Exit Quiz #3 Answers

1.  What bones are joined by the squamous suture? _____temporal and parietal_________________

2. The nasal septum is composed of a single cartilage component ___the septal cartilage__________, and two major bony components __vomer and perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone_________________ (be specific: X part of Y bone).

3. The atlas articulates with__the occipital condyles (of the occipital bone)__ (be specific)

4. The human skull has numerous foramina (holes) through which nerves, arteries and veins pass.  For example, the hypoglossal canals located in the ________occipital bone___________ transmit ______hypoglossal nerve________, which controls almost all muscles of your tongue, thereby controlling speech, food manipulation, and swallowing.

5. Name four pairs of paranasal sinuses:  ____frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, maxillary_______________