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5.1 The Skull Flashcards

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Greek for skull

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Kranion

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Latin for skull

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Calvaria

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Cranium: 8 Bones

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  • Frontal (1)
  • Parietal (2)
  • Occipital (1)
  • Temporal (2)
  • Sphenoid (1)
  • Ethmoid (1)
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Visceral Cranium: 14 Bones

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  • Maxillae (2)
  • Zygomatic (2)
  • Nasal (2)
  • Lacrimal (2)
  • Palatine (2)
  • Inferior conchae or turbinates (2)
  • Vomer (1)
  • Mandible (1)
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Other bones

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  • Hyoid bone (1)

* Auditory ossicles (Malleus - 2, Incus – 2, Stapes – 2)

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no. of Teeth

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32

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a crown

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Corona (Coronal Suture (1))

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an arrow

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Sagitta (Sagittal Suture (1))

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Greek Letter Lambda

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Lambdoidal Suture (1)

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a scale, a thin flat plate

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Squamous (Squamosal Suture (2))

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Less obvious Sutures

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  • Metopic Suture

- Two Mendosal Sutures

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•Pass obliquely upwards, one in each half of the squamous part of the occipital bone

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Two Mendosal Sutures

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TMJ

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Temporomandibular Joint

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  • Synovial or diarthrodial joints

* Both hinge and gliding joint

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TMJ – Temporomandibular Joint

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The head or condyle of each ramus of the mandible articulates with the mandibular fossa of the corresponding temporal bone

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TMJ – Temporomandibular Joint

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are cavities within some of the cranial bones

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Paranasal Sinuses

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Paranasal Sinuses other name

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accessory nasal sinuses

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Maxillary sinuses also named as

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antra

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Greek for antra

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antron

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antron

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a cave

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suture present between two frontal bones

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Metopic suture

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are two rounded prominences on the squamous part of the frontal bone

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Frontal eminences

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ridges of bone that form the superior borders of the circular opening into each orbit

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Supraorbital margins

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small notch or sometimes a foramen located towards the medial end of each supraorbital margin

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Supraorbital notch (or foramen)

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is a smooth flat area between the medial ends of the supraorbital margins, and above the upper ends of the nasal bones
Glabella
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paired cavities in the squamous part of the frontal bone above the supraorbital margins
Frontal sinuses
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is a definite gap between the medial borders of the 2 orbital plates
Ethmoidal notch
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pointed process that forms a small part of the nasal septum behind the nasofrontal articulations
Nasal spine
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Frontal bone
- Metopic suture - Frontal eminences - Supraorbital margins - Supraorbital notch (or foramen) - Glabella - Frontal sinuses - Ethmoidal notch - Nasal spine
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Latin word for parietal bone
paries
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wall
paries
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is a rounded prominence on the lateral surface of each parietal bone
Parietal eminence, or parietal tuberosity
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The distance between the 2 eminences
greatest transverse
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Latin word for Occipital bone
occiput
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back part
occiput
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large opening in the inferior part of the occipital bone through which the medulla oblongata of the brain joins the spinal cord
Foramen magnum
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oval shaped prominences locates on the inferior surface of each lateral part
Occipital condyles
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short passages from each lateral margin of the foramen magnum, close to its front end, that open below in front of the condyle
Hypoglossal canals
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is that part anterior to the foramen magnum
Basilar part
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Latin word for Temporal bones
tempus
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time
tempus
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is a large bony prominence that extend down from the temporal bone posterior to the ear
Mastoid process
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long slender silver-like process that extends down from each temporal bone
Styloid process
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is a slender bony process that extends horizontally forward from the opening of the ear
Zygomatic process
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is a depression on the temporal bone in front of the opening into the ear and below the origin of the zygomatic process
Mandibular fossa
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shaped somewhat like a pyramid and is sometimes called petrous pyramid
Petrous part
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Greek word for Petrous part
petra
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rock
petra
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porus, is an opening on the dorsal surface of the petrous part close to its medial end
Internal acoustic opening
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a canal leading from the internal acoustic opening to the inner ear
Internal acoustic meatus
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short passage that begins as a circular opening on the inferior surface of the petrous pyramid close to its medial end
Carotid canal
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forms the anterior and inferior walls of the external acoustic meatus
Tympanic part
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Greek word for Tympanic
tympanon
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a drum
tympanon
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Greek word for sphenoid
sphen
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wedge
sphen
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horizontal depression that crosses the body of the bone in front of the sella turcica
Chiasmatic groove
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are 2 short passages extending anteriorly and laterally one from each side of the body
Optics canal or optic foramina
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Greek name for Optics canal or optic foramina
optikos
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eye
optikos
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saddlelike bony depression on the upper surface of the body sphenoid
Sella turcica
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saddle
(L) sella
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Turkish
(L) Turcica
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posterior wall of sella turcica
Dorsum sella
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central cavity of the sella turcica
Pituitary fossa (hypophyseal fossa)
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are two small rounded prominences that are located one at each lateral end of the upper margin of the dorsum sella
Posterior clinoid processes
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lie one on each side of the upper anterior surface of the sella turcica
Middle clinoid processes
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is an often poorly defined groove that passes vertically along each lateral surface of the body
Carotid groove
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are 2 bony processes that extend posteriorly from the medial end of the posterior free margin of each lesser wing
Anterior clinoid processes
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(round opening) a small opening in the medial basal part of the greater wing just lateral to the superior orbital fissure. Transmit maxillary nerve
Foramen rotundum
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Greek word for Ethmoid bone
ethmos
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a sieve
ethmos
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wedge between the 2 orbital plates of the frontal bone in the ethmoidal notch on the floor of the anterior cranial fossa
Cribriform plate
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sieve
(L) cribrum
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very thin plate of bone that passes vertically up from the upper surface of the cribriform plate
Crista galli
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a crest
(L) crista
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rooster, a rooster’s comb
Gallus
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is a flat sheet of bone that extends down in the midline from the cribriform plate and forms the nasal septum
Perpendicular plate
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are bony shelves that extend into the nasal cavities from the lateral walls
Superior and middle nasal conchae
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a shelf, a curved shelf
(L) concha

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