all bones Flashcards
coronal suture
separates the frontal and parietal bones
sagittal suture
separates parietal bones from one another
squamosal suture
connects a single temporal bone to a single parietal bone on each side
lamboidal suture
connects both parietal bones with the occipital bone
occipitomastoid suture
separates occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone
sphenosquamosal suture
separates the sphenoid bone and the squamosal portion of the temporal bone
zygomaticotemporal suture
separates the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
how many bones make up the cranium
6 (1 occipital, 1 frontal, 2 temporals, 2 parietals)
superciliary arches
- on the frontal bone
- lie above the medial ends of the eyebrow
glabella
- on the frontal bone
- between the superciliary arches
frontal eminences
- on the frontal bone
- rounding prominences at the upper part of the forehead
supraorbital margin
- on frontal bone
- upper rim of the eye socket
- inferior to the superciliary arches
foramen magnum
- in the occipital bone
- large opening for the spinal cord under the skull
- used to restore decapitations
occipital condyle
- the place where the atlas attaches the skull
- two condyles near the foramen magnum
superior nuchal line
- on the occipital bone
- two curved lines extending out from the external occipital protuberance
- the lower one is called the superior one
occipital protuberance
- on the occipital bone
- small jutting eminence
- midway between the foramen magnum and the angular summit of the bone
parietal bone makes up how much of the cranium
2/3
parietal eminence
- on the parietal bone
- just above the posterior border of the ears
what determines the widest part of the cranium
parietal bones (the eminences)
squama
- in the temporal bone
- scale like and thin, translucent
- curves medially and is relatively deep behind the zygomatic arch
external auditory meatus
- in temporal bone
- ear passage
- tympanic (curved)
- inferior to the squama