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This term is used to describe an organ or structure below the surface or towards the central part of a structure.  For example: The lungs are _____ to the ribs.

The _____ is a large opening in the occipital bone.

Which of the following are considered bones of the cranium?   a. occipital   b. parietal   c. frontal   d. sphenoid

What is the name given to an area exhibiting a depressed or hollow surface?

Which of the following are considered cranial sutures?     a. squamous     b. sagittal     c. lambdoid     d. coronal

What is the geometric form of the skull?

Which of the following are characteristics of the frontal bone?     a. glabella     b. supraorbital margins     c. superciliary arches     d. frontal eminences

What are the reasons that could cause some skull form variations?   a. bone diseases   b. trauma   c. hypertension   d. cancer

The _____ bone is one of the twenty-two bones that form the skull and essentially helps to blind the other cranial bones together.

How many bones compose the cranium?