Bontrager Chapter 11 Exam Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions

Which of the following bones is NOT part of the floor of the cranium?A. Temporal B. Ethmoid C. Occipital D. Sphenoid - Answer-Occipital Which aspect of the frontal bone is thin-walled and forms the forehead? A. Orbital B. Horizontal C. Squamous D. Superciliary margin - Answer-Squamous The widest part of the skull is found at the: A. Parietal protuberances B. Temporal bones C. Mastoid tips D. Inion - Answer-Parietal protuberances What is the thickest and densest structure in the cranium? A. Occipital bone B. Petrous Ridge C. Crista galli D. Sphenoid - Answer-Petrous Ridge Another name for the pituitary gland is: A. Hypophyseal gland B. HypothalamusC. Hypophysis D. Hippocampus - Answer-Hypophysis The shallow depression just posterior to the base of the dorsum sellae and anterior to the foramen magnum is called the: - Answer-Clivus What is the name of the paired collections of bone found inferior to the cribriform plate and contain numerous air cells and helps form the lateral walls of the nasal cavity? - Answer-Lateral labyrinth or masses What is the formal term for the left sphenoid fontanel in the adult? - Answer-Pterion What is the name of the cranial suture formed by the inferior junction of the parietals to the temporal bones? - Answer-Lambdoidal What are two terms for the small, irregular bones found in the adult skull sutures? - Answer-Wormian bones and Sutural bones In what bone is the pterygoid Hamulus found? - Answer-Sphenoid Which cranial bone is the anterior clinoid processes located in? - Answer-Sphenoid Which cranial bone is the glabella located on? - Answer-Frontal Which cranial bone is the foramen ovale located on? - Answer-Sphenoid Which cranial bone is the perpendicular plate located on? - Answer-Ethmoid Which cranial bone is the zygomatic process located on? - Answer-TemporalWhich cranial bone is the lateral condylar portions located on? - Answer-Occipital Which cranial bone is the superciliary arch located on? - Answer-Frontal