Head & Neck Anatomy - Quiz 1
(VCDH) |125 Exam Q’s and A’s
Which bones form the hard palate? - Horizontal plate of the palatine bone
and the palatal process of the maxillae
- Name the two main parts of the bone that make up the posterior wall of
the orbit. - Greater wing of the sphenoid and the lesser wing of the sphenoid.
- List the 7 bones that are associated with the anatomy of the orbit of the
eye. - Lacrimal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Maxilla
Zygomatic
Palatine
Frontal
- How many bones form the skull? - 22
- How are the bones of the skull divided? - Neurocranium and
vsicerocranium
- What bones are categorized as neurocranium? - Ethmoid
Frontal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Parietal (2)
Temporal (2)
- What bones are categorized as vsicerocranium? - Nasal bones (2)
Lacrimal bones (2)
Maxillary bones (2)
Inferior nasal concha (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Palatine (2)
Vomer
Mandible
- What bones make up the ring of the orbit? - - Frontal bone
- Zygomatic bone
- Maxillary bone
, - What divides the anterior and middle cranial fossa? - Lesser wing of the
sphenoid
- What divides the posterior and middle cranial fossa? - Petrous temporal
bone
- Where is the sphenoid sinus? - In the body of the sphenoid bone
- What are the parts of the sphenoid bone? - - Body
- Greater wing of the sphenoid
- Lesser wing of the sphenoid
- Pterygoid process
- What's located in the hypophoseal fossa? - The pituitary gland which is the
main center for hormones
- Where is the hypophoseal fossa located? - Inside the body of the sphenoid.
- What makes up the pterygoid process? - - Medial pterygoid plate and
hamulus
- Lateral pterygoid plate
- Pterygoid fossa
- Discuss the growth of mandibular arch. - - growth in height and width come
from the alveolar process and the body of the mandible
- increase in arch length comes from resorption of the anterior ramus and
apposition of the posterior ramus
- Discuss the growth of the maxillary arch. - - growth in height and width
come from the alveolar process and the palatial process
- growth in arch length occurs at the maxillary tuberosity
- Name the divisions of the mandible. - - horizontal body
- ramus
- Alveolar process
- What makes up the temporal fossa? - Frontal, parietal, sphenoid, and
temporal bones
- Which sinus always continues to grow and varies in sizes in people? - The
maxillary sinus
- Name the area immediately behind the maxillary third molars. - The
maxillary tuberosity.
(VCDH) |125 Exam Q’s and A’s
Which bones form the hard palate? - Horizontal plate of the palatine bone
and the palatal process of the maxillae
- Name the two main parts of the bone that make up the posterior wall of
the orbit. - Greater wing of the sphenoid and the lesser wing of the sphenoid.
- List the 7 bones that are associated with the anatomy of the orbit of the
eye. - Lacrimal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Maxilla
Zygomatic
Palatine
Frontal
- How many bones form the skull? - 22
- How are the bones of the skull divided? - Neurocranium and
vsicerocranium
- What bones are categorized as neurocranium? - Ethmoid
Frontal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Parietal (2)
Temporal (2)
- What bones are categorized as vsicerocranium? - Nasal bones (2)
Lacrimal bones (2)
Maxillary bones (2)
Inferior nasal concha (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Palatine (2)
Vomer
Mandible
- What bones make up the ring of the orbit? - - Frontal bone
- Zygomatic bone
- Maxillary bone
, - What divides the anterior and middle cranial fossa? - Lesser wing of the
sphenoid
- What divides the posterior and middle cranial fossa? - Petrous temporal
bone
- Where is the sphenoid sinus? - In the body of the sphenoid bone
- What are the parts of the sphenoid bone? - - Body
- Greater wing of the sphenoid
- Lesser wing of the sphenoid
- Pterygoid process
- What's located in the hypophoseal fossa? - The pituitary gland which is the
main center for hormones
- Where is the hypophoseal fossa located? - Inside the body of the sphenoid.
- What makes up the pterygoid process? - - Medial pterygoid plate and
hamulus
- Lateral pterygoid plate
- Pterygoid fossa
- Discuss the growth of mandibular arch. - - growth in height and width come
from the alveolar process and the body of the mandible
- increase in arch length comes from resorption of the anterior ramus and
apposition of the posterior ramus
- Discuss the growth of the maxillary arch. - - growth in height and width
come from the alveolar process and the palatial process
- growth in arch length occurs at the maxillary tuberosity
- Name the divisions of the mandible. - - horizontal body
- ramus
- Alveolar process
- What makes up the temporal fossa? - Frontal, parietal, sphenoid, and
temporal bones
- Which sinus always continues to grow and varies in sizes in people? - The
maxillary sinus
- Name the area immediately behind the maxillary third molars. - The
maxillary tuberosity.
