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