Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers) Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, Updated

Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy, Updated 2023-2024




: Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy


MULTIPLE CHOICE


 Which of the following bones is part of the floor of the cranium?
a.
Temporal
b.
Occipital
c.
Frontal
d.
Parietal

ANS: A REF: 377


 How many bones make up the facial bone region?
a.
6
b.
8
c.
12
d.
14

ANS: D REF: 377


 Which bony landmark represents the highest level of the facial bone mass?
a.
Nasion
b.
Acanthion
c.
Orbital plates
d.
Supraorbital notch
ANS: C REF: 378


Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy,

,Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy, Updated 2023-2024




 The widest portion of the cranium is found at the level of the:
a.
parietal tubercles.
b.
right and left pterion.
c.
squamous portion of the temporal bone.
d.
external acoustic meatus (EAM).

ANS: A REF: 379


 What is the name of the joint found between the lateral condylar processes of the skull and
the atlas of C1?
a.
Zygapophyseal joint
b.
Intervertebral joint
c.
Atlanto-occipital joint
d.
Cervico-occipital joint

ANS: C REF: 379


 Which cranial bone articulates with the other seven cranial bones?
a.
Parietal
b.
Ethmoid
c.
Sphenoid




Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy,

,Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy, Updated 2023-2024




d.
None of the above

ANS: C REF: 381


 The slight depression above each eyebrow is termed the:
a.
glabella.
b.
supraorbital foramina.
c.
supraorbital groove.
d.
frontal tuberosity.

ANS: C REF: 378


 Which of the following cranial bones does not articulate with the parietal bone?
a.
Frontal
b.
Sphenoid
c.
Occipital
d.
All of the above articulate with the parietal bone.

ANS: D REF: 379


 The left mastoid fontanel becomes the in an adult.
a.
left asterion
b.
left pterion
c.
left bregma
d.
squamosal suture

ANS: A REF: 383


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a.
four

Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
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, Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
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Anatomy, Updated 2023-2024


b.
two
c.
six
d.
eight

ANS: C REF: 383


 The frontal bone articulates with cranial bones.
a.
four
b.
six
c.
two
d.
five

ANS: A REF: 378


 Which of the following landmarks corresponds with the level of the petrous ridge?
a.
EAM
b.
Top of ear attachment (TEA)
c.
Squamosal suture
d.
Inion

ANS: B REF: 380


 The pituitary gland (hypophysis cerebri) is associated with and protected by the bone.




Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses (180Questions & Answers)
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy,