click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Skull, Facial Bones
skull,facial bones, and paranasal sinuses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many bones in the skull? | 22 bones |
| what are the two compartments? | cranium and facial bones |
| what are the 8 bones of the cranium? | frontal, occipital,parietal(right&left),temporal(r&l),sphenoid,ethmoid |
| what is the bony prominence on the frontal bone, between the eyebrows called | Glabella |
| the frontal bones create the superior portion of the? | orbits |
| what is the lower posterior portion of the skull called? | occipital |
| the occipital bone creates the posterior portion of the? | foramen and the magnum |
| what landmark is located at the junction of the nose and the upper lip? | acanthion |
| these bones are on the superior portion of the skull and lay between the frontal and occipital bones. | parietal |
| what are the two landmarks for the temporal bone? | mastoid process and external acoustic meatus(eam) |
| the joint between the bones of the cranium are? | synarthridial joints |
| synarthrodial joints are also called? | sutures |
| the suture between the parietal bones is? | sagittal suture |
| the suture between the frontal and parietal bone is? | coronal suture |
| the suture between the parietal bones and occipital bone is? | lambdoidal suture |
| the suture between the parietal and temporal bones is? | squammosal suture |
| the foramen magnum is? | the large hole in the back of the cranium from which the spinal cord comes out of |
| what is situated between the orbits and articulate laterally with the maxillary bones and posteriorly with the ethmoid? | the nasal bones |
| what is the only moveable bone of the face? | the mandible |
| what facial bone is mostly fractured? | the nasal bone |
| which facial bone usually frctures in pairs? | the mandible |