The Skull
Bones of the Cranium I
Bones of the Cranium II
Facial Bones I
Facial Bones II
100
What major organ is found in the cranium?
The Brain
100
What bones makes up the forehead?
Frontal Bone
100
What suture joins the parietal bones to the temporal bone?
Squamosal suture
100
How many bones make up the face?
13
100
What bone forms the lower jaw?
Mandible
200
What is the only movable bone in the skull?
The mandible (lower jaw)
200
What is "the great hole" that allows the passage of the spinal cord?
Foramen Magnum
200
What is the purpose of the styloid and mastoid processes?
muscle attachment
200
forms the upper jaw
maxillae
200
What bones form the bridge of the nose?
Nasal Bones
300
The skull consists of how many bones?
22
300
What bones are located on either side of the skull behind the frontal bone?
Parietal Bones
300
What bone is shaped like bat or butterfly wings?
Sphenoid Bone
300
What bone forms the cheek bones?
zygomatic bone
300
In what bone is the mental foramen found?
Mandible
400
How many bones make up the cranium?
8
400
What motion do the occipital condyles allow the head to make?
nod "yes"
400
What suture seperates the frontal bone from the parietal bones?
Coronal Suture
400
What bone forms the inferior half of the nasal septum?
Vomer
400
The mandibular condyle fits into what structure?
Mandibular Fossae
500
What are sutures?
Interlocking line of union between bones
500
What suture joins the parietal bones to the occipital bone?
Lamdoidal suture
500
The crista galli is found in what bone?
Ethmoid Bone
500
What 2 bones form the zygomatic arch?
Zygomatic and temporal bones
500
What bone has an opening for tear ducts?
Lacrimal Bone
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