Facial Bones Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A clinician locates the infraorbital foramen below the eye socket before administering a nerve block. On which facial bone is this opening found?
Maxilla
Lacrimal bone
Palatine bone
Zygomatic bone
2. A curved, shelf-like bone is removed from the lower lateral wall of the nasal cavity. Which independent facial bone is it?
Vomer
Lacrimal bone
Inferior nasal concha
Ethmoid bone
3. Which facial bone contains the sockets for the upper teeth?
Mandible
Zygomatic bone
Palatine bone
Maxilla
4. During chewing, which facial bone moves at the temporomandibular joints?
Maxilla
Palatine bone
Zygomatic bone
Mandible
5. A defect affects the posterior bony portion of the roof of the mouth. Which facial bone is most directly involved?
Palatine bone
Mandible
Vomer
Nasal bone
6. Which facial bone is unpaired and is also the largest and strongest bone of the face?
Zygomatic bone
Maxilla
Mandible
Vomer
7. During surgery near the lacrimal sac fossa, which facial bone is most directly associated with this landmark?
Nasal bone
Lacrimal bone
Palatine bone
Zygomatic bone
8. During repair of the bony nasal septum, the surgeon works below the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid. Which facial bone is encountered?
Inferior nasal concha
Maxilla
Vomer
Lacrimal bone
9. Which list contains all six types of paired facial bones?
Nasal, lacrimal, frontal, zygomatic, palatine, and inferior nasal conchal bones
Nasal, lacrimal, maxillary, zygomatic, vomer, and mandibular bones
Nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, zygomatic, palatine, and inferior nasal conchal bones
Nasal, lacrimal, maxillary, zygomatic, palatine, and inferior nasal conchal bones
10. A fracture separates the cheek prominence from the temporal bone at the zygomatic arch. Which facial bone is involved?
Maxilla
Zygomatic bone
Palatine bone
Mandible
11. A direct impact fractures the paired bones forming the upper bridge of the nose. Which bones are affected?
Nasal bones
Maxillae
Inferior nasal conchae
Lacrimal bones
12. Which unpaired facial bone forms the lower and posterior portion of the nasal septum?
Ethmoid bone
Vomer
Nasal bone
Maxilla
13. Which facial bone forms most of the posterior quarter of the hard palate?
Sphenoid bone
Maxilla
Vomer
Palatine bone
14. A learner labels the middle nasal concha as one of the 14 facial bones. Which correction is accurate?
It is part of the vomer, an unpaired facial bone
It is part of the maxilla, a paired facial bone
It is part of the ethmoid, a cranial bone
It is another name for the inferior nasal concha
15. A student traces the prominent cheek and the lateral margin of the eye socket. Which bone is being examined?
Nasal bone
Zygomatic bone
Maxilla
Lacrimal bone
16. Which small facial bone lies on the medial wall of the orbit and contributes to the tear-drainage region?
Lacrimal bone
Palatine bone
Nasal bone
Inferior nasal concha