Copy and Edit

PMU - 2nd Semester Anatomy - CNS (Skull)

Description

2nd Semester QB MCQ PMU
Sole C
Quiz by Sole C, updated more than 1 year ago
Sole C
Created by Sole C almost 10 years ago
527
12
0

Resource summary

Question 1

Question
At birth the human skull is composed of the same of bony structures as it has at adulthood
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

Question
The main purpose of the skull is to provide a surface for attachment of facial muscles and to protect the brain.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

Question
The two halves of the mandible fuse during the first postnatal year.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
Sphenopalatine foramen transmits n.nasalis posterior superior and the sphenopalatine vessels.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

Question
Foramen supraorbitalis and incisura frontalis are parts of os zygomaticum.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

Question
Cavitas tympanica is part of the sphenoid bone.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

Question
The pyramid of the temporal bone has anterior, posterior and inferior surface
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

Question
Part of septum nasi is made of vomer
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

Question
The mandible in the newborn consists of two halves
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

Question
Sphenopalatine foramen is between nasal cavity and pterygopalitine fossa
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

Question
Cheekbones are also called the left and right:
Answer
  • Lacrimal
  • Maxilla
  • Palatine
  • Zygomatic

Question 12

Question
Most bones of the skull are held right, the exception to this is the:
Answer
  • Mandible
  • Occipital
  • Parietal
  • Zygomatic

Question 13

Question
Which of the following is a reasonable capacity for an adult human skull?
Answer
  • 500 Cubic centimeters
  • 1000 Cubic Centimeters
  • 1500 Cubic Centimeters
  • 2000 Cubic Centimeters

Question 14

Question
Which of these bones in a skull, Not a facial bone?
Answer
  • Maxilla
  • Parietal
  • Lacrimal
  • Vomer

Question 15

Question
What is the name of the suture between the parietal and frontal bones
Answer
  • Sagittal suture
  • Lamdoidal suture
  • Coronal suture
  • Squamous suture

Question 16

Question
How many wings does the sphenoid bone have?
Answer
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Question 17

Question
Which bone is horseshoe shaped
Answer
  • Mandible
  • Hyoid
  • Nasal
  • Zygomatic

Question 18

Question
Which bone is responsible for deformed pallet
Answer
  • Zygomatic
  • Maxilla
  • Nasal
  • Occipital

Question 19

Question
All of the following are facial bones EXCEPT
Answer
  • Ethmoid bone
  • Nasal bone
  • Maxilla
  • Mandible

Question 20

Question
Which of the following is a neurocranial bone?
Answer
  • Vomer Bone
  • Lacrimal Bone
  • Zygomatic Bone
  • Sphenoid Bone

Question 21

Question
The bone that does not articulate with any other bone is the:
Answer
  • Vomer bone
  • Zygomatic Bone
  • Hyoid bone
  • Ethmoid bone

Question 22

Question
What is the part of the skull that protects the brain called?
Answer
  • Auditory ossicles
  • Hyoid
  • Neurocranium
  • Splanchnocranium

Question 23

Question
How many bones are in an adult human skull:
Answer
  • 12
  • 17
  • 22
  • 25

Question 24

Question
The suture between the two parietal bones is:
Answer
  • Coronal suture
  • Squamous suture
  • Sagittal suture
  • Lambdoid suture
  • None of the above

Question 25

Question
The articular surface of temporal bone consists of:
Answer
  • Occipital subercle
  • Condylar fossa
  • Zygomatic process
  • Mandibular fossa and articular tubercle
  • Mental protuberance

Question 26

Question
How do the sizes of different gender human skulls compare?
Answer
  • Male skulls are larger than female skulls
  • Male skulls are smaller than female skulls
  • Male skulls are the same general size as female skulls
  • There is no correlation between gender and size

Question 27

Question
What is the technique of measuring bones of the skull called?
Answer
  • Anthropology
  • Craniometry
  • Phrenology
  • Physiognomy

Question 28

Question
Which of the following bones IS NOT a facial bone?
Answer
  • Os Ethmoidale
  • Vomer
  • Os Lacrimale
  • Maxilla
  • Concha nasalis inferior

Question 29

Question
Which of the listed anatomical structures belong to pars orbitalis of the frontal bone?
Answer
  • Arcus superciliaris
  • Fossa glandulae lacrimalis
  • Glabella
  • Crista Frontalis
  • Sulcus sinus sagittalis superioir

