ASM 275 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2025/2026 ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔metatarsals - ✔✔bones of the foot between ankle and toes
✔✔skull - ✔✔entire bony head including face and mandible; 28 bones including ear
ossicles
✔✔cranium - ✔✔skull excluding the mandible
✔✔calvaria - ✔✔cranium without the face
✔✔ear ossicles - ✔✔-in middle ear, three tiny bones, vibrate against one another in
response to vibrations from the eardrum- malleus, incus, stapes
✔✔parietal bones - ✔✔form most of the roof and upper sides of the cranium, two of the
6 main cranial bones; paired bones
✔✔temporal bones - ✔✔two of the six main cranial bones; located on the side of the
head near the ears, form the sides and base of the cranium; paired bones
✔✔palatine bones - ✔✔form part of the hard palate of the mouth and the floor of the
nose; paired bones
✔✔zygomatic bones - ✔✔cheekbones; paired bones
✔✔nasal bones - ✔✔Form the bridge of the nose; paired bones
✔✔lacrimal bones - ✔✔paired bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tear ducts
✔✔inferior nasal conchae - ✔✔paired, curved bones in the nasal cavity that form part of
the lateral walls of the nasal cavity
✔✔frontal bones - ✔✔Forms the forehead, skulls roof, and eye socket; unpaired bone
✔✔occipital bones - ✔✔forms the posterior part and most of the base of the cranium;
unpaired bone
✔✔sphenoid bone - ✔✔butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that extends
behind the eyes and forms part of the base of the skull; unpaired bone
✔✔ethmoid bone - ✔✔one of the eight bones of the cranium; filled with air spaces that
forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity; unpaired bone
, ✔✔vomer bone - ✔✔flat thin bone that forms part of the nasal septum; unpaired bone
✔✔mandible - ✔✔the lower jawbone in vertebrates; unpaired bone
✔✔lambdoidal suture - ✔✔at the back of the skull, separating the occipital from the
temporal and parietal bones
✔✔squamosal suture - ✔✔on the lateral surface of the skull, separates the parietal from
the temporal bone
✔✔lambda - ✔✔the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures
of the skull
✔✔parietal foramen - ✔✔small holes near the rear of the skull by the sagittal suture, 1/3
away from the back of the skull
✔✔parietal bone - ✔✔either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones
and forming the top and sides of the cranium
✔✔occipital bone - ✔✔the bone found at the back and base of the skull, forms the
posterior floor and walls of the cranium
✔✔bregma - ✔✔the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures
at the top of the cranium
✔✔right parietal bone - ✔✔one of two bones in the human skull which, when joined
together, form the sides and roof of the cranium (right)
✔✔left parietal bone - ✔✔one of two bones in the human skull which, when joined
together, form the sides and roof of the cranium (left)
✔✔coronal border - ✔✔A vertical plane at right angles to a sagittal plane, dividing the
body into anterior and posterior portions. Also called frontal plane.
✔✔squamous portion of temporal bone - ✔✔flat, fanlike part of the temporal bone that
articulates the parietal bones at the squamosal suture; forms portion of the cranium
✔✔zygomatic process - ✔✔a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the
zygomatic arch; forms part of the cheekbone
✔✔external auditory meatus - ✔✔hole in the temporal bone extending medially to the
inner ear; entrance to the ear canal
AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔metatarsals - ✔✔bones of the foot between ankle and toes
✔✔skull - ✔✔entire bony head including face and mandible; 28 bones including ear
ossicles
✔✔cranium - ✔✔skull excluding the mandible
✔✔calvaria - ✔✔cranium without the face
✔✔ear ossicles - ✔✔-in middle ear, three tiny bones, vibrate against one another in
response to vibrations from the eardrum- malleus, incus, stapes
✔✔parietal bones - ✔✔form most of the roof and upper sides of the cranium, two of the
6 main cranial bones; paired bones
✔✔temporal bones - ✔✔two of the six main cranial bones; located on the side of the
head near the ears, form the sides and base of the cranium; paired bones
✔✔palatine bones - ✔✔form part of the hard palate of the mouth and the floor of the
nose; paired bones
✔✔zygomatic bones - ✔✔cheekbones; paired bones
✔✔nasal bones - ✔✔Form the bridge of the nose; paired bones
✔✔lacrimal bones - ✔✔paired bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tear ducts
✔✔inferior nasal conchae - ✔✔paired, curved bones in the nasal cavity that form part of
the lateral walls of the nasal cavity
✔✔frontal bones - ✔✔Forms the forehead, skulls roof, and eye socket; unpaired bone
✔✔occipital bones - ✔✔forms the posterior part and most of the base of the cranium;
unpaired bone
✔✔sphenoid bone - ✔✔butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that extends
behind the eyes and forms part of the base of the skull; unpaired bone
✔✔ethmoid bone - ✔✔one of the eight bones of the cranium; filled with air spaces that
forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity; unpaired bone
, ✔✔vomer bone - ✔✔flat thin bone that forms part of the nasal septum; unpaired bone
✔✔mandible - ✔✔the lower jawbone in vertebrates; unpaired bone
✔✔lambdoidal suture - ✔✔at the back of the skull, separating the occipital from the
temporal and parietal bones
✔✔squamosal suture - ✔✔on the lateral surface of the skull, separates the parietal from
the temporal bone
✔✔lambda - ✔✔the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures
of the skull
✔✔parietal foramen - ✔✔small holes near the rear of the skull by the sagittal suture, 1/3
away from the back of the skull
✔✔parietal bone - ✔✔either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones
and forming the top and sides of the cranium
✔✔occipital bone - ✔✔the bone found at the back and base of the skull, forms the
posterior floor and walls of the cranium
✔✔bregma - ✔✔the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures
at the top of the cranium
✔✔right parietal bone - ✔✔one of two bones in the human skull which, when joined
together, form the sides and roof of the cranium (right)
✔✔left parietal bone - ✔✔one of two bones in the human skull which, when joined
together, form the sides and roof of the cranium (left)
✔✔coronal border - ✔✔A vertical plane at right angles to a sagittal plane, dividing the
body into anterior and posterior portions. Also called frontal plane.
✔✔squamous portion of temporal bone - ✔✔flat, fanlike part of the temporal bone that
articulates the parietal bones at the squamosal suture; forms portion of the cranium
✔✔zygomatic process - ✔✔a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the
zygomatic arch; forms part of the cheekbone
✔✔external auditory meatus - ✔✔hole in the temporal bone extending medially to the
inner ear; entrance to the ear canal
