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The Skull

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The external acoustic meatus is a feature of which skull bone?

a)

Parietal

b)

Temporal

c)

Occipital

d)

Frontal

e)

None of the above

2.

Which bone is being indicated by the arrow?

a)

Cribriform plate

b)

Crista galli

c)

Sella Turcica

d)

Mental foramen

3.
a)
lambdoid suture
b)
sagittal suture
c)
squamous suture
d)
coronal suture
4.

The bone indicated by #5 is the

a)

parietal bone

b)

temporal bone

c)

spheniod bone

d)

occipital bone

5.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Vomer
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Lacrimal
6.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Vomer
c)
Ethmoid
d)
Lacrimal
7.
The structure indicated by #9 is the 
a)
zygomatic process
b)
mastoid process
c)
styloid process
d)
inferior conchae
8.
a)

occipital foramen

b)

vertebral foramen

c)

foramen magnum

d)

occipital arch

9.
a)

sagittal

b)

squamous

c)

coronal

d)

lambdoid

10.
Which suture joins the frontal to the 2 parietal, is also the most anterior
a)
Coronal
b)
Lambdoid
c)
Squamous
d)
Sagittal
11.
a)
Zygomatic
b)
Temporal
c)
Parietal
d)
Lacrimal
12.
a)

Maxilla

b)

Occipital

c)

Zygomatic

d)

Nasal Spine

e)

Mandible

13.

Which of the following bones contains the foramen magnum?

a)

Frontal

b)

Parietal

c)

Occipital

d)

Sphenoid

14.

Which bone is the only moveable bone of the skull (excluding ossicles)?

a)

Mandible

b)

Temporal

c)

Maxilla

d)

Palatine

15.

Which bone forms the prominence of the cheek?

a)

Maxilla

b)

Temporal

c)

Lacrimal

d)

Zygomatic

16.

The coronal suture is located between which two bones?

a)

Parietal and occipital

b)

Frontal and parietal

c)

Temporal and parietal

d)

Temporal and sphenoid

17.

A pt has CSF leaking from their nose after trauma. Which bone was most likely fractured?

a)

Occipital

b)

Frontal

c)

Ethmoid

d)

Maxilla