Question 30

Question
How many of the skull bones are used for facial support (as opposed to brain protection)?
Answer
  • 8
  • 10
  • 12
  • 14

Question 31

Question
The "soft spots" on a infants skull are also called:
Answer
  • Ethmoids
  • Fontanelles
  • Sutures
  • None of the these

Question 32

Question
Regarding the skull foramina content
Answer
  • Foraman rotundum transmits maxillary nerve
  • Foramen spinosum transmits the middle meningeal artery and the menigeal br. of the manidibular division of the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V)
  • The ophtalmic artery enters the orbit through the optic canal
  • Foramen ovale transmits the hypoglossal nerve
  • Jugular foramen transmits glossopharyngeal, vagus and accessory nerves

Question 33

Question
The lateral wall of nasal cavity includes:
Answer
  • Nasal Bones
  • Frontal process and the body of the maxilla
  • Ethmoid labyrinth
  • The perpendicular plate of the palatine
  • The body of sphenoid

Question 34

Question
The superior wall of the nasal cavity includes:
Answer
  • Nasal bones
  • Corpus ossis sphenoidalis
  • Lamina cribriformis of ethmoid bone
  • Perpendicular lamina of oss palatinus
  • Frontal process of maxilla

Question 35

Question
Which of the following statements are true:
Answer
  • Meatus acusticus internus is on the posterior wall of pars petrosa of os temporale
  • Foramen lacerum is surrounded by the temporal and sphenoid bone
  • Sutura coronalis connects parietal and occipital bones
  • Foramen ovale is on ala major of the sphenoid
  • Facial nerve exits the cranial cavity through foramen stylomasoideum

Question 36

Question
Paries superior of the orbit is made of:
Answer
  • Partes orbitales of os frontale
  • Lamina cribrosa of os ethmoidale
  • Ala minor of os sphenoidale
  • Processus orbitalis of os palatinum
  • Processus frontalis of maxilla

Question 37

Question
Regarding the bones of the skull
Answer
  • Fossa hypophysiali is part of os sphenoidale
  • Maxilla unpaired bone
  • Concha naslis inferior a seperate bone
  • Processus mastoideus is well developed in newborn
  • Septum nasi is made of 2 different bones

Question 38

Question
Regarding the paranasal sinuses
Answer
  • They are in maxilla, ethmoid, frontal and sphenoid bones
  • Sinus maxillaris opens in the meatus nasi medius
  • Sinus frontalis opens in meatus nasi medius
  • Sinus frontalis is entirely developed in the newborn
  • Sinus maxillaris is a common location for infection (sinusitis)

Question 39

Question
The following bones take part in the formation of the middle cranial fossa
Answer
  • Ethmoid
  • Greater wings and sella turcica of sphenoid
  • Anterior surface of petrous portion of temporal
  • Mastoid processus
  • Occipital

Question 40

Question
The following bones take part in the formation of the posterior cranial fossa:
Answer
  • Posterior surface of petrous portion of temporal
  • Greater wings of sphenoid
  • Orbital parts of frontal
  • Occipital
  • Cribriform plate (Lamina cribrosa) of ethmoid

Question 41

Question
Regarding the cranial nerves and the openings of the skull:
Answer
  • The cribriform plate (lamina cribrosa) of sphenoid bone transmits the olfactory nerves
  • N. opticus exits the skull through the superior orbital fissue.
  • Facial nerve passes through internal acustis meatus and stylomastoid foramen
  • Mandibular nerve passes through foramen ovale
  • CN IX, X pass through foramen lacerum

Question 42

Question
Regarding the cranial nerves and the openings of the skull:
Answer
  • The second division of trigeminal nerve (maxillary) passes through foramen rotundum
  • Foramen magnum transmits none of CN's
  • The facial nerve may be injured by infections of the middle ear
  • CN's III, IV, VI and V1(ophthalmic) pass through the same skull opening.
  • The three divisions of trigeminal nerve exit through separate openings of the skull.

