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Skull

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How many bones make up the cranium?   8  
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How many bones make up the skull?   22  
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What is the purpose for the cranial bones?   Protect the Brain  
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What are the fibrous joints in the skull called?   Sutures  
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Which suture is found between the frontal bone and parietal bone?   Coronal  
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Which suture is found in between the 2 parietal bones?   Sagittal  
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Which suture is found in between the temporal bone and the parietal bone?   Squamosal  
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Which suture is found in between the occipital bone and the parietal bone?   Lambdoidal  
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Which bones in the skull contain air sinuses?   Frontal, Ethmoid, Temporal, Maxilla, Sphenoid  
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Which bone in the skull has condyles that articulate with the Atlas of the Cervical spine?   Occipital  
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Which bone in the skull are the zygomatic arches part of?   Temporal  
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What are the incomplete ossifications of the skull named?   Fontanels  
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Which bone in the skull contains the auditory organ and the organs of hearing?   Temporal  
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Which canal allows for the transmission of the optic nerve and the ophthalmic artery?   Optic canal  
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The vestibulocochlear organ is the organ of what?   Balance and hearing  
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The petromastoid portion is part of what skull bone?   Temporal bone  
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The petrous portion(pyramids) is part of which bone in the skull?   Temporal  
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The tempanic membrane, the auditory tube, the auditory ossicles(malleus, incus, stapes) are part of what portion of the ear?   Middle  
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This bone situated just below the tongue is?   Hyoid Bone  
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The cochlea, the round window, the semicircular canals are all part of which portion of the ear?   Inner  
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The Glabella is part of what bone in the skull?   Frontal bone  
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The acanthion is part of what bone in the skull?   Maxilla  
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Which skull type is considered Average?   Mesocephalic  
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Which of the skull types is narrow from side to side and long from front to back?   Dolichocephalic  
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Which skull type is broad from side to side and short from front to back?   Brachycephalic  
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In a typically shaped head, the Petrous pyramids project anteriorly and medially at what angle?   47 degrees  
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The Nasion is part of what bone of the skull?   Frontal bone  
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What is the densest bone in the skull named?   Petrous Portion(Pyramid)  
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The sella turcica is U shaped and contains what gland?   Pituitary  
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Where is the CR placed for a lateral view of the skull?   2 in superior to the EAM  
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Which plane is Parallel to the IR for a lateral projection of the skull?   MSP  
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What parts of the skull should be superimposed on the lateral projection?   The orbital roofs, greater wings of the sphenoid, mastoid regions, EAM's and TMJ's  
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When doing an AP Caldwell projection, the CR will be directed in what way, and at what degree of angle?   Cephalad, 15 degree angle  
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What line is preferred to be perpendicular to the IR for the Townes projection?   OML  
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What is the secondary line to be used for the Townes projection if the patient can not flex their neck enough?   IOML  
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What is the degree of angle for the Townes method if the OML is used?   30 degrees  
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What is the degree of angle for the Townes method if the IOML is used?   37 degrees  
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Where is the CR directed on a Townes projection?   2 1/2 inches above the Glabella and pass through the EAM  
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What structures are visible within the Foramen Magnum on a Townes projection?   The Dorsum Sellae and the Posterior Clinoid Processes  
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What projection will demonstrate the optic canal?   Rhese Method  
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Which line is perpendicular to the IR when doing a Rhese view of the orbits?   AML  
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In a Rhese view, the MSP forms a ______ degree angle to the plane of the IR.   53  
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What 3 parts are touching the IR on a Rhese view? Also known as a 3 point landing!   The nose, the cheek, and the chin  
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Where is the CR directed for the Rhese view?   Perpendicular, and 1 in superior and 1 in posterior to the TEA  
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What bones are part of the Calvaria?   Frontal, Occipital, Parietal  
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What bones form the Floor of the skull?   Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Temporal  
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What are the names of the Foramina that are contained within the Sphenoid bone?   Foramen Ovale, Spinosum, Rotundum, and Optic  
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The deep depression that is U-Shaped in the Sphenoid bone is called?   Sella Turcica  
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When positioning for a Caldwell projection, what parts of the patients face will touch the IR?   Nose and Forehead  
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Which projection are used to visualize the Petromastoid Portion(Mastoids)?   Modified Law, Stenvers, and Arcelin  
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The posterior portion of the skull that forms the base of the skull is named?   Occipital bone  
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What exits the Foramen Magnum?   The Medulla Oblongata and Spinal Cord  
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At the base of the Temporal bone, there is an opening that allows the Internal Carotid Artery to pass through. What is this foramen called?   Foramen Lacerum  
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When doing a PA Caldwell projection, The CR will be directed where, and at what angle?   CR Exits the Nasion at a 15 degree angle Caudad  
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What line is Perpendicular to the IR on the PA Caldwell?   OML  
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When doing a PA Skull, where is the CR directed and at what angle?   CR directed to exit the Nasion and no angle  
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When looking at a Rhese projection image, the optic foramen will be where on the image?   In the lower lateral 1/3 corner of the orbit  
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Which orbit is being visualized when doing the Rhese projection?   The one closest to the film  
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The Zygomatic process is part of what bone?   Temporal bone  
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How many facial bones are there?   14  
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What is the name of the junction between the Lambdoidal and Sagittal sutures?   Lambda  
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What is the name of the junction between the Coronal and Sagittal sutures?   Bregma  
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