Examinations in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, chemistry, obstetrics, materia medica, pharmacy & poisons : for the use of students / by Robert Hooper.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1835
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    1C. Q. What is the union of the bones of the skull termed ! A. Suture. 17. Q. What is the name of the suture which con- nects the frontal with the parietal bones'? A. The coronal suture. IS. Q. By what suture is the occipital bone united to the parietal bones ? A. By the lambdoidal suture. 19. Q. What name is given to the suture which con- nects the parietal bones ? A. It is called the sagittal suture. 20. Q. Describe the occipital bone. A. The occipitar bone forms the posterior and infe- rior part of the skull, is of an irregular figure, exter- nally convex, internally concave. It has many depres- sions and elevations, and is connected, at its inferior part, by means of a projection, called the basilary pro- cess, to the sphenoid bone. 21. Q. Describe the sphenoid bone. A. The sphenoid bone is divided into a body and wings. It has many processes, depressions, and fora- mina, and is connected to all the bones of the cra- nium. 22. Q. What are the processes of the sphenoid bone ? A. The principal processes of this bone are, the two pterygoid processes, the styliform process, the spinous processes, the orbitar processes, the temporal processes, the ethmoidol process, the olivary process, and the ante- rior and posterior clinoid processes. 23. Q. What bones arc united by the false sutures? A. The temporal bones are united to the parietal bones by the false or squamous suture. 24. Q. Through 'what foramina do the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium ] A. Through the foramina cribrosa, which are in the upper part of the ethmoid bone. 25. Q. Where is the foramen magnum occipitale situated ? a2