Question 43

Question
The bones of the skull are joined at joints called:
Answer
  • Gomphoses
  • Sutures
  • Fissures
  • Symphyses
  • Synchondroses

Question 44

Question
The hard palate in the roof of the mouth is composed of the:
Answer
  • Palatine bones
  • Nasal conchae
  • Zygomatic bones
  • Maxilla
  • Vomer

Question 45

Question
Which of the following are considered facial bones?
Answer
  • Maxilla
  • Lacrimal
  • Vomer
  • Sphenoid
  • Ethmoid

Question 46

Question
In the skull of a newborn, there are not yet complete joints, as fibrous membranes connect cranial bones. What is the correct name for such a fibrous membrane?
Answer
  • Foramen
  • Fissue
  • Fontanel
  • Fossa
  • Facet

Question 47

Question
The foramen magnum is bounded by:
Answer
  • Partes laterals of occipital bone
  • Pars basilaris of occipital bone
  • Squama of occipital bone
  • Processus mastoideus of temporal bone
  • Posterior surface of pars petrosa of temporal bone

Question 48

Question
The bones in the cheek prominence are:
Answer
  • Frontal
  • Mandible
  • Temporal
  • Maxilla
  • Zygomatic

Question 49

Question
On the skull
Answer
  • Foramen Spinosum transmit a. meningea media
  • Foramen ovale connects middle cranial fossa will fossa infratemporalis
  • Fissura petrotympanica transmits chorda tympani
  • Septum nasi is formed only by vomer
  • Foramen supraorbitale is on the anterior surface of corpus maxillae

Question 50

Question
On ala major of the sphenoid bone is located:
Answer
  • Foramen supraorbitale
  • Foramen ovale
  • Foramen zygomaticofaciale
  • Foramen rotundum
  • Foramen spinosum

Question 51

Question
On the skull
Answer
  • Meatus acusticus internus is on the posterior surface of pars petrosa of the temporal bone
  • Foramen jugulare is surronded by the occipital and sphenoid bone
  • n.facialis exits the cranial cavity through foramen spinosum
  • Foramen ovale is on ala major of the sphenoid bone
  • Foramen jugulare transmits glossopharyngeal, vagus and accessorius nerve

Question 52

Question
In formation of the anterior cranial fossa takes part
Answer
  • Body of the sphenoid bone
  • Ala minor of the sphenoid bone
  • Ala major of the sphenoid bone
  • Lamina cribrosa of the ethmoid bone
  • Partes orbitales of the frontal bone

Question 53

Question
The occipital bone:
Answer
  • Is in four bony parts at birth
  • Is grooved by the transverse sinus
  • Is a single bone by the age of about 8 years
  • Forms part of the jugular foramen
  • Articulates with the parietal bone at the coronal suture

Question 54

Question
The occipital bone:
Answer
  • Ossifies entirely in membrane
  • Fuses with the sphenoid bone at the age of about 15 years
  • Has a foramen through which the hypoglossal nerve passes
  • Has the trapezius and sternocleidomastoideus muscles attached to it
  • Forms part of the roof of the nasopharynx

Question 55

Question
The frontal bone:
Answer
  • Ossifies in membrane
  • Forms the main part of the roof of the nose
  • Forms the main part of the roof of the orbit
  • Has sinuses each of which opens into the middle meatus of the nose
  • Is in two parts at birth.

Question 56

Question
The temporal bone
Answer
  • Ossifies wholly in cartilage
  • Contains the whole of the carotid canel
  • Forms the whole of the external auditory meatus
  • Forms part of the jugular foramen
  • has attached to it the levator veli palatini muscle

Question 57

Question
The temporal bone
Answer
  • Is grooved by the superior petrosal sinus
  • Has attached to it the falx cerebri
  • Transmits the auricular branch of the vagus nerve
  • Lies entirely in the middle cranial fossa
  • Forms parts of the foramen lacerum
Show full summary Hide full summary

Want to create your own Quizzes for free with GoConqr? Learn more.

Similar

The structure of the heart
rachel_w
4. The Skeletal System - bones of the skull
t.whittingham
Neuro anatomy
James Murdoch
The Circulatory System
mimtasin afra
The structure of the Heart, AS Biology
mill-bill
Renal System A&P
Kirsty Jayne Buckley
Respiratory anatomy
James Murdoch
Unit 4: The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
Cath Warriner
1. Anatomy & Physiology of the Ear
t.whittingham
Respiration
Sarita Saha
Endocrine System Practice Essay Questions
Taneka Dunn
Browse Library