39 Questions
How many separate bones make up the skull?
22
At what age does the development of the cranium stop?
12 years old
What type of joints join the bones of the cranium and face?
Fibrous joints
Where is the lambdoidal suture located?
Between the occipital bone and the parietal bones
What is the function of the cranial bones?
Protective housing for the brain
What is located at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures?
Bregma
Where is the anterior fontanel located?
The junction of the two parietal bones and the one frontal bone at the bregma
What is located at the junction of the parietal bone, squamosal suture, and greater wing of the sphenoid?
Pterion
What type of joint is a suture?
Fibrous joint
How many facial bones are there?
14
Which bone forms the forehead and the anterior part of the vault?
Frontal bone
What is the function of the crista galli?
Serve as the anterior attachment for the falx cerebri
Where is the sella turcica located?
Superior to the sphenoid bone
What is the function of superior and middle nasal conchae?
Scroll-shaped structures of the labyrinths
What is located in the center of the supraorbital margin?
Supraorbital foramen
What structures correspond in position to the eyebrows located below the frontal eminences?
Superciliary arches
What type of bone is the ethmoid bone?
Irregular bone
What is the location of glabella?
Between the eyebrows
What feature separates orbital plates of the horizontal portion of the frontal bone?
Ethmoidal notch
What lies inferiorly from each side of the inferior surface of the body of sphenoid bone?
Pterygoid processes
Which suture is found between the frontal and parietal bones?
Coronal suture
At which point is the junction of the lambdoidal and sagittal sutures located?
Lambda
Where is the junction of the parietal bone, squamosal suture, and greater wing of the sphenoid located?
Pterion
What type of joint joins the bones of the cranium and face?
Sutures
Where are the anterior fontanels located?
At the junction of the two parietal bones and one frontal bone at the bregma
What is the function of the cranial bones?
Protective housing for the brain
How many facial bones are there in total?
14
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Ethmoid
Where is the sella turcica located?
Sphenoid bone
What is the location of the sella turcica?
Superior surface of the sphenoid bone
What does the crista galli serve as an anterior attachment for?
Falx cerebri
What is the function of the superior and middle nasal conchae?
Increase the surface area of the nasal cavity
What lies inferiorly from each side of the inferior surface of the body of sphenoid bone?
Two pterygoid processes
Where is the glabella located?
Between the superciliary ridges
What structures correspond in position to the eyebrows located below the frontal eminences?
Superciliary arches
What is located in the center of the supraorbital margin?
Supraorbital foramen
Which bone forms part of the roof of the nasal cavity, and the greater part of the anterior cranial fossa?
Frontal bone
What type of joint joins the bones of the cranium and face?
Suture
What is located at the junction of the parietal bone, squamosal suture, and greater wing of the sphenoid?
Parietal eminence
Test your knowledge of the cranial and facial bones, including the sutures that join them, with this quiz on radiographic positioning and radiologic procedures for finals. Learn about the development of the cranium and face bones, and their distinct groups and characteristics.
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