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Incorrect. The sphenoid bone is an unpaired bone contributing to the cranial base. It articulates with the frontal, ethmoid, vomer, occipital, zygomatic, parietal, temporal, and palatine bones. The sphenoid bone forms part of the lateral walls of the cranial base, lateral walls of the bony orbits, and parts of the floor of the anterior and middle cranial fossae.
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Sphenoid bone
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Incorrect. The frontal bone is an unpaired bone (after fusion of the metopic suture) contributing to the calvarium anteriorly. It articulates with the parietal bones at the coronal suture.
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Frontal bone
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Incorrect. The parietal bones are a pair of bones contributing to the calvarium laterally. They articulate with each other at the midline sagittal suture; with the frontal bone at the coronal suture; with the occipital bone at the lambdoid suture; and with temporal bones at the squamosal sutures bilaterally.
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Parietal bone
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Correct. The occipital bone is an unpaired flat bone contributing to the calvarium posteriorly. It articulates with the parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones, and the atlas.
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Occipital bone
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Incorrect. The temporal bones are a pair of bones contributing to the cranial base. They articulate with the parietal bones at the squamosal sutures bilaterally. The temporal bones contain the middle and inner ear.
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Temporal bone
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Bones of the cranium
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Topic
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Head and neck anatomy
Identify the labelled structure.

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