MCQs of General Anatomy – Osteology

Bregma is the name given to the junction of the

‘Pterion ‘ is:

Lateral part of middle cranial fossa and posterior cranial fossa are divided by :

The maxilla articulates with all of the following bones, except one. Identify the exception:

Highest point on skull

Which of the following structures is not present on the internal surface of mandible ?

Among all of the following foramens in the base of skull, which is , the most posteriorly present:

Mental foramen is located

The palatine bone furnishes the link between

Lingual gives attachment to:

Number of Bones in adult skull are:

The point where the parieto mastoid , occipito mastoid , and lamboid sutures meet is:

Which of the following is unpaired bone of facial skeleton:

Foramen magnum transmits all except:

Structures passing through foramen spinosum is:

Foramen caecum is seen in:

Bone better described as ” bat with extended wings” is:

All the following features of skull of a newborn are true except:

Supra meatal triangle extermnally represents:

Anterior limit of infratemporal fossa is:

Which of the following muscles originates from the zygomatic process of maxilla ?

Muscle, which pulls the disk of TMJ downward:

Foramen transversarium transmit

Structures passing through foramen ovale

Which of the following is present in the posterior cranial fossa in a five year old child:

Which structures pass through infra orbital fissurs

Which of the following does not pass through superior orbital fissure :

Which vertebra has the most prominent spine

Accessory meningeal artery enters cranial cavity through:

Mental spines provide attachment to

Following foramina are found in greater wing of sphenoid except

The first costochondral joint is a:

The typical cervical differs from thoracic vertebra in that it:

The joint between the atlas and axis is

Joint between two bony surfaces linked by cartilage in the plane of body is called

Which out of the following bones ossify first ?

The type of suture represented by sagittal suture of the cranial vault is

Which of the following is the weakest part of the orbit?

The hyoid bone lies in the midline at the front of the neck at the level of the

The orbital opening is smoewhat

Mandibular fossa is a part of

Which of the following is located meidal to the third molar at the junction of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone

All of the following canals open on the posterior wall of the pterygo palatine fossa EXCEPT

Peneumatic bones is all except?

What is the number of bones a neonate has in the skeleton ?