ADHP Anatomy Exam Guide Questions and Answers 2024

How many bones in the human skull - 22 How many cranial bones? - 8 How many facial bones? - 14 Name the 8 cranial bones. - Occipital, Temporal(2), Frontal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Parietal(2) Name the 14 facial bones - Vomer, Nasal (2), Inferior Nasal Conche (2), Lacrimal (2), Zygomatic (2), Palatine (2) maxilla (2), Mandible Characteristics that only appear on a specific bone. - Landmarks An opening for nerves and blood vessels to pass - Foramen This bone forms the back of the head - Occiptial The foramen Magnum is on which cranial bone? - Occipital The mastoid process, styloid process, zygomatic process, and external auditory meatus are landmarks on what bone? - Temporal This bone forms the forhead and top of the eye - Frontal This bone forms the upper back side of the skull - parietal This bone is bat shaped and forms the anterior base of the skull - Sphenoid The landmark on this "bat-shapped" bone is called the: - Greater wing of the sphenoid This bone forms the midline of the cranium and is part of the nose. It lies behind the frontal bone between the eyes. - Ethmoid Bone known as the nasal septum, forms midline of nose. - Vomer These bones form the bridge of the nose. - Nasal Bones These bones form the lateral portion of the nasal septum and are within the boney part of the nose. - Inferior Nasal Conchae Irregular thin plates of bone that form the medial wall of the orbit of the eye. - Lacrimal bones this bone is also known as the Malar bone - Zygomatic Bone This bone forms the cheek bone. - Zygomatic A process is named for where it is going/coming to or from? - going to. example: the process on the zygomatic bone that goes to the temporal bone is called, the Temporal process of the zygomatic bone. These bones form the most posterior part of the hard palate. - Palatine bones The Greater Palatine Foramen is located on what bone? - Palatine. Name 4 processes on the Maxilla - Alveolar, Zygomatic, Frontal, and Palatine This process houses the sockets of the teeth. - Alveolar Process this process of the maxilla forms part of the cheek bone. - Zygomatic Thsi process of the maxilla fuses with the frontal bone. - Frontal process of the maxilla this process forms the hard palate. - Palatine process of the maxilla