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1
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Forms the forehead

A

Frontal

2
Q

Where sound enters and leads to the eardrum

A

External meatus

3
Q

What suture connects the two parietal bones

A

Sagittal

4
Q

What suture connects the frontal and parietal bone

A

Coronal

5
Q

Protects the brain

A

Parietal

6
Q

Connects the occipital and parietal

A

Lambdoid

7
Q

Protects the eyes and brain

A

Frontal

8
Q

Protects the brain and ears

A

Temporal

9
Q

Attachment side of neck muscles and ligaments

A

Styloid process

10
Q

Connects parietal and temporal

A

Squamous

11
Q

Forms the superior and lateral walls of cranium

A

Parietal

12
Q

Sharp needle like projection

A

Styloid process

13
Q

Butterfly shaped and spans width of skull

A

Sphenoid

14
Q

Provides protection to ear and eye

A

Zygomatic process

15
Q

Ear gets infected and can spread to brain

A

Mastaiditis

16
Q

Forms a snug enclosure for the pituitary gland

A

Sella Turcia

17
Q

Forms roof of the nasal cavity

A

Ethmoid bone

18
Q

Forms base and back walls of skull

A

Occipital

19
Q

Protects the brain

A

Occipital

20
Q

Full of air cavities- sinuses

A

Mastoid process

21
Q

Allows spinal cord to connect with the brain

A

Foramen magnum

22
Q

Large hole

A

Foramen magnum

23
Q

Rest on the first vertebrae of the spinal column

A

Occipital Condyles

24
Q

Helps with movement and rotation of head

A

Occipital condyles

25
Q

Joins with check bone

A

Zygomatic process

26
Q

Medial part of the sphenoid bone

A

Sells Turcia

27
Q

Attachment site for muscles of neck

A

Mastoid process

28
Q

Forms part of the floor of the cranial cavity

A

Sphenoid

29
Q

Allows fibers of cranial nerve V to pass to the chewing muscles of the lower jaw

A

Foramen Ovale

30
Q

Large Oval opening of sphenoid bone

A

Formen Ovale

31
Q

Very irregular shape

A

Ethmoid

32
Q

Sinuses are associated with it

A

Ethmoid bone

33
Q

Superior surface of the ethmoid

A

Crusts Galli

34
Q

Outermost covering of the brain attaches to this projection

A

Crista Galli

35
Q

Many small holes around it and on both sides

A

Crista Galli

36
Q

Allows nerve fibers carrying impulses from the olfactory receptors of the nose to reach the brain

A

Cribiform plates

38
Q

Small depression in sphenoid bone

A

Sella Turcia