1. Check all of the following that are facial bones. Maxilla Nasal Occipital Zyg
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1. Check all of the following that are facial bones.
Maxilla
Nasal
Occipital
Zygomatic
Lacrimal
Sphenoid
Vomer
2. Check all that are typical differences between the female and male skull features.
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The female mandible is smaller and lighter than the male mandible.
The male superciliary arches are smaller with no prominence compared to those in females.
The squamous part of the frontal bone is usually more vertically oriented and rounded in females than in males.
The supraorbital margin has a thinner, sharper border in males than in females.
3. Which cranial bone houses the malleus, incus, and stapes?
Temporal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Occipital
4. The "soft spots" on an infant's head are caused by which of the following?
Cartilaginous cranial bones
Fontanelles
Injury to the skull during birth
Premature suture fusion
5. Check all of the following that form the lateral walls of the nasal complex.
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Ethmoid bone
Sphenoid bone
Maxilla Maxilla
Inferior nasal conchae
Perpendicular plates of the palatine bones
Lacrimal bones
6. The slender, curved bone that is located inferior to the skull between the mandible and larynx is the ____________ bone. It is unique in that is does not articulate with any bones in the body.
7. Select all that are true regarding bone development.
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Cranial bones form by intramembranous ossification.
Sternal bars fuse at about 8 months of development.
The neural tube surrounds the vertebral canal.
The tibia is formed through endochondral ossification.
Explanation / Answer
1. Maxilla, Nasal, Zygomatic, Lacrimal, Vomer
2. The female mandible is smaller and lighter than the male mandible.
The squamous part of the frontal bone is usually more vertically oriented and rounded in females than in males.
3. Temporal
4. Fontanelles
5. Ethmoid bone
Maxilla
Inferior nasal conchae
Perpendicular plates of the palatine bones
Lacrimal bones
6. hyoid
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