Head and Neck Quiz -- Bones of the Face Part 2

What is the area that provides nerves and blood vessels to the back of the throat and supply muscles to that area?
1. Greater palatine foramen
2. Incisive foramen
3. Frontal foramen
4. Lesser palatine foramen
The Greater Wings is a landmark of what bone?
1. Ethmoid
2. Sphenoid
3. Vomer
4. Zygomatic
What are the paired facial bones that project inwardly from the maxilla and forms walls of the nasal cavity?
1. Ethmoid
2. Lacrimal
3. Vomer
4. Inferior nasal concha
What is the portion of the maxillar that contains the maxillary sinus?
1. Alveolar Process
2. Canine Fossa
3. Angle
4. Body
What is the area that forms a portion of the infraorbital rim?
1. Frontal process
2. Palatine process
3. Zygomatic process
4. Alveolar process
What is the area on the frontal bone that is located on the supraorbital ridge that the nerves and blood vessels that supply the frontal areas travel through?
1. Superciliary Ridges
2. Glabella
3. Frontal Eminence
4. Superorbital Foramen or Notch
What is the area of between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid bone that transmits structures from the cranial cavity to the orbit, "the space between the wings"?
1. Lateral pterygoid plate
2. Medial pterygoid plate
3. Sella turcica
4. Superior orbital fissure
What is the area on the petrous portion of the temporal bone that contains the air cells and on which the cervical muscles attach?
1. Squama
2. Mastoid process
3. Petrous part
4. Tympanic part
What is the canal that leads to the tympanic cavity that is behind the glenoid fossa which is the opening of the ear?
1. Zygomatic process
2. External auditory meatus
3. Mastoid process
4. Styloid process
What is the area of bone that turns into the orbit of the eye, the area on the frontal bone located over the orbit?
1. Superorbital Foramen
2. Frontal Eminence
3. Superciliary Ridges
4. Superorbital Ridge
What are the paranasal sinues in each body of the maxilla?
1. Sublingual sinus
2. Canins sinus
3. Maxillary sinus
4. Alveolar sinus
What is the single facial bone that forms the poserior portion of the nasal septum?
1. Palatine
2. Vomer
3. Frontal
4. Temporalis
What is the area of the temporal bone that is a large finger like projection which is just below the squama that articulates with the zygomatic bone?
1. Articular tubercle
2. Styloid process
3. Zygomatic process
4. Glenoid fossa
What is the area between the occipital and temporal bones that carries the internal jugular vein and ninth, tenth, and eleventh cranial nerves?
1. Jugular foramen
2. Foramen magnum
3. Carotid foramen
4. Temporal foramen
What is at the base of the lacrimal sulcus?
1. Digastric Fossa
2. Nasal lacrimal duct
3. Crista galli
4. Lateral masses
What is the area of the zygomatic bone that allows the passage of blood vessels that supply the cheek area?
1. Nasal foramen
2. Sphenoid foramen
3. Frontal foramen
4. Zygomatic Facial Foramen
What is the portion of the sphenoid bone that forms the lateral borders of the posterior nasal apertures?
1. Pterygoid process
2. Greater wings
3. Medial pterygoid plate
4. Lesser wings
What are the projections of the occipital bone that articulate with lateral masses of the first cervical vertebra?
1. Occipital magnum
2. Occipital eminence
3. Occipital foramen
4. Occipital condyles
What is the part of the temporal bone that forms most of the external auditory meatus (hearing)?
1. Squama
2. Petrous Part
3. Mastoid process
4. Tympanic part
What divides the right and left portions of the palatine process?
1. Median Palatine Suture
2. Alveolar suture
3. Frontal Process
4. Lateral Palatine Suture
What is the facial ridge of bone that is located over the maxillary canines?
1. Canine tuberosity
2. Canine fossa
3. Canine sinus
4. Canine Eminence
What is the inferior portion of the temporal bone that contains the mastoid process and air cells?
1. Squama
2. Petrous part
3. Sella turcica
4. Tympanic part
What is the single cranial bone in the most posterior portion of the skull?
1. Vomer
2. Parietal
3. Occipital
4. Ethmoid
What is the area of the zygomatic bone that forms a portion of the infraorbital rim and orbital wall that touches the maxilla?
1. Maxillary process
2. Zygomatic process
3. Temporal process
4. Frontal process
What are paired bones of the skull that consist of two plates, vertical and horizontal plates and resembles the letter "L"? It is situated at the back part of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid.
