A&P lap axiel skeleton Flashcards
Mandible
lower jaw
madibular ramus
side part of lower jaw
madibular angle
bottom part of jaw where it curves
condylar process
top point of side portion of lower jaw
mental forman
slightly off center hole on lower jaw
maxilla
above teeth below nasal cavity
infraorbital froman
above teeth to the side small hole
Nasal Bone
Nose
Vomer
in the middle of nasal cavity lower bone connects to pereendicular plate
inferior nasal conchae
small bones on either side of nasal cavity sandwich the volmer
Frontal Bone
forehead
supraorbital formen
small hole on both eybrows
parietal bone
behind frontal bone and infront of occipital bone
two bones meet on top of skull
Occipital bone
back lower part of skull
Formen magnum
hole middle of skull on the bottom
occipital condyles
two bean shaped bones on either side of formen magnum towrds front of skull
Temporal bone
either side of head below the parietal bone
external acoustic meatus
hole for ear drum
styloid process
below top back point of lower jaw bone and the external acoustic meatus
mastoid process
lower point of temporal bone
zygomatic process
above the mandublar notch
mandibular fossa
rounded depression behind the zygomatic process
Sphenoid Bone
in between temporal bone and zygomatic bone below the frontal and parietal bone
Greater wing
anterior part of bone
lesser wing
interior part of bone
zygomatic bone
looks like an upside down spade, between the sphenoid bone and nasal cavity
ethmoid bone
in the eye socket close to the nose behind the lacrimal bone
middle nasal coconcha
Two small bones in the nasal cavity that sandwich the perpendicular plate
perpendicular plate
Small bone thy drops down the middle of the nasal cavity and connects to the vomer
cribiform plate
between the anterior crania fossa and also between the frontal bone and the sphenoid bone
Lacrimal bone
in the eye socket on the side close to the nasal cavity in front of the ethmoid bone
