Lab Exercise 9

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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


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