Workbook Review Questions
22 bones
How many bones compose the skull?
parietal
The ____ bones merge at the body's midline to form the sagittal suture.
occiput
The _____ is located at the posterior and inferior aspects of the cranium.
Frontal
The _________ bone forms the forehead and upper rim of the eye sockets.
Masseter
The ___________ is the strongest muscle in the body relative to its size.
mastoid process
which bony landmark is located directly behind the earlobe and serves as an attachment site for the sternocleidomastoid?
submandibular fossa
while palpating the mandible, in which area should one use extra sensitivity?
sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, omohyoid
Name the four infrahyoids
scalenes
You might ask your partner to "Breathe deeply into your upper chest" when palpating which muscle group?
external occipital protuberance
Located at the center of the occiput, the ____ is the superior attachment site for the ligamentum nuchae.
Mylohyoid, geniohyoid, stylohyoid, digastric
Name the four muscles which comprise the suprahyoids.
sternocleidomastoid
The anterior scalene lies partially deep to the lateral edge of which muscle?
Middle scalene, anterior scalene
The brachial plexus and the subclavian artery pass through a small gap between which two muscles on the anterior, lateral neck?
temporalis
The broad origin of which muscle attaches to the frontal, temporal and parietal bones?
fibrous
The cranial bones are connected by ____ joints which form tight-fitting sutures.
distal
The ethmoid bone is _____ to the lacrimal bone?
Raising your eyebrows
The frontalis is best seen and felt by asking your partner to do what action?
occipitalis, frontalis
The galea aponeurotica forms the bridge between which two muscle bellies?
temporalis
The space between the zygomatic arch and the cranium is filled by the _____ muscle.
posterior triangle
The sternocleidomastoid, clavicle and trapezius form the ________ of the neck.
top of manubrium, medial 1/3 of the clavicle
The two heads of the sternocleidomastoid originate at the _______ and the _________.
open and close your jaw
To access the insertion of the temporalis, you must ask your partner to perform what action?
Rotating her head to the opposite side
To create an even more visible contraction in the Sternocleidomastoid, ask your partner to flex her neck after doing what?
Elevate scapula
To discern the posterior scalene from the levator scapula, what action could you ask your partner to perform that would contract the levator but not the scalene?
sternocleidomastoid, base of mandible, trachea
What 3 landmarks create the borders of the neck's anterior triangle?
Press tongue to the roof of your mouth
What direction should you give your partner in order to locate the suprahyoids?
longus capitis, longus colli
What two muscles attach from the anterior surface of the cervical vertebrae to the occiput and atlas?
submandibular fossa
Which bony landmark is located on the underside of the mandible and acts as an attachment site for the suprahyoid muscles?
superior nuchal lines
Which bony landmark of the occiput serves as an attachment site for several neck muscles?
digastric
Which muscle originates at the mastoid process, loops through a tendinous sling at the hyoid bone and inserts to the inferior border of the mandible?
omohyoid
Which muscle runs from the hyoid bone to the superior border of the scapula and is mostly inaccessible?
scalenes
Which muscles are located between the SCM and the anterior flap of the trapezius?
posterior scalene
Which scalene is difficult to distinguish from surrounding muscle bellies?
