THE SKULL LAB CHEATSHEET
1. The skull is made of facial and cranial bones. How many bones in total make up the skull____________?
2. Most facial bones come in bilateral pairs. However, the _________ and __________ facial bones are not paired.
3. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the following structures on the “Maxilla” a. Palatine process b. Alveolar process c. Orbital margin
4. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the hyoid bone.
5. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the 3 auditory ossicles found on the temporal bone.
6. What is special about the hyoid bone (Clue: Articulation)
7. List the facial bones found in the skull _______________
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(Be sure to locate these bones in your textbook or atlas app as you name them)
8. List the cranial bones found in the skull _______________
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9. Sinuses are cavity spaces lined with epithelia tissue and filled with air in the skull. These
epithelia tissue produce thin mucus responsible for keeping the nose clean and free from
bacteria. Bacterial infections broadly referred to as “Sinusitis” arise when epithelia sinus
linings become inflamed and the cavities fill up with fluid. List the four sinus cavities found
in the skull.
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10. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app locate the following structures on the “Temporal
bone”
a) Mastoid process
b) Styloid process
c) External Acoustic Meatus
d) Zygomatic arch
e) Temporal process
f) Zygomatic process
11. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the following structures on the “Mandible”
a) Coronoid process
b) Mandibular condyle or condylar process
c) Mandibular notch
d) Mandibular foramen
12. The fusion points for cranial bones in the skull are called “sutures”. Name the four sutures
found in the skull.
a) _______________________________
b) _______________________________
c) _______________________________
d) ________________________________
13. What is the difference between a suture and a fontanel?
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14. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the following structures on the “Ethmoid
bone”
a) Crista galli
b) Perpendicular plate
c) Superior nasal cocha
d) Middle nasal cocha
e) Cribiform plate
f) Foramina
11. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the following structures on the
“Sphenoid bone”
a) Foramen ovale
b) Foramen rotundum
c) Foramen spinosum
d) Foramen lacerum
e) Sella Turcica
f) Optic canal
g) Superior orbital fissure
h) Pterygoid process
i) Lesser wing
j) Greater wing
12. From your textbook or anatomy atlas app, locate the following structures on the
“Occipital Bone”
a) Foramen magnum
b) Hypoglossal canal
c) Jugular foramen
13. On the temporal bone there are several bone markings. Bone markings could include
processes, canals, arch’s, foramina, fossa’s and notches. Describe each of these term’s in
your own words
a. Process
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b. Canal
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c. Foramen
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d. Fossa
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e. Notch
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- 7 List the facial bones found in the skull 6:
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- Be sure to locate these bones in your textbook or atlas app as you name them:
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- 2_2:
- 3:
- 4:
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- in the skull 1:
- in the skull 2:
- in the skull 3:
- in the skull 4:
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- Process:
- b Canal:
- Foramen:
- d Fossa:
- Notch:
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