How many bones make up the cranium?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
c. 8
How many bones make up the face?
a. 6
b. 10
c. 12
d. 14
d. 14
The cranial bones are rigidly jointed together by articulations called?
a. joints
b. bursae
c. sutures
d. cartilage
c. sutures
All of the following are cranial bones except the:
a. maxillae
b. frontal
c. sphenoid
d. occipital
a. maxillae
All of the following are facial bones, except the:
a. ethmoid
b. maxillae
c. mandible
d. zygomatic bones
a. ethmoid
Which skull suture is found between the frontal and parietal bones?
a. sagittal
b. coronal
c. squamosal
d. lambdoidal
b. coronal
Which skull suture is located between the parietal bones?
a. hyoid
b. coronal
c. sagittal
d. squamosal
c. sagittal
A line drawn between the lateral margin of the orbit and the E.A.M. is called:
a. glabellomeatal line
b. orbitomeatal line
c. outer orbital line
d. external meatal linen
b. orbitomeatal line
Which of the following bones contain air sinuses?
1. ethmoid
2. frontal
3. sphenoid
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
Which bone has condyles that articulate with the atlas of the cervical spine?
a. temporal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. foramen magnum
b. occipital
The zygomatic arches are a part of which bone?
a. frontal
b. parietal
c. temporal
d. sphenoid
c. temporal
Which bone in the skull contains the auditory organs and the organs of hearing?
a. temporal
b. sphenoid
c. occipital
d. ethmoid
a. temporal
The petromastoid portion is a part of which bone?
a. temporal
b. sphenoid
c. occipital
d. ethmoid
a. temporal
The vestibulocochlear organ is the organ of:
1. hearing
2. sensation
3. balance
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
b. 1 and 3
Which of the following is located in the internal ear?
a. concha
b. bony labyrinth
c. tympanic membrane
d. external acoustic meatus
c. tympanic membrane
Which of the following is located in the internal ear?
a. concha
b. auditory tube
c. tympanic membrane
d. semicircular canals
d. semicircular canals
Which of the following is NOT one of the auditory ossicles?
a. stapes
b. malleus
c. incus
d. meatus
d. meatus
What is the name of the structure that houses the pituitary gland?
a. sella turcica
b. sphenoid strut
c. sphenoid fossa
d.Turk's fossa
a. sella turcica
Which of the following bones helps form the base of the cranium:
a. hyoid
b. sphenoid
c. parietal
d. frontal
b. sphenoid
The bregma in an adult would be referred to as what in an infant?
a. anterior fontanel
b. posterior fontanel
c. anterior fissure
d. posterior sulcus
a. anterior fontanel
Which of the following is NOT one of the sutures of the cranium?
a. coronal
b. squamosal
c. lambdoidal
d. occipital
d. occipital
Which of the following skull types is considered average in size and shape?
a. mesocephalic
b. brachycephalic
c. dolichocephalic
a. mesocephalic
Which skull type is narrow from side to side?
a. mesocephalic
b. dolichocephalic
c. brachycephalic
b. dolichocephalic
In a typically shaped head, the petrous pyramids project anteriorly and medially at what angle?
a. 37 degrees
b. 40 degrees
c. 47 degrees
d. 54 degrees
c. 47 degrees
How many bones are contained in the skull?
a. 8
b. 14
c. 22
d. 24
c. 22
The bones of the cranium are joined together by fibrous joints called:
a. diploë
b. sulci
c. sutures
d. cartilage
c. sutures
Which of the following bones is contained in the floor of the cranium?
1. ethmoid
2. sphenoid
3. temporal
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
Which of the following bones are contained in the calvarium?
1. frontal
2. parietal
3. temporal
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
a. 1 and 2
The suture located between the occipital bone and the parietal bones is the:
a. lambdoidal
b. squamosal
c. sagittal
d. corona
a. lambdoidal
The six areas of incomplete ossification in a newborn infant's skull are called the:
a. sulci
b. sutures
c. diploë
d. fontanels
d. fontanels
The opening into the apex of the orbit for the transmission of the optic nerve and opthalmic artery is called the:
a. optic canal
b. foramen
c. foramina ovale
d. foramina rotundum
b. foramen
Which of the following foramina lie in the sphenoid bone?
1. optic foramen
2. jugular foramen
3. foramina rotundum
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2, and 3
b. 1 and 3
The superior aspect of the sphenoid bone contains a deep depression that contains the:
a. pituitary gland
b. pineal gland
c. carotid sulcus
d. optic canal
a. pituitary gland