Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
How many bones make up the cranium?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10 - Correct Answers ✅c. 8
How many bones make up the face?
a. 4
b. 10
c. 12
d. 14 - Correct Answers ✅d. 14
The cranial bones are rigidly jointed together by articulations
called:
a. joints.
b. bursae.
c. sutures.
d. cartilage. - Correct Answers ✅c. sutures.
All of the following are cranial bones except the:
,Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
a. maxillae.
b. frontal.
c. sphenoid.
d. occipital. - Correct Answers ✅a. maxillae.
All of the following are facial bones except the:
a. ethmoid.
b. maxillae.
c. mandible.
d. zygomatic bones. - Correct Answers ✅a. ethmoid.
Which skull suture is found between the frontal and parietal
bones?
a. Sagittal
b. Coronal
c. Squamosal
d. Lambdoidal - Correct Answers ✅b. Coronal
Which skull suture is located between the parietal bones?
,Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
a. Hyoid
b. Coronal
c. Sagittal
d. Squamosal - Correct Answers ✅c. Sagittal
The bone indicated in the figure below is the:
a. parietal.
b. orbital.
c. temporal.
d. zygoma - Correct Answers ✅d. zygoma
The bone identified in the figure below is the:
a. maxilla.
b. frontal.
c. mandible.
d. ethmoid. - Correct Answers ✅a. maxilla.
The bone indicated in the figure below is the:
, Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
a. temporal.
b. parietal.
c. occipital.
d. sphenoid. - Correct Answers ✅b. parietal.
The part of the frontal bone indicated in the figure below is
the:
a. bregma.
b. lambda.
c. glabella.
d. acanthion - Correct Answers ✅c. glabella.
The part of the cranial base identified in the figure below is
the:
a. sella turcica.
b. foramen ovale.
c. hypoglossal canal.
d. foramen magnum. - Correct Answers ✅d. foramen
magnum.
The part of the cranial base identified in the figure below is
the:
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
How many bones make up the cranium?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10 - Correct Answers ✅c. 8
How many bones make up the face?
a. 4
b. 10
c. 12
d. 14 - Correct Answers ✅d. 14
The cranial bones are rigidly jointed together by articulations
called:
a. joints.
b. bursae.
c. sutures.
d. cartilage. - Correct Answers ✅c. sutures.
All of the following are cranial bones except the:
,Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
a. maxillae.
b. frontal.
c. sphenoid.
d. occipital. - Correct Answers ✅a. maxillae.
All of the following are facial bones except the:
a. ethmoid.
b. maxillae.
c. mandible.
d. zygomatic bones. - Correct Answers ✅a. ethmoid.
Which skull suture is found between the frontal and parietal
bones?
a. Sagittal
b. Coronal
c. Squamosal
d. Lambdoidal - Correct Answers ✅b. Coronal
Which skull suture is located between the parietal bones?
,Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
a. Hyoid
b. Coronal
c. Sagittal
d. Squamosal - Correct Answers ✅c. Sagittal
The bone indicated in the figure below is the:
a. parietal.
b. orbital.
c. temporal.
d. zygoma - Correct Answers ✅d. zygoma
The bone identified in the figure below is the:
a. maxilla.
b. frontal.
c. mandible.
d. ethmoid. - Correct Answers ✅a. maxilla.
The bone indicated in the figure below is the:
, Chapter 11: Cranium Long: Merrill’s Atlas of
Radiographic Positioning and Procedures,
14th Edition
a. temporal.
b. parietal.
c. occipital.
d. sphenoid. - Correct Answers ✅b. parietal.
The part of the frontal bone indicated in the figure below is
the:
a. bregma.
b. lambda.
c. glabella.
d. acanthion - Correct Answers ✅c. glabella.
The part of the cranial base identified in the figure below is
the:
a. sella turcica.
b. foramen ovale.
c. hypoglossal canal.
d. foramen magnum. - Correct Answers ✅d. foramen
magnum.
The part of the cranial base identified in the figure below is
the:
