Head & Neck Anatomy Test 3 Exam Q’s and
A’s
The chorda tympani nerve passes through what opening in the temporal
bone? - -Petrotympanic fissure
- What are the three articulating parts to the temporomandibular joint? - -
Mandibular condyle, articular fossa and eminence, and articular disc
- The suture joining the frontal and parietal bones is the: - -Coronal suture
- The internal carotid artery enters the skull through the carotid canal and
then crosses into the: - -Foramen lacerum
- What cranial nerves pass through the jugular foramen? - -IX
Glossopharyngeal, X Vagus, and XI Accessory
- What bone contains the carotid canal? - -Petrous part of the temporal
bone
- What facial bones are single? - -Mandible, Vomer
- What are the three processes of the zygomatic bone? - -Frontal process,
Temporal process, Maxillary process
- The olfactory nerves are located in what bone? - -Cribiform plate of
theethmoid bone
- What is the name of the fifth cranial nerve? - -Trigeminal
- What are the purposes of the sinuses? - -Protect the surrounding bones,
Reduce weight of the skull, Act as a sound resonator, Provide mucous for
nasal cavity
- What cranial nerves pass through the superior orbital fissure? - -
Oculomotor III, Trochlear IV, Trigeminal V Opthalamic division, & Abducens VI
- The medial wall of the orbit is made by what two bones? - -Ehtmoid and
Lacrimal
- The facial nerve (CN 7) passes through the ____ and ___. - -stylomastoid
foramen and internal auditory meatus
- The jugular canal is formed by the incomplete fusion of what two bones? -
-Temporal and occipital
, - The temporal and parietal bones are joined by what suture? - -Squamous
- The human skull consists of _______ bones excluding the ossicles of the ear.
- -22
- The foramen lacerum is formed by the junction of what three bones? - -
Temporal, Occipital and Sphenoid
- The foramen rotundum is located in the ________________ bone and contains
the ____________ nerve. - -Sphenoid bone and contains the maxillary nerve
- The mastoid process is part of what bone? - -Temporal bone
- The foramen rotundum contains what cranial nerve? - -Maxillary of
trigeminal
- Cranial Nerve VII is called the: - -Facial
- The foramen spinosum is located in what cranial bone? - -Sphenoid
- The inferior alveolar nerve passes into what foramen or canal? - -
Mandibular foramen to Mandibular canal to Mental foramen
- Bone degrading cells are called ___. - -Osteoclasts
- The ___ is the most anterior portion of the sphenoid bone. - -Greater wing
- The hypoglossal canal is located in what bone? - -Occipital
- What two cranial nerve passes through the internal auditory meatus? - -
Vestibule cochlear (VIII) and Facial (VII)
- What are the two prominent sutures of the hard palate? - -Transverse
suture, Median palatine suture
- The infraorbital foramen and canal are located in what bone? - -Maxilla
- The glenoid or mandibular fossa is located: ___ and ___to the external
auditory meatus. - -Anterior and medial to the external auditory meatus
- What is the name given to the small fingernail-like bone forming part of the
medial wall of the orbit? - -Lacrimal
- Which of the following oral landmarks separates the base from the body of
the tongue? - -Sulcular terminalis
A’s
The chorda tympani nerve passes through what opening in the temporal
bone? - -Petrotympanic fissure
- What are the three articulating parts to the temporomandibular joint? - -
Mandibular condyle, articular fossa and eminence, and articular disc
- The suture joining the frontal and parietal bones is the: - -Coronal suture
- The internal carotid artery enters the skull through the carotid canal and
then crosses into the: - -Foramen lacerum
- What cranial nerves pass through the jugular foramen? - -IX
Glossopharyngeal, X Vagus, and XI Accessory
- What bone contains the carotid canal? - -Petrous part of the temporal
bone
- What facial bones are single? - -Mandible, Vomer
- What are the three processes of the zygomatic bone? - -Frontal process,
Temporal process, Maxillary process
- The olfactory nerves are located in what bone? - -Cribiform plate of
theethmoid bone
- What is the name of the fifth cranial nerve? - -Trigeminal
- What are the purposes of the sinuses? - -Protect the surrounding bones,
Reduce weight of the skull, Act as a sound resonator, Provide mucous for
nasal cavity
- What cranial nerves pass through the superior orbital fissure? - -
Oculomotor III, Trochlear IV, Trigeminal V Opthalamic division, & Abducens VI
- The medial wall of the orbit is made by what two bones? - -Ehtmoid and
Lacrimal
- The facial nerve (CN 7) passes through the ____ and ___. - -stylomastoid
foramen and internal auditory meatus
- The jugular canal is formed by the incomplete fusion of what two bones? -
-Temporal and occipital
, - The temporal and parietal bones are joined by what suture? - -Squamous
- The human skull consists of _______ bones excluding the ossicles of the ear.
- -22
- The foramen lacerum is formed by the junction of what three bones? - -
Temporal, Occipital and Sphenoid
- The foramen rotundum is located in the ________________ bone and contains
the ____________ nerve. - -Sphenoid bone and contains the maxillary nerve
- The mastoid process is part of what bone? - -Temporal bone
- The foramen rotundum contains what cranial nerve? - -Maxillary of
trigeminal
- Cranial Nerve VII is called the: - -Facial
- The foramen spinosum is located in what cranial bone? - -Sphenoid
- The inferior alveolar nerve passes into what foramen or canal? - -
Mandibular foramen to Mandibular canal to Mental foramen
- Bone degrading cells are called ___. - -Osteoclasts
- The ___ is the most anterior portion of the sphenoid bone. - -Greater wing
- The hypoglossal canal is located in what bone? - -Occipital
- What two cranial nerve passes through the internal auditory meatus? - -
Vestibule cochlear (VIII) and Facial (VII)
- What are the two prominent sutures of the hard palate? - -Transverse
suture, Median palatine suture
- The infraorbital foramen and canal are located in what bone? - -Maxilla
- The glenoid or mandibular fossa is located: ___ and ___to the external
auditory meatus. - -Anterior and medial to the external auditory meatus
- What is the name given to the small fingernail-like bone forming part of the
medial wall of the orbit? - -Lacrimal
- Which of the following oral landmarks separates the base from the body of
the tongue? - -Sulcular terminalis
