A Exam 2 Part 1 Flashcards
Skull
cranium and facial bones
cranial bones
8-encase brain and sensory organs
Frontal bone
- forehead
superciliary arches
supraorbital foramina
frontal sinuses
parietal
2 -cranial bones
superior and inferior temporal lines
temporal
2 -cranial bones
zgyomatic processes
externalacoustic/auditory meatus/canal –auditory ossicles
styloid process
mastoid process
mandibular fossa –temporomandiubular joint
stylomastoid foramen
petrous region -floor of cranium –carotid canal –jugular foramen
internal acoustic/auditory meatus/canal
occipital
1 -cranial bone posterior/base of skull foramen magnum occipital condyles hypoglossal canals external occipital protuberance
sphenoid bone
1 cranial bone -internal, wedgelike, fragile bat shape -body and wings sphenoid sinuses sella turcica (Turk's saddle) wings
Sphenoid bone wing features
optic foramina/canals superior orbital fissures foramina ovale foramina spinosum foramina lacerum formaina rotundum
ethmoid bone
1 -cranial bone interanl, roof of nasal cavity perpendicular plate nasal conchae (superior and middle) crista galli (cock's comb) cribriform plate (many foramina) ethmoid sinsuses
facial bones
14
zygomatic bones
2 -facial bones
temporal process
lacrimal
2 -facial bones
lacrimal sulcus/groove (directs tear flow to nasal cavity)
nasal bone
2 -facial bones
vomer
1 -facial bones
connects to perpendicular plate of ethmoid (nasal septum)
inferior nasal conchae
2 -facial bones, nasal cavity