1. Vomer
2. Palatine Bone
3. Frontal
4. Temporal
The pterygoid fossa is a landmark of which bone?
1. Vomer
2. Parietal
3. Sphenoid
4. Temporal
What is the area of the frontal bone that is lateral to the orbit that articulates with the zygomatic bone?
1. Sphenoid process
2. Zygomatic process
3. Temporal Process
4. Frontal process
What forms the upper jaw that consists of two pairs of bones?
1. Mandible
2. Vomer
3. Lacrimal
4. Maxilla
What is the small depression that occurs at the junction of the maxillary bone and the lacrimal bone? This is the area that allows tears to flow to the nose.
1. Inferior nasal concha
2. Perpendicular plate
3. Lacrimal sulcus
4. Crista galli
What is the large round area that is located in the junction of the wings and body of the sphenoid bone that carries the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve?
1. Sella turcica
2. Foramen rotundum
3. Zygomatic foramen
4. Foramen ovale
What are the lateral portions of the ethmoid bone in the nasal cavity on either side of the perpendicular plate that warms the nose?
1. Lateral masses
2. Crista galli
3. Cribiform plate
4. Superior and Middle nasal concha
What are the paired facial bones that form the bridge of the nose and articulates with the maxillary and frontal bones?
1. Nasal
2. Vomer
3. Ethmoid
4. Zygomatic
What is the horizontal projection of bone that forms 2/3 of the hard palate?
1. Zygomatic process
2. Alveolar process
3. Palatine process
4. Frontal process
The styloid process is a landmark on what bone?
1. Parietal
2. Ethmoid
3. Occipital
4. Temporal
What is the area of the temporal bone that carries the facial or seventh cranial nerve and is posterior to the styloid process?
1. mastoid process
2. Zygomatic process
3. Glenoid fossa
4. Styloid mastoid foramen
What are the thin walled structures within the ethmoid bone which are on either sides of the perpendicular plate that is an open cavity with sinuses in them?
1. Middle nasal concha
2. Cribiform plate
3. Lateral masses
4. Crista galli
The soft palate is located posterior to the last part of this bone.
1. Palatine bone
2. Vomer
3. Mandible
4. Maxilla
What is the depression in the bone directly behind the maxillary central teeth which allows the passage of nerve and blood vessels that supply the hard palate?
1. Infraorbital foramen
2. Alveolar process
3. Incisive fossa
4. Frontal process
The hard palate is made up of 1/3 of this bone?
1. Vomer
2. Maxilla
3. Mandible
4. Palatine bone
What are the paired sinuses located in the body of the sphenoid bone?
1. Sphenoid sinuses
2. Foramen ovale
3. Foramen rotundum
4. Sella turcica
What is the projection of bone above the eyebrows that the frontal sinuses are located?
1. Superorbital Ridge
2. Superorbital Notch
3. Frontal Eminence
4. Superciliary Ridges
The muscles of the soft palate attach to this area.
1. Incisive fossa
2. Horizontal plate
3. Infraorbital foramen
4. Frontal process
What is the posterolateral process of the body of the sphenoid bone?
1. Greater wings
2. Foramen rotundum
3. Foramen ovale
4. Sella turcica
The foramen rotundum is a landmark of what bone?
1. Lacrimal
2. Parietal
3. Hyoid
4. Sphenoid
What is posterior to the articular tubercle where the condyle of the mandible articulates with the temporal bone, cup like structure?
1. Glenoid fossa
2. Articular tubercle
3. Styloid process
4. Zygomatic process
The mental foramen is a landmark of what bone?
1. Mentalis
2. Mandible
3. Maxillary
4. Occipital
What is the lateral portion of the first cervical vertebra of the ethmoid bone where it articulates with the occipital bone above and the axis below?
1. Superior nasal concha
2. Cribiform plate
3. Crista galli
4. Lateral masses
What is the elevation on the posterior aspect of the maxilla that is perforated by the posterior superior alveolar foramina?
1. Maxillary tuberosity
2. Canine Eminence
3. Canine Fossa
4. Body
What extends from the under surface of the cribiform plate? This articulates with the vomer. It forms the superior portion of the septum of the nose.
1. Superior nasal concha
2. Lateral masses
3. Crista galli
4. Perpendicular plate
What is the area in the occipital bone that carries the spinal cord, veterbral arteries and eleventh cranial nerves?
