Skull Quiz BIOL 2255

Glabella (frontal)

Superior nasal concha (ethmoid)

External occipital protuberance (occipital)

Inferior nuchal lines (occipital)

Medial lamina with hamulus (sphenoid) (pterygoid processes)

Hypophyseal fossa (sphenoid)

Parietal bone

Frontal bone

Paranasal air sinuses (frontal)

Supraorbital foramen (frontal)

Ethmoid bone

Cribriform plate (ethmoid)

Crista galli (ethmoid)

Perpendicular plate (ethmoid)

Lateral masses of ethmoid bone

With ethmoidal air cells or sinuses

Superior nasal meatus (ethmoid)

Middle nasal concha (ethmoid)

Middle nasal meatus (ethmoid)

Temporal bone

Squamous (temporal)

Embryonic divisions of the brain

Squamous, petrous, tympanic (seen unfused on fetal skull)

Petrous (temporal)

Tympanic (temporal)

Mastoid process (temporal)

Zygomatic process (temporal)

External acoustic meatus (temporal)

Internal acoustic meatus (temporal)

Styloid process (temporal)

Mandibular fossa (temporal)

Mastoid foramen (temporal)

Stylomastoid foramen (temporal)

Occipital bone

Occipital condyles (occipital)

Internal occipital protuberance (occipital)

Hypoglossal canal (occipital)

Internal occipital crest (occipital)

Superior nuchal lines (occipital)

Foramen magnum (occipital)

Sphenoid bone

Greater wings (sphenoid)

Lesser wings (sphenoid)

Optic canal (foramen) (sphenoid)

Pterygoid processes (sphenoid)

Medial lamina w/ hamulus, lateral lamina

Lateral lamina (sphenoid) (pterygoid processes)

Foramen ovale (sphenoid)

Foramen rotundum (sphenoid)

Foramen spinosum (sphenoid)

Anterior clinoid process (sphenoid)

Posterior clinoid process (sphenoid)

Sella turcica (sphenoid)

Dorsum sellae, hypophyseal fossa, tuberculum sellae

Dorsum sellae (sphenoid)

Tuberculum sellae (sphenoid)

Carotid sulcus (sphenoid)

Paranasal air sinuses (sphenoid)

Zygomatic bone

Temporal process (zygomatic)

Maxillary bone

Paranasal air sinuses (maxillary)

Incisive foramen (maxillary)

Palatine process (maxillary)

Alveolar process (maxillary)

Infraorbital foramen (maxillary)

Anterior nasal spine (maxillary)

Palatine bone

Greater palatine foramen (palatine)

Horizontal plate (palatine)

Posterior nasal spine (palatine)

Inferior nasal concha

Inferior meatus (inferior nasal concha)

Vomer bone

Lacrimal bone

Nasolacrimal canal (lacrimal)

Mandible

Body (mandible)

Alveolar crest, mental protuberance, mental foramen

Alveolar crest (mandible) (body)

Mental protuberance (mandible) (body)

Mental foramen (mandible) (body)

Angle (mandible)

Ramus (mandible)

Coronoid process, mandibular notch, condylar process (head, neck), mandibular foramen, lingula

Coronoid process (mandible) (ramus)

Mandibular notch (mandible) (ramus)

Condylar process head (mandible) (ramus)

Condylar process neck (mandible) (ramus)

Mandibular foramen (mandible) (ramus)

Lingula (mandible) (ramus)

Petrous and temporal

What structures/features make up the carotid canal?

Temporal and zygomatic process

What structures/features make up the zygomatic arch?

Sphenoid and frontal

What structures/features make up the superior orbital fissure?

Sphenoid and maxillary

What structures/features make up the inferior orbital fissure?

Temporal and sphenoid

What structures/features make up the foramen lacerum (filled with cartilage in life)?

Temporal and occipital

What structures/features make up the jugular foramen?

Occipital & sphenoid

What structures/features make up the clivus?

Frontal & sphenoid

What structures/features make up the orbit?

Palatine & maxillary

What structures/features make up the palate?

Sphenoid & maxillary

What structures/features make up the nasal cavity?

Maxillary & palatine

What structures/features make up the nasal septum?

Coronal suture

Sagittal suture

Lambdoid suture

Squamosal suture