Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, 9th Edition
Chapter 11: Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Which of the following bones is part of the floor of the cranium?
a.Temporal
b.Occipital
c.Frontal
d.Parietal
ANS: AREF: 377
2.How many bones make up the facial bone region?
a.6
b.8
c.12
d.14
ANS: DREF: 377
3.Which bony landmark represents the highest level of the facial bone mass?
a.Nasion
b.Acanthion
c.Orbital plates
d.Supraorbital notch ANS: CREF: 378
4.The widest portion of the cranium is found at the level of the:
a.parietal tubercles.
b.right and left pterion.
c.squamous portion of the temporal bone.
d.external acoustic meatus (EAM).
ANS: AREF: 379
5.What is the name of the joint found between the lateral condylar processes of
the skull and the atlas of C1?
a.Zygapophyseal joint
b.Intervertebral joint
c.Atlanto-occipital joint
d.Cervico-occipital joint
ANS: CREF: 379
6.Which cranial bone articulates with the other seven cranial bones?
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a.Parietal
b.Ethmoid
c.Sphenoid
d.None of the above
ANS: CREF: 381
7.The slight depression above each eyebrow is termed the:
a.glabella.
b.supraorbital foramina.
c.supraorbital groove.
d.frontal tuberosity.
ANS: CREF: 378
8.Which of the following cranial bones does not articulate with the parietal bone?
a.Frontal
b.Sphenoid
c.Occipital
d.All of the above articulate with the parietal bone.
ANS: DREF: 379
9.The left mastoid fontanel becomes the in an adult.
a.left asterion
b.left pterion
c.left bregma
d.squamosal suture
ANS: AREF: 383
10.There are a total of fontanelsinaninfant.
a.four
b.two
c.six
d.eight
ANS: CREF: 383
11.The frontal bone articulates with cranial bones.
a.four
b.six
c.two
d.five
ANS: AREF: 378
12.Which of the following landmarks corresponds with the level of the petrous ridge?
a.EAM
b.Top of ear attachment (TEA)
c.Squamosal suture
d.Inion
ANS: BREF: 380
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13.The pituitary gland (hypophysis cerebri) is associated with and protected by thebone.
a.temporal
b.ethmoid
c.palatine
d.sphenoid
ANS: DREF: 381
14.Which cranial bone contains the foramen ovale?
a.Sphenoid
b.Occipital
c.Ethmoid
d.Temporal
ANS: AREF: 381
15.Which cranial bone contains the cribriform plate?
a.Sphenoid
b.Occipital
c.Temporal
d.Ethmoid
ANS: DREF: 382
16.Which of the following sutures separates the parietal from the occipital bone?
a.Squamosal
b.Sagittal
c.Coronal
d.Lambdoidal ANS: DREF: 383
17.Which of the following terms describes the anterior fontanel found in the adult skull?
a.Bregma
b.Pterion
c.Asterion
d.Lambda
ANS: AREF: 383
18.Which of the following terms describes the small irregular bones occasionally found in the sutures?
a.Asterion
b.Wormian
c.Sesamoid
d.Squamosal
ANS: BREF: 383
19.The ethmoid notch is part of which cranial bone?
a.Temporal
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Chapter 11: Cranium, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses
Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Which of the following bones is part of the floor of the cranium?
a.Temporal
b.Occipital
c.Frontal
d.Parietal
ANS: AREF: 377
2.How many bones make up the facial bone region?
a.6
b.8
c.12
d.14
ANS: DREF: 377
3.Which bony landmark represents the highest level of the facial bone mass?
a.Nasion
b.Acanthion
c.Orbital plates
d.Supraorbital notch ANS: CREF: 378
4.The widest portion of the cranium is found at the level of the:
a.parietal tubercles.
b.right and left pterion.
c.squamous portion of the temporal bone.
d.external acoustic meatus (EAM).
ANS: AREF: 379
5.What is the name of the joint found between the lateral condylar processes of
the skull and the atlas of C1?
a.Zygapophyseal joint
b.Intervertebral joint
c.Atlanto-occipital joint
d.Cervico-occipital joint
ANS: CREF: 379
6.Which cranial bone articulates with the other seven cranial bones?
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a.Parietal
b.Ethmoid
c.Sphenoid
d.None of the above
ANS: CREF: 381
7.The slight depression above each eyebrow is termed the:
a.glabella.
b.supraorbital foramina.
c.supraorbital groove.
d.frontal tuberosity.
ANS: CREF: 378
8.Which of the following cranial bones does not articulate with the parietal bone?
a.Frontal
b.Sphenoid
c.Occipital
d.All of the above articulate with the parietal bone.
ANS: DREF: 379
9.The left mastoid fontanel becomes the in an adult.
a.left asterion
b.left pterion
c.left bregma
d.squamosal suture
ANS: AREF: 383
10.There are a total of fontanelsinaninfant.
a.four
b.two
c.six
d.eight
ANS: CREF: 383
11.The frontal bone articulates with cranial bones.
a.four
b.six
c.two
d.five
ANS: AREF: 378
12.Which of the following landmarks corresponds with the level of the petrous ridge?
a.EAM
b.Top of ear attachment (TEA)
c.Squamosal suture
d.Inion
ANS: BREF: 380
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13.The pituitary gland (hypophysis cerebri) is associated with and protected by thebone.
a.temporal
b.ethmoid
c.palatine
d.sphenoid
ANS: DREF: 381
14.Which cranial bone contains the foramen ovale?
a.Sphenoid
b.Occipital
c.Ethmoid
d.Temporal
ANS: AREF: 381
15.Which cranial bone contains the cribriform plate?
a.Sphenoid
b.Occipital
c.Temporal
d.Ethmoid
ANS: DREF: 382
16.Which of the following sutures separates the parietal from the occipital bone?
a.Squamosal
b.Sagittal
c.Coronal
d.Lambdoidal ANS: DREF: 383
17.Which of the following terms describes the anterior fontanel found in the adult skull?
a.Bregma
b.Pterion
c.Asterion
d.Lambda
ANS: AREF: 383
18.Which of the following terms describes the small irregular bones occasionally found in the sutures?
a.Asterion
b.Wormian
c.Sesamoid
d.Squamosal
ANS: BREF: 383
19.The ethmoid notch is part of which cranial bone?
a.Temporal
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