Bone

Question 1

Which of the following structure provides attachment to falx cerebrii?

Answer 1

Crista Galli

Question 2

Viscerocranium consists of how many bones?

Answer 2

15 irregular bones
(3 single bones centered on , 6 bones as bilateral pairs)

Question 3

Pneumatized bones

Answer 3

Frontal
Temporal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid

Question 4

Light and spongy, situated at the anterior part of the base of the cranium between orbits at the roof of the nose

Answer 4

Ethmoid bone

Question 5

4 parts of ethmoid bone

Answer 5

•Horizontal / cribriform plate (base of the cranium)
•perpendicular plate ( constituting part of the nasal septum)
•2 lateral masses or labyrinths

Question 6

The hypophyseal fossa is located in a depression in the body of the sphenoid bone; it houses what structure?

Answer 6

Pituitary