test cranium

The sphenoid bone articulates with all the other cranial bones

True

A patient comes in with a clinical history of a possible pituitary adenoma. Because this is a rural hospital, CT and MRI are not available. Which radiographic projection or position would best demonstrate signs of bony erosion of the sella turcica because of the tumor?

Lateral position

The aditus is defined as:

an opening between the epitympanic recess and the mastoid air cells.

Glabella

frontal bone

The left mastoid fontanel becomes the ____ in an adult.

left asterion

The mastoid air cells communicate with the:

middle ear

Which of the following bones is not part of the floor of the cranium?

occipital

Which four cranial bones articulate with the frontal bone? (Make sure you choose 4)

right parietal,sphenoid,left parietal,ethmoid

anterior clinoid processes

sphenoid

pterygoid hamulus

sphenoid

foramen ovale

sphenoid bone

Which aspect of the frontal bone is thin-walled and forms the forehead?

squamous