Statistics for Bones of the Skull

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The supra-orbital nerve passes through the supraorbital foramen in the supraorbital notch, but which bone is this structure part of?	Frontal	71%
Which bone has the styloid process, a tympanic part, which contains the external auditory meatus, and a petrous part containing the inner ear?	Temporal	71%
What bone makes the superior and middle nasal conchas?	Ethmoid	66%
What are the three ossicles of the inner ear?	Incus	57%
	Stapes	57%
	Malleus	54%
What bone forms the septum of the nose posteriorly?	Vomer	54%
The hard palate is made up of the maxilla and the horizontal plates of which other bone?	Palatine	51%
What is the largest foramen in the skull?	Magnum	49%
What bone along with the maxilla contributes to the anteromedial side of the orbit?	Lacrimal	40%
What is the name given to the depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland sits?	Sella turcica	23%
What is the most lateral foramina running through the sphenoid bone?	Spinosum	17%
What is the name of the pat of this bone through which the olfactory bulb protrudes?	Cribriform plate	14%
What is the name for the ridge in the middle of this to which the falx cerebri attatches?	Crista galli	14%
What is the name for the point at which the sutures of the parietal, temporal, frontal and sphenoid bones meet?	Pterion	14%
What is the name given to the end part of the medial pterygoid plate of the hamulus?	Hamulus	9%