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RAD 1206 Skull
Skull, Sinus, Facial
Question | Answer |
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Which of the following is the part of the skull that surrounds and protects the brain? | Cranium |
Where is the exact location of the optic foramen? | Apex of the orbit |
What i the area between the eyebrows and above the bridge of the nose called? | Glabella |
Which of these anatomical structures would not be found in the petrous portion of the temporal bone? Ossicles, Auricle, Cochlea,Tympanic cavity | Auricle |
What is the point called where the nose and upper lip join together called? | Acanthion |
What is the point where the two parietals articulate with the occipital bone? | Lambda |
What is the point where the two nasal bones and the frontal bone join together called? | Nasion |
What is the name of the membrane that separates the EAM from the middle ear | Tympanic Membrane |
What is the posterior portion of the sella tursica called | The Dorsum Sellae |
A line drawn between the two pupils of the eye | Interpupillary line |
A line drawn between the orbit and the EAM | Orbitalmeatal line |
The master gland of the endocrine system | Pituitary |
A line between the Infraorbital margin and the EAM | Infraorbitomeatal line |
What is the superior most aspect of the skull called | The Vertex |
Which topographical landmark corresponds to the floor of the cranium? | Supraorbital groove |
For a true lateral of the skull, the midsaggital plane must be _____with the image receptor | paralell |
What is the proper anatomical name for the skullcap | Calvarium |
The perpendicular plate of the Ethmoid articulates with which facial bone? | The vomer |
What is the name of the large opening in the skull where the spinal and cranial nerves pass? | The foramen magnum |
In order to best demonstrate fluid levels in the sinus cavity, the patient must be____________________ | Erect |
The bregma in an adult would be the ____________fontanel in an infant. | Anterior fontenel |
Which of the following bones form the base of the cranium? Sphenoid, Parietal, Occipital or frontal? | Sphenoid |
Where will the petrous ridges appear on a properly positioned Caldwell view | In the lower 1/3 of the orbits |
What structure houses the Pituitary Gland? | Sella Tursica |
What two parts of the patient's anatomy will touch the IR in a Caldwell view? | Forehead and Nose |
In a Submentovertex projection which line is parallel to the plane of the IR? | Infraorbital meatal line |
In the Towne's projection, which structure will be projected in the shadow of the foramen magnum? | Dorsum Sellae |
The OML is perpendicular to the IR and the CR is angles 15 degrees cephalad. What is the projection? | AP Caldwell |
What is the flat major portion of the parietal bone called? | Squamous portion |
What suture separates the two parietal bones? | Sagittal |
Which of the following does NOT compose the calvarium? Frontal, Temporal, Occipital, Parietal | Temporal |