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1
Q

What are the five views of the skull called?

A
Norma Verticalis 
Norma Frontalis
Norma Occipitalis
Norma Lateralis
Norma Basalis
2
Q

What is the diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the frontal bone with both parietal bones?

A

Anterior Fontanelle

3
Q

What is the diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the occipital bone with both parietal bones?

A

Posterior Fontanelle

4
Q

What is the glabella?

A

Elevation of bone over the frontal sinus between the orbits

5
Q

What is the name given to the outline of the nasal cavity at the front of the skull?

A

Piriform Aperture

6
Q

What is the name given to the alveolar jugum of the canine tooth in the maxilla?

A

Canine Eminence

7
Q

What forms a bullet-like chin?

A

A large mental protuberance

8
Q

What forms an indented chin?

A

Well developed bilateral mental tubercles and a slight mental protuberance

9
Q

What bones form the pterion?

A

Parietal
Temporal
Sphenoid
Frontal

10
Q

What points on the skull are used to measure the skull size?

A

Nasion
Vertex
Inion
Gnathion

11
Q

What points on the skull are used to measure cranial vault capacity?

A

Nasion
Vertex
Inion

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