Skull

The _____ bone serves for tongue and larynx muscle attachments

a. mandible b. maxilla c. hyoid d. temporal answer: C

The mastoid process, jugular foramen, and the external acoustic meatus are features of the _____ bone

a. occipital b. maxillary c. temporal d. ethmoid answer: C

Which of the following is a facial bone?

a. sphenoid bone b. nasal bone c. ethmoid bone d. frontal bone answer: B

The ____ suture is located between the two parietal bones

a. squamous b. sagittal c. coronal d. lambdoid answer: B

Foramina, canals, and fissures serve as passageways for blood vessels and nerves

a. true b. false answer: true

Sinuses include all of the following functions except

a. warming and humidifying the air during breathing b. providing resonance to our voices c. making the skull lighter d. attachment site for muscles answer: D

Mandible

alveolar process, supports teeth mental foramen, passageway for blood vessels and nerves coronoid process, attachment site for chewing muscles

lambdoid suture

between the occipital and parietal bones

coronal suture

bordered by the frontal bone and the parietal bones

Maxilla

contains sockets of upper teeth contains large sinus inferior to orbit, maxillary sinus alveolar arch, formed by alveolar processes palatine process, forms anterior hard palate

The ______ suture joins the frontal bone to the parietal bones

coronal

Zygomatic Bone

creates prominence of cheek inferior and lateral to the eye forms anterior portion of zygomatic arch temporal process, extension that joins zygomatic process zygomatic arch, formed by zyogmatic and temporal process

Ethmoid Bone

cribriform plate, contains many olfactory foramina for olfactory nerves crista galli, attachment site of some brain membranes middle nasal concha, medium extensions in nasal cavity

Temporal Bone

external acoustic meatus, opening of outer ear mandibular fossa, articulates with mandible mastoid process, attachment site for muscles styloid process, long, pointed projection internal acoustic meatus, opening for cranial nerves zygomatic process, forms much of zygomatic arch

Occipital bone

foramen magnum, where brainstem and spinal cord meet occipital condyle, articulates with first cervical vertebrae external occipital protuberance, midline projection on posterior surface

Palatine Bone

forms anterior roof of mouth forms a very small portion of inferior orbit L-shaped bones

Nasal Bone

forms bridge of nose

Vomer Bone

forms inferior portion of nasal septum

Ethmoid bone

forms sagittal, coronal, squamous, and lambdoid sutures

Where can sinus cavities be found

frontal bone, ethmoid bone, sphenoid bone, and both maxillary bones

Name the three cranial bones that contain sinuses

frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid

what is damaged if someone is strangled

hyoid bone

sutures are the result of

intramembranous ossification

hyoid bone

is a nonarticulating bone that is suspend from temporal bones serves for tongue and larynx muscle attachments

The _____ suture joins the parietal bones to the occipital bone

lambdoid

Inferior Nasal Concha

largest of the conchae scroll-shaped bone in nasal passage

The ____ is a skull bone that is not inerlocked along sutures

madible

Name a facial bone that contains a sinus

maxilla

Name six cranial bones that are visible on a lateral view of a skull

parietal, occipital, temporal, frontal, zygomatic, sphenoid

squamous suture

primarily along the superior border of the temporal bone with the parietal bone

The parietal bones are firmly interlocked along the midline by the ______ suture

sagittal

Sphenoid Bone

sella turcica, saddle shaped depression for pituitary gland sphenoidal sinus

The temporal bones are joined to the parietal bones along the _____ sutures

squamous

Frontal bone

supraorbital foramen (notch), transmits blood vessels and nerves frontal sinus

sagittal suture

suture between the two parietal bones

the smallest bone in the human body is

the stapes

Lacrimal Bone

thin and scalelike small bone in medial wall of orbit