ANATOMY FOR IMAGING PROFESSIONALS 3RD EDITION BY KELLEY

Chapter 2: Cranium and Facial Bones Test Bank 

MULTIPLE CHOICE 

1. Which of the following is a foramen contained within the sphenoid bone?  

a. Foramen lacerum 

b. Foramen ovale 

c. Jugular foramen 

d. Mental foramen 

ANS: B   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

2. The cribriform plate is part of which cranial bone?  

a. Sphenoid 

b. Temporal 

c. Ethmoid 

d. Occipital 

ANS: C   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

3. The lower portion of the bony nasal septum is formed by which facial bone? a. Maxilla  

b. Vomer 

c. Palatine bone               

d. Lacrimal bone  

ANS: B   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone.

4. The zygomatic arch is formed by the zygoma and the:  

a. maxilla. 

b. parietal bone. 

c. temporal bone. 

d. mandible. 

ANS: C   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

5. The anterior surface of the temporomandibular articular disk attaches to which muscle? a. 

Temporalis 

b. Medial pterygoid  

ANS: C  OBJ: Describe the structures that comprise the temporomandibular joint. 

6. The osteomeatal complex is located in which portion of the maxillary sinus?  

a. Superior medial 

b. Superior lateral 

c. Inferior medial 

d. Inferior lateral 

ANS: A   

OBJ: Identify the location of each paranasal sinus and the meatus into which it drains.  

7. Which of the following are the structures of the inner ear?  

a. Semicircular canals, malleus, vestibule 

b. Cochlea, incus, oval window 

c. Vestibule, cochlea, malleus 

d. Semicircular canals, cochlea, vestibule 

ANS: D  OBJ: Identify the structures of the ear and describe their functions. 

8. Which opening is located between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid bone? a. Superior 

orbital fissure 

b. Optic canal 

c. Inferior orbital fissure 

d. Optic foramen 

ANS: D  OBJ: Identify the bones that form the orbit and their associated openings. 

9. Which of the following is not a muscle of the eye?  

a. Superior rectus 

b. Lateral rectus 

c. Superior oblique  

d. Lateral oblique              

ANS: D  OBJ: List the muscles of the eye and describe their functions and locations. 

10. Which of the following cranial bones form the largest portion of the sides of the cranium? a. 

Parietal bones 

b. Temporal bones 

c. Occipital bones 

d. Sphenoid bones  

ANS: A   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

11. The parietal bones articulate with the _____, and temporal bones.  

a. ethmoid, frontal, occipital 

b. sphenoid, occipital, frontal 

c. ethmoid, frontal, maxillary 

d. sphenoid, frontal, maxillary 

ANS: B   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

12. The lateral masses and the superior and middle nasal conchae are part of which cranial bone? a. 

Ethmoid 

b. Sphenoid 

c. Temporal 

d. Frontal 

ANS: A   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

13. Which structure of the sphenoid bone houses the pituitary gland?  

a. Foramen ovale 

b. Pterygoid process 

c. Sella turcica 

d. Anterior clinoid process 

ANS: C   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

14. The petrosal nerve passes through the:  

a. foramen rotundum. 

b. foramen spinosum. 

c. optic canal. 

d. pterygoid canal. 

ANS: D   

OBJ: Identify the location and unique structures of each cranial and facial bone. 

15. The foramen magnum is a structure of which cranial bone?  

a. Sphenoid   

b. Ethmoid  

c. Frontal  

d. Occipital        

ANS: D