

Frontal bone

Question 2

Which bone contains the external auditory meatus and mastoid process?

Answer 2

Temporal bone

Question 3

Which bone forms the lower jaw?

Answer 3

Mandible

Question 4

What is the name of the bone that forms the back and base of the skull?

Answer 4

Occipital bone

Question 5

Which bone is located between the frontal and occipital bones?

Answer 5

Parietal bone

Question 6

What is the name of the bone that contains the sphenoid sinuses?

Answer 6

Sphenoid bone

Question 7

Which bone houses the pituitary gland?

Answer 7

Sphenoid bone

Question 8

What is the name of the bone that forms the bridge of the nose?

Answer 8

Nasal bone

Question 9

Which bone is located at the base of the skull and articulates with the first cervical vertebra?

Answer 9

Atlas (C1)

Question 10

What is the name of the bone that forms the cheekbones?

Answer 10

Zygomatic bone

Question 11

Which bone contains the cribriform plate through which olfactory nerves pass?

Answer 11

Ethmoid bone

Question 12

What is the name of the bone that forms the upper jaw?

Answer 12

Maxilla

Question 13

Which bone houses the middle and inner ear structures?

Answer 13

Temporal bone

Question 14

What is the name of the bone that forms the posterior part of the hard palate?

Answer 14

Palatine bone

Question 15

Which bone contains the foramen magnum through which the spinal cord passes?

Answer 15

Occipital bone

Question 16

What is the name of the bone that forms the bridge of the nose and part of the eye sockets?

Answer 16

Ethmoid bone

Question 17

Which bone articulates with the mandible to form the temporomandibular joint?

Answer 17

Temporal bone

Question 18

What is the name of the bone that forms the back of the skull and part of the base of the skull?

Answer 18

Occipital bone

Question 19

Which bone contains the sella turcica that houses the pituitary gland?

Answer 19

Sphenoid bone

Question 20

What is the name of the bone that forms the nasal septum?

Answer 20

Vomer bone

Question 21

Which bone forms the posterior part of the hard palate and part of the nasal cavity?

Answer 21

Palatine bone

Question 22

What is the name of the bone that forms the lower lateral wall of the eye socket?

Answer 22

Zygomatic bone

Question 23

Which bone contains the lacrimal fossa for the lacrimal gland?

Answer 23

Frontal bone

Question 24

What is the name of the bone that forms the anterior part of the hard palate?

Answer 24

Maxilla

Question 25

What are the bones of the cranium ?

Answer 25

Sphenoid Temporal Ethmoid Parietal Occipital Frontal

Question 26

What are the two sections of the skull?

Answer 26

Neurocranium Viscerocranium

Question 27

How many cranial bones are there ?

Answer 27

8

Question 28

How many facial bones are there ?

Answer 28

14

Question 29

What’s are the five types of neurocranium sutures ?

Answer 29

Coronal suture Sagittal suture Lamboid suture Squamous suture Metopic suture (if present)

Question 30

What is the frontal lobe responsible for?

Answer 30

Personality Behaviour Emotions Judgement Speech and writing Body movement Inteligence self awareness

Question 31

What is the parietal lobe responsible for?

Answer 31

Interprets language and words Sense of touch pain temp Interprets signals from vision, hearing sensory and memory Spatial and visual awareness

Question 32

What is the occipital lobe responsible for?

Answer 32

Interprets vision ( colour, light and movement)

Question 33

What is the temporal lobe responsible for?

Answer 33

Understanding language Memory Hearing Sequencing and organising

Question 34

What are the bones of the viscerocranium?

Answer 34

Vomer Conchaea Nasal Maxilla Mandible Palatine Zygomatic Lacrimal

Question 35

What are the three depressions of the intracranial fossae ?

Answer 35

Anterior cranial fossa Middle cranial fossa Posterior cranial fossa

Question 36

The pterygopalatine fossa is associated with which anaesthesia?

Answer 36

Infiltrations

Question 37

Which cranial bone houses the foramen magnum?

Answer 37

The occipital bone

Question 38

Is the cranial cavity made up of flat and irregular bones Yes or no?

Answer 38

Yes

Question 39

Crista galli are a feature of which bone ?

Answer 39

Ethmoid bone

Question 40

Where would you find the foramen ovale and what important structure passes through this?

Answer 40

Sphenoid bone Transmits the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve from the cranial fossa to the Infratemporal fossa

Question 41

What does the Infratemporal fossa serve as a passage way for which nerve ?

Answer 41

Mandibular nerve

Question 42

What bone is the most fragile bone of the skull?

Answer 42

Lacrimal bone

Question 43

The hyoid bone is involved in what?

Answer 43

Speech and swallowing

Question 44

Which bone is anterior to the temporal bone ? A parietal B sphenoid C occipital

Answer 44

B sphenoid

Question 45

Is the mandible a paired bone ?

Answer 45

No