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What is another name for the viscerocranium?
What is another name for the viscerocranium?
- Cranial skeleton
- Facial skeleton (correct)
- Spinal skeleton
- Thoracic skeleton
What paired structures are separated by the nasal cavity?
What paired structures are separated by the nasal cavity?
- The maxillae
- The orbits (correct)
- The zygomatics
- The mandibles
What do the orbits enclose?
What do the orbits enclose?
- The nasal cavity
- The sinuses
- The eyeballs (correct)
- The oral cavity
Which of the following bones does NOT form part of the orbit?
Which of the following bones does NOT form part of the orbit?
How many bones form the orbit?
How many bones form the orbit?
Which bone is located in the anterior part of the cranium and contributes to the formation of the orbit?
Which bone is located in the anterior part of the cranium and contributes to the formation of the orbit?
Which of these bones is located towards the back of the skull and does NOT form part of the orbit?
Which of these bones is located towards the back of the skull and does NOT form part of the orbit?
Which of the following is the smallest of the bones that contribute to the orbit?
Which of the following is the smallest of the bones that contribute to the orbit?
Which bone contributes to both the orbit and the nasal cavity?
Which bone contributes to both the orbit and the nasal cavity?
Which of these bones contributes to the inferior part of the orbit?
Which of these bones contributes to the inferior part of the orbit?
Which of the following bones is paired?
Which of the following bones is paired?
What is the shape of the sphenoid bone?
What is the shape of the sphenoid bone?
What is the name for the cheekbone?
What is the name for the cheekbone?
What two structures are enclosed by the orbits?
What two structures are enclosed by the orbits?
In anatomical terms, what is the best description of the relationship between the two orbits?
In anatomical terms, what is the best description of the relationship between the two orbits?
Which of the following bones is thin and scale-like and forms part of the medial wall of the orbit?
Which of the following bones is thin and scale-like and forms part of the medial wall of the orbit?
Which of the following is NOT one of the main functions of the orbit?
Which of the following is NOT one of the main functions of the orbit?
Which bone is situated at the anterior part of the skull immediately above the eyes?
Which bone is situated at the anterior part of the skull immediately above the eyes?
What structure separates the paired orbits?
What structure separates the paired orbits?
Which bone spans the width of the skull and forms part of the central skull base and also parts of the orbit?
Which bone spans the width of the skull and forms part of the central skull base and also parts of the orbit?
Flashcards
Viscerocranium
Viscerocranium
The part of the skull that forms the face, also known as the facial skeleton.
The Orbit
The Orbit
Symmetrical, paired structures separated by the nasal cavity that enclose the eyeballs and their associated structures.
Bones forming the orbit
Bones forming the orbit
Sphenoid, Frontal, Zygomatic, Ethmoid, Lacrimal, Maxilla, Palatine
Study Notes
Viscerocranium
- The viscerocranium is also known as the facial skeleton.
- The orbit is part of the viscerocranium.
The Orbit
- The orbits are symmetrical paired structures.
- The nasal cavity separates the paired structures.
- The orbits enclose the eyeballs.
- The orbits enclose the associated structures of the eye.
- The sphenoid bone forms the orbit.
- The frontal bone forms the orbit.
- The zygomatic bone forms the orbit.
- The ethmoid bone forms the orbit.
- The lacrimal bone forms the orbit.
- The maxilla bone forms the orbit.
- The palatine bone forms the orbit.
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