Name: ___________________
Period:___________________
Date: __________________
Skull Review
1. The skull is one of the major components of the axial skeleton. Name the other two.
_____________________________ and __________________________________
What structures do each of these areas protect?
2. Define suture:
3. With one exception, the skull bones are joined by sutures. Name the exception.
4. What are the four major sutures of the skull, and what bones do they connect?
5. Name the eight bones composing the cranium.
6. Give two possible functions of the sinuses.
7. What is the orbit?
8. Match the bone names in column B with the descriptions in column A
Column A
Column B
a. bone forming anterior cranium
b. cheekbone
c. upper jaw
d. bony skeleton of nose
e. posterior roof of mouth
f. bone pair united by the sagittal suture
g. superior and medial nasal conchae
are part of this bone
h. spinal cord passes through a large
opening in this bone
i. forms the chin
j. inferior part of the nasal septum
k. superior part of the nasal septum
ethmoid
frontal
lacrimal
mandible
maxillary
nasal
occipital
palatine
parietal
sphenoid
temporal
vomer
zygomatic
The Fetal Skull
1. Are the same skull bones seen in the adult found in the fetal skull? Explain
2. How does the size of the fetal cranium compare to that of the whole fetal skull?
How does this compare to the adult skull?
3. What is a fontanel?
What is its fate?
What is the function of the fontanels in the fetal skull?
4. Using the terms listed; identify each of the fontanels shown on the fetal skull below.