Lab Exercise 9
The mandible fits into what part of the temporal bone to form the jaw joint?
Mandibular fossa of the temporal bone
What is the name of the bony process posterior to the earlobe?
Mastoid process
What are the names of the bone that surround the opening of the nose?
Maxilla and nasal bone
Which bone is not located in the orbit?
Temporal
Based on what you know about the maxillary sinus, why would a significant impact to the maxilla create a more difficult situation for healing than would the fracture of a long bone?
There isn't much bone wall so it would be hard to set a maxilla fracture and it would collapse; it would also be easier to harbor infection in a maxilla fracture
What is the common name for the zygomatic bone?
Cheek bone
The eyebrows are superficial to what bone?
Frontal bone
Name all the fontanels in the fetal skull?
Frontal fontanel, occipital fontanel, sphenoidal fontanel, and mastoid fontanel
What are the names of the major paranasal sinuses?
Frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, ethmoidal sinus, and sphenoidal sinus
The sagittal suture separates the ______________ from the ________________
Left pariteal, right pariteal
The hard palate is made up of what bones?
Maxillary bone and the palatine bone
In what bone would you find the foramen magnum?
Occipital bone
Which one of the fontanels is the most dorsal?
Occipital fontanel
The sella turcica is found in what bone?
Sphenoid bone
What bone is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone in the orbit?
Sphenoid bone
What is the name of the bone that makes up most of the temple?
Temporal bone
The upper teeth are held by what bones?
Upper maxilla
Which bone is not a paired bone of the skull?
Vomer
What are the two bony structures that make up the nasal septum?
Vomer and the ethmoid bone