LET’S REVIEW THE BONES OF THE SKULL

Here are some great websites to help review.

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• http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/skull/skulltt.htm 

•http://www.innerbody.com/image/skelfov.html

http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/skeletalsystem/skeleton/axial/skull/quizzes/menu/menu.html

Name this entire structure.

Zygomatic arch

The smallest single bone found in the skull is the _________.stapes

Name the bone highlighed in red making up the floor of eye socket.

sphenoid

What is the general name for the bones are pictured below?

ossicles

Name the red highlighted part.

Mandibular fossa

Name the bone that articulates here.

mandible

Name the part where the pituitary gland is found.

Sella turcica

Name the specific ossicle.

malleus

What 2 bones make up the nasal septum shown here in red?

Ethmoid & vomer

Name the holes.

Mental foramen

Name the yellow bones.

Inferior nasal conchae

Name the bone this red area is part of.

Styloid process of temporal bone

Name the bone this yellow portion is part of.

ethmoid

Name the part that the olfactory receptors are located on the other side of the bone.

Cribriform plate

How many total ossicles are in the human body?

6

Name the red pointed structure.

Styloid process of temporal bone

Name the suture.

squamosal

What 2 bones make up the structure outlined in red?

Temporal & zygomatic

Name the suture.

Sagittal

Name the yellow bone.

nasal

Name the sinuses.

Ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal, maxillary

Name the yellow part.

Coronoid process

Name the red highlighted structure and the bone it is part of.

Mastoid process of temporal bone

Name the two bones that are involved in the birth defect shown below.

Maxilla and palatine

Name the bone pictured here.

stapes

What parts and bones come together to form the temporomandibluar joint (red arrow)?

Mandibular fossa of temporal and the mandibular condlye of mandible

Name this bone and the specific part shown by the red arrow.

Cribriform plate of ethmoid

Name the suture on display in red.

squamosal

Name the specific structure colored yellow.

Foraman magnum

Name the suture.

Coronal

How many total ossicles are in the human body?

6

How many bones are pictured below?

3

How many ethmoid bones are in the human skull?

1

Name the yellow pointed structure.

Crista galli

What bone is the cribriform plate part of ?

ethmoid

Name the purple sinuses.

ethmoid

The hard palate of the mouth is composed of what 2 bones?

Palatine and maxilla

. Name the red holes.

Supraorbital foramen

Name the bone the yellow area is a part of.

sphenoid

Name this very small bone that has a hole in it.

Lacrimal

Name the specific structure and bone outlined in red.

Temporal process

Name this gray bone.

nasal

Name the yellow area.

Sella turcica

Mandible

Name the bone.

Name the pink sinuses.

sphenoid

Name the suture that separates the occipital bone from the parietal bones.

Lambdoidal

Name this green bone?

parietal

How many vomer bones are found in the human skull?

1

Name these holes (black arrows).

Jugular foramen

The external auditory meatus is part of what bone?

temporal

How many sphenoid bones are there in the human skull?

1

Name the yellow part and the bone it is a part of.

Occipital condyle of occipital bone

What bone is the pituitary gland embedded?

sphenoid

Name this pink bone?

temporal

Name this brown bone.

zygomatic

Mental foramen

Name the hole.

Name this blue bone.

sphnoid

Name this yellow bone?

sphenoid

Name this white bone.

lacrimal

Coronoid process

Name the circled part.

Name this orange bone?

zygomatic

Name the suture.

Lambdoidal suture

The inner ear is embedded in what bone?

temporal

Name this blue bone?

frontal

Name the purple bone shown by the arrow.

sphenoid

Name the bone this red area is a part of.

maxilla

Name the bone this yellow portion is a part of.

occipital bone

A cleft palate can effect what 2 bones? (answer in

numerical order)

Maxilla and Palatine

Name this yellow bone.

ethmoid

Name this highlighted part.

Palatine process \

Mandibular condyle

Name the circled part.

Name these holes (black arrows).

Carotid canal

Name these holes (black arrows).

Jugular foramen

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