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Skull
1. All of the followings are parts of temporal bone except:
a. styloid process
b. Mastoid process
c. Greater wing
d. Tympanic bone
e. Petrous bone
2. The skull sutures are:
a. Plane synovial joints
b. Primary cartilaginous joints
c. Secondary cartilaginous joints
d. Fibrous joints
e. Pivot synovial joint
3. Concerning the anterior fontanel all of the following are correct except:
a. Located between frontal & parietal bones
b. It may indicate the degree of hydration
c. In adults it is called bregma
d. It closed immediately after birth
e. It closed at 18 month after birth
4. Regarding the pterion which one is incorrect?
a. Its site of meeting between greater wings, frontal, parietal and temporal bones
b. It is grooved by middle meningeal artery
c. Its fracture may associated with subdural hemorrhage
d. It is covered by temporalis muscle
5. Which of the following does not enter the orbit via the superior orbital fissure?
a. Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve
b. Oculomotor nerve
c. Trochlear nerve
d. Abducent nerve
e. Opthalmic division of trigeminal nerve
6. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive characteristic of a typical cervical vertebra?
a. The body is small and wider from side to side than anteroposteriorly.
b. The vertebral foramen is large and triangular.
c. The transverse processes contain transverse foramina.
d. The articular processes contain superior facets directed inferoanteriorly.
e. The spinous processes are short and bifid.
7. Which one of the following foramena is found in the anterior cranial fossa?
a. Foramen ovale
b. Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone
c. Jugular foramen
d. Foramen magnum
8. What is the artery that passes through the foramen spinosum?
a. Accessory meningeal artery
b. Middle meningeal artery
c. Internal carotid artery
d. None of the above
9. The odontoid process is confined to?
a. First cervical vertebra
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b. Second cervical vertebra
c. Seventh cervical vertebra
d. None of the above
10. In the anterior view of the viscerocranium, which one of the following bones is single:
a. Nasal.
b. Frontal.
c. Lacrimal.
d. Maxillary.
e. Zygomatic.
11. Which part of the frontal bone contributes to the floor of the anterior cranial fossa?
a. Nasal.
b. Squamous.
c. Orbital plate.
d. Maxillary process.
e. Zygomatic process.
12. In the anterior cranial fossa, the cribriform plate is part of the
a. Frontal.
b. Maxillary.
c. Zygomatic.
d. Ethmoidal.
e. Sphenoidal
13. The ____ artery exit the middle cranial fossa through the optic canal:
a. Buccal.
b. Pterygoid.
c. Masseteric.
d. Ophthalmic.
e. Deep temporal.
14. The nerve that provides motor supply to the tongue emerges from the cranium through a
canal in the _____ bone:
a. Nasal.
b. Maxilla.
c. Parietal.
d. Lacrimal.
e. Occipital.
15. The internal acoustic meatus is a canal within the ___ bone:
a. Occipital.
b. Maxillary.
c. Temporal.
d. Zygomatic.
e. Sphenoidal.
16. The superior orbital fissure is a gap within the _____ bone:
a. Frontal.
b. Parietal.
c. Occipital.
d. Temporal.
e. Sphenoidal.
17. What is the nerve that passes through foramen rotundum?
a. Olfactory.
b. Maxillary.
c. Mandibular.
d. Ophthalmic.
e. Vestibulocochlear.
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