1. Foramen magnum
2. Carotid foramen
3. Jugular foramen
4. Veterbral foramen
What are the pair of cranial bones of the skull that form the top and sides of the cranium?
1. Parietal
2. Ethmoid
3. Vomer
4. Occipital
What is the area of the zygomatic bone that forms part of the zygomatic arch and touches the temporal bone?
1. Maxillary process
2. Temporal process
3. Frontal process
4. Sphenoid process
What are the paired facial bones that help form the medial wall of the orbit? Contains only one landmark.
1. Lacrimal
2. Vomer
3. Inferior nasal concha
4. Ethmoid
What is a portion of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone?
1. Lateral and medial pterygoid processes
2. Pterygoid fossa
3. Superior orbital fissure
4. Lesser wings
What is the area that forms the portion of the oribital rim?
1. Alveolar process
2. Palatine process
3. Frontal process
4. Incisive fossa
The greater cornu is a landmark of what bone?
1. Ethmoid
2. Lacrimal
3. Vomer
4. Hyoid
What is the smooth, elevated area on the frontal bone between the supraorbital ridges?
1. Glabella
2. Facial Foramen
3. Frontal Eminence
4. Superciliary Ridges
The orbit of the eye is made up of one bone.
1. False
2. True
What is the rounded projection (prominence) that forms the forehead?
1. Glabella
2. Superciliary Ridges
3. Frontal Eminence
4. Superorbital Ridge
The external auditory meatus is a landmark of which bone?
1. Maxillary
2. Occipital
3. Temporal
4. Mandible
What is the single cranial bone that forms the forehead and a portion of the orbits?
1. Zygomatic
2. Vomer
3. Frontal
4. Ethmoid
What is the depression in the body of the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland sits, looks like a "saddle"?
1. Greater wings
2. Sphenoid sinuses
3. Foramen rotundum
4. Sella turcica
What is the single midline cranial bone with a body and several pairs of processes that is butterfly shaped and the keystone of the cranial cavity?
1. Sphenoid
2. Vomer
3. Zygomatic
4. Ethmoid
What are the two separate parallel ridges, superior and inferior, on the lateral surface of the skull?
1. Zygomatic ridges
2. Parietetal eminence
3. Temporal lines or ridges
4. Carotid fissure
What is the area of the maxilla that transmits the infraorbital nerve and blood vessels?
1. Horizontal plate
2. Frontal process
3. Infraorbital foramen
4. Incisive fossa
What is the portion of the temporal bone that forms the braincase, "temples", and portions of the zygomatic arch and temporomandibular joint?
1. Mastoid process
2. Tympanic part
3. Squama
4. Petrous part
What is the area that is paired that articulates with each other and forms the anterior portion of the hard palate?
1. Alveolar process
2. Palatine process
3. Mandibular process
4. Frontal process
What is the area in the palatine bone that transmits the lesser palatine nerve and blood vessels?
1. Greater palatine foramen
2. Lesser palatine foramen
3. Incisive fossa
4. Horizontal plate
What is the main part of the sphenoid bone?
1. Sella Turcica
2. Sphenoid sinuses
3. Foramen rotundum
4. Body
What is the area of the zygomatic bone that forms a portion of the orbital wall that touches the frontal bone?
1. Frontal process
2. Maxillary process
3. Temporal process
4. Sphenoid process
What is the area between the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone?
1. Pterygoid fossa
2. Lesser wings
3. Temporal process
4. Greater wings
What is the canal in the temporal bone that carries the internal carotid artery, large area located medial to the acoustical meatus?
1. Foramen magnum
2. Jugular foramen
3. Parietal foramen
4. Carotid foramen
What is the area in the temporal bone that carried the seventh and eighth cranial nerves (nerves for heaing and facial nerves)?
1. Jugular foramen
2. Internal acoustic meatus
3. Carotid foramen
4. Foramen magnum
What moves during swallowing, opening and closing of the mouth?
1. Vomer
2. Ethmoid
3. Sphenoid
4. Hyoid
What are the paired cranial bones that form the lateral walls and articulate with the mandible at the temporomandibular joint?
1. Vomer
2. Temporal
3. Ethmoid
4. Sphenoid
The foramen ovale is a landmark of what bone?
1. Lacrimal
2. Occipital
3. Sphenoid
4. Parietal
This is a paired bone that is the inferior portion of the nasal septum that looks like a scroll like piece of bone that projects off the maxilla bone and warms air flow.
