Quarter Assessment
Across
- 4. projects upward into the cranial cavity.
- 7. forms the sides and base of the cranium.
- 8. bar like process that forms part of the zygomatic arch.
- 9. This suture is between the parietal & temporal bones
- 10. suture that is situated between the two parietal bones.
- 12. light, spongy bone that is the main support of the nasal cavity.
- 15. • large, bat-shaped bone that forms most of the cranial floor.
- 19. most posterior bone of cranium.
- 20. this bone forms the forehead.
- 21. makes up the cheekbones.
- 22. groove is a pathway for tears into the nasal cavity.
- 23. flat area projecting upward at each end.
- 24. forms the sides and roof of the cranium.
- 25. carries nerves to the nasal region.
- 27. openings above each orbit allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass.
Down
- 1. single, dagger-shaped bone.
- 2. large opening in base that allows the spinal cord to join with the brain.
- 3. rounded projection posterior to the external acoustic meatus.
- 5. suture formed between the two parietal bones and the frontal bone.
- 6. centrally located depression which holds the pituitary gland.
- 11. L-shaped bones located behind the maxillae that form the floor of the nasal cavity and hard palate.
- 13. forms part of the bridge of the nose.
- 14. process that each zygomatic bone has.
- 16. only bone of the body that does not articulate directly with any other bone.
- 17. forms the upper jaw and most of the hard palate.
- 18. thin, curved bones attached to the lateral walls of the nasal cavity.
- 22. a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint on the posterior aspect of the skull that connects the parietal bones with the occipital bone.
- 26. The only movable facial bone.