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3.2. Osteology Of The Skull Flashcards

1
Q

What are the general functions of the skull?

A

Containment of the brain, and special senses.
Specially modified openings
Vocalisation (includes sinuses)

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What are the moving parts of the skull?

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Mandible (at the temporomandibular joint)

Ossicles of middle ear (Malleous, Incus, Stapes)

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3
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What are the five suture landmarks?

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Pterion
Nasion
Lambda
Bregma
Vertex
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4
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What bones contribute to the pterion?

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Parietal
Frontal
Temporal
Sphenoid

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5
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What bones contribute to the NASION?

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Frontal

2 x Nasal

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What bones contribute to the LAMBDA?

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Occipital

2 x Parietal

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7
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What bones contribute to the BREGMA?

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Frontal

2 x Parietal

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8
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What is the VERTEX?

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The highest point on the sagittal suture (between the 2 parietal bones)

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What is the name of the suture that joins the frontal bone to the 2 parietal bones?

A

Coronal suture

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10
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What is the name of the suture that joins the 2 parietal bones?

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Sagittal suture

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11
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What is a sutural bone? What is another name for this?

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A small bone that develops to fill the holes that occur when sutures do not completely fuse.
Aka WORMIAN BONES

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12
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Name 2 sutures present in neonates that disappear with development:

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Frontal suture

Mental suture

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13
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What are the divisions of the skull?

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NEUROCRANIUM

Viscerocranium

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What are the divisions of the neurocranium?

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Calvaria

Basicranium

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15
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Which bones contribute to the calvaria?

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Frontal
2 x Parietal
Squamous part of the occipital
Squamous part of temporal

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16
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Which bones contribute to the basicranium?

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Petrous part of the temporal bone
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Basiocciput

17
Q

Which bones contribute to the viscerocranium?

A 
Maxilla
Palatine
Zygomatic
Nasal
Vomer
Inferior nasal concha
Lacrimal
Mandible
18
Q

Why do the skull proportions change from neonates to adulthood?

A 
Growth of teeth and supporting bone
Increased size of paranasal sinuses
Continued endochondral ossification
Neurocranium follows brain growth
Viscerocranium follows body growth
19
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What is the name of the plane used to divide the viscerocranium from the neurocranium?

A

Orbito-meatal plane

Aka Frankfort plane

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