The axial skeleton

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The ___ of the ___ bone forms the posterior section of the zygomatic arch

zygomatic process; temperol

A fossa is

a depression or indentention

A septum is

a dividing wall or stucture

A foramen is

a passage or opening through a bone

The crista galli is <physiology>

an attachment point for the meninges

The function of the occiptal condyles is to ___

articuates with C1 (the first vertebra) to allow the head to nod

The external acoustiv meatus is the ____ in the ____ bone.

canal leading to the eardum; temporal

A sinus is a(n)

cavity inside a bone

The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the parietal and frontal bones

coronal

The ____ is formed by the top and sides of the cranium

cranial vault

The crranial fossae are

depressions in the floor of the cranium

The cribriform plate is a surface filled with small foramina on the ___ bone

ethmoid

The crista galli is a small crest on the ___ bone

ethmoid

The___ bone forms part of the anterior cranial fossa, the superior portion of the nasal septum, the lateral walls and roof of nasal cavity, and part of the medial wall of the orbits.

ethmoid

Piror to suture formation, the cartilage-filled spaces between cranial bones are called ___

fontanels

The____ bone contains the frontal sinus

frontal

The ___ forms the superior aspect of each orbit

frontal bone

The ____ forms the forehead

frontal bone

The _____ articulates posteriorly with the parietal bones via the coronal suture

frontal bone

The _____ forms the anterior cranial fossa

frontal bone

Cranial nerve XII leaves the skull via small openings immediately lateral to the foramen magnum which are called the ____.

hypoglossal canals

The area of bone <where?> _____ is called the glabella

just above the brigde of the nose

The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the occiptal and parietal bones

lambdoid

The foramen magnum is the ___ <anatomy, not physiology?>

largest opening in the occiptal bone

The mandible articulates with the ___ of the temperal bone.

mandibular fossa

The posterior and base of the skull is formed by the ___ bones

occiptal

The lambdoid suture is formed by articulation of <which bones?>

occiptial and parietal bones

The ___, which are passages for the optic nerve and opihthamic artiers, are found in the ___ bone

optic canals; sphenoid

The two mirror-image bones which form much of the superior & lateral portions of the skull are the ____ bone

parietal

The coronal suture is formed by articulation of <whcih bones?>

parietal and frontal bones

The squamosal suture is formed by articulation of <which bones?>

parietal and temporal bones

The foramen magnum is the ____ <physiology, not anatomy?>

passageway through which the spinal cord leaves the skull

The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the two parietal bones

sagittal

The external occipital protuberance and crest and the nuchal lines are ___ <physiology, not anatomy.>

sites of muscle and ligament attachment

The anterior clinoid process of the ___ bone serves as ___.

sphenoid; anchoring point for the brain

The foramen rotundum of the ___ bone serves as__

sphenoid; passageway for the nerves innervating the maxillary region of the face

The hypophyseal fossa, a depression in a region of the___ bone called the___, is the seat for the pitutary gland.

sphenoid; sella turcica

The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the parietal and temporal bones

squamosal

The hyoid bone is attached by liagments to the ___ of the ___ bone

styloid process; temporal

The facial nerve leaves the cranial cavity through the ___ in the ___ bone

stylomastoid foramen; temporal

In the region just deep to the eyebrows, ___ are present which allow nerves and arteries to pass

supraorbital foramina

____ are formed by the articulation of two cranial bones.

sutures

The two mirror-image bones which form the infeolateral aspect of skull and part of the middle cranial fossa are the ___ bones

temperol

The sagittal suture is formed by articulation of <which two bones?>

the two parietal bones

Sutures are formed <when?>

within a year or two of birth


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