1. Lacrimal
2. Inferior Nasal concha
3. Ethmoid
4. Vomer
What bone has no landmarks?
1. Palatine
2. Vomer
3. Mandible
4. Maxilla
What is the area on the wing portion of the sphenoid bone that is an oval-shaped opening that allows the mandibular division of the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve to travel through?
1. Foramen rotundum
2. Sella turcica
3. Zygomatic process
4. Foramen ovale
What is the anterior process of the body of the sphenoid bone?
1. Lesser wings
2. Zygomatic process
3. Greater wing
4. Pterygoid Fossa
What is the small ridge of bone on inferior portion of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, located beneath the zygomatic process?
1. Articular tubercle
2. Glenoid fossa
3. Styloid mastoid foramen
4. Styloid process
What is the area in the occipital bone that carries the twelfth cranial nerve?
1. Carotid foramen
2. Hypoglossal canal
3. Occipital foramen
4. Foramen magnum
The parietetal eminence is located on what bone?
1. Ethmoid
2. Temporal
3. Zygomatic
4. Parietal
What is the ridge of maxillary bone that houses the roots of the maxillary teeth?
1. Alveolar process
2. Zygomatic process
3. Canine fossa
4. Palatine process
What are the paired facial bones that form the cheek bones?
1. Ethmoid
2. Frontal
3. Zygomatic
4. Vomer
What area provides the nerve and blood vessels to the posterior of the hard palate?
1. Horizontal plate
2. Vomer
3. Greater palatine foramen
4. Lesser palatine foramen
What is the midline vertical plate of the ethmoid bone?
1. Crista galli
2. Perpendicular plate
3. Lateral masses
4. Cribiform plate
Processes are named for what that they are going towards?
1. Bone
2. Arteries
3. Sinuses
4. Veins
What is the portion of the zygomatic bone that touches the sphenoid bone?
1. Maxillary process
2. Frontal process
3. Temporal process
4. Sphenoid process
What is the bone suspended in the neck that allows the attachments of many muscles?
1. Hyoid
2. Sphenoid
3. Vomer
4. Ethmoid
What is located at the roots of the maxillary canine teeth?
1. Canine ridge
2. Canine tuberosity
3. Canine eminence
4. Canine fossa
The glenoid fossa is a landmark on which bone?
1. Ethmoid
2. Vomer
3. Occipital
4. Temporal
What is the bony projection (finger - like) of the temporal bone that serves as an attachment for muscles and ligament?
1. External auditory meatus
2. Styloid foramen
3. Styloid process
4. Mastoid process
What is the vertical midline continuation of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone into the cranial cavity that is usually a triangular shape projection of bone? The membranes which covers the surface of the brain attach to this as well.
1. Crista Galli
2. Lateral masses
3. Cribiform plate
4. Middle nasal concha
What is the single midline cranial bone of the skull that forms the superior portion of the nasal septum and the principle supporting structure of the nose?
1. Vomer
2. Lacrimal
3. Frontal
4. Ethmoid
What is the area of the ethmoid bone that is perforated with foramina for the olfactory nerves (nerves associated with smells) that looks spongy and forms the root of the nose?
1. Lateral masses
2. Perpendicular plate
3. Cribiform plate
4. Crista galli
What is the area that forms the posterior portion of the hard palate?
1. Lesser Palatine Foramen
2. Frontal process
3. Incisive Fossa
4. Horizontal plate
The hypoglossal canal is located in what bone?
1. Occipital
2. Sphenoid
3. Ethmoid
4. Hyoid
What is the area in the palatine bone that carries the greater palatine nerve and blood vessels?
1. Greater Palatine Foramen
2. Horizontal plate
3. Frontal foramen
4. Lesser Palatine Foramen
The lesser cornu is a landmark of what bone?
1. Temporal
2. Inferior Nasal Concha
3. Lacrimal
4. Hyoid

Head and Neck Quiz -- Bones of the Face Part 2

This quiz is brought to you by www.amyrdhstudents.comThis is made up from notes from my class in 1997 and the book:Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, By Fehrenbach and Herring, W.B. Saunders Co., 1996

This quiz is brought to you by www.amyrdhstudents.com
This is made up from notes from my class in 1997 and the book:
Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, By Fehrenbach and Herring, W.B. Saunders Co., 1996