BSC 2085L SPRING UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
BUNDLED RESOURCE
●● Skull is composed of the
Answer: cranium and facial bones
●● 2 Major areas in the cranium
Answer: cranial vault and cranial floor
●● cranial vault
Answer: superior, lateral, and posterior walls of skull
●● cranial floor
Answer: 3 concavities; anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossae
●● Cranium major sutures
Answer: coronal, lambdoid, sagittal, squamous
●● Coronal suture
Answer: connects the frontal bone to the parietal bone
,●● Lambdoid suture
Answer: connects the parietal bone to the occipital bone
●● Sagittal suture
Answer: connects the left and right parietal bones
●● Squamous suture
Answer: connects the parietal bone to the temporal bone
●● Frontal bone structures
Answer: Glabella, Supraorbital foramen (notch)
●● Glabella
Answer: located between the orbital cavities
●● Supraorbital foramen (notch)
Answer: opening above each orbit, passageway for blood vessels and
nerves
●● Parietal bone structures
Answer: sagittal suture, coronal suture
,●● Temporal bone structures
Answer: Squamous region, tympanic region
●● Squamous region
Answer: Zygomatic process
●● Tympanic region
Answer: External acoustic meatus, styloid process, mastoid region,
petrous region
●● External acoustic meatus
Answer: ear canal
●● Styloid process
Answer: muscle/ligament attachment site
●● Mastoid region
Answer: muscle attachment site (mastoid process)
●● Petrous region
Answer: jugular foramen, carotid canal, internal acoustic meatus
, ●● Jugular foramen
Answer: passage for internal jugular vein, cranial nerves IX
(glossopharyngeal), X (vagus), XI (accessory)
●● Carotid canal
Answer: passage for internal carotid artery
●● Internal acoustic meatus
Answer: passage for cranial nerves VII (facial) & VIII
(vestibulocochlear)
●● Occipital bone structures
Answer: Foramen magnum, occipital condyles, hypoglossal canal
●● Foramen magnum
Answer: where the spinal cord enters the cranium to connect to the brain
●● Occipital condyles
Answer: articulation site with 1st cervical vertebra (atlas)
●● Hypoglossal canal
Answer: passage for cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal nerve)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
BUNDLED RESOURCE
●● Skull is composed of the
Answer: cranium and facial bones
●● 2 Major areas in the cranium
Answer: cranial vault and cranial floor
●● cranial vault
Answer: superior, lateral, and posterior walls of skull
●● cranial floor
Answer: 3 concavities; anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossae
●● Cranium major sutures
Answer: coronal, lambdoid, sagittal, squamous
●● Coronal suture
Answer: connects the frontal bone to the parietal bone
,●● Lambdoid suture
Answer: connects the parietal bone to the occipital bone
●● Sagittal suture
Answer: connects the left and right parietal bones
●● Squamous suture
Answer: connects the parietal bone to the temporal bone
●● Frontal bone structures
Answer: Glabella, Supraorbital foramen (notch)
●● Glabella
Answer: located between the orbital cavities
●● Supraorbital foramen (notch)
Answer: opening above each orbit, passageway for blood vessels and
nerves
●● Parietal bone structures
Answer: sagittal suture, coronal suture
,●● Temporal bone structures
Answer: Squamous region, tympanic region
●● Squamous region
Answer: Zygomatic process
●● Tympanic region
Answer: External acoustic meatus, styloid process, mastoid region,
petrous region
●● External acoustic meatus
Answer: ear canal
●● Styloid process
Answer: muscle/ligament attachment site
●● Mastoid region
Answer: muscle attachment site (mastoid process)
●● Petrous region
Answer: jugular foramen, carotid canal, internal acoustic meatus
, ●● Jugular foramen
Answer: passage for internal jugular vein, cranial nerves IX
(glossopharyngeal), X (vagus), XI (accessory)
●● Carotid canal
Answer: passage for internal carotid artery
●● Internal acoustic meatus
Answer: passage for cranial nerves VII (facial) & VIII
(vestibulocochlear)
●● Occipital bone structures
Answer: Foramen magnum, occipital condyles, hypoglossal canal
●● Foramen magnum
Answer: where the spinal cord enters the cranium to connect to the brain
●● Occipital condyles
Answer: articulation site with 1st cervical vertebra (atlas)
●● Hypoglossal canal
Answer: passage for cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal nerve)
