Anatomy of skull Flashcards
what is cranial skeleton?
“brain box” or cranial vault 窟窿
what is facial skeleton?
bones that make up everything except the cranial cavity ( include the mandible)
what are single bones?
occupy or cross the midline
what are paired bones?
tend towards being more lateral
what does the cranial bones consist of?
external and internal tables of compact bone, and diploe
what is diploe?
a middle spongy layer, sandwiched between external and internal tables of compact bone
what is the skull covered by /lined by?
periosteum
what is the outer covering layer of the skull called?
pericranium 脑髓
what is the inner layer covering layer of the skull called?
endocranium
what are the bones that bound the cranial cavity?
- Frontal (single)
- ethmoid (single)
- sphenoid( single)
4, occipital (single)
5, temporal (paired) - parietal (paired)
what are immovable joints between most of the bones of the skull called?
sutures
what are the differences of sutures in young adults and the newborn?
sutures in young adults: irregular lines in the skulls
in the newborn: wide open( where the parietal bones meet the frontal and occipital)
what is frontanelles anterior and posterior)
the gaps between parietal bones and the frontal bones and the occipital bones behind 囟门
the intersection at each end of the saggitatal sutures
how does sutures change with age?
closure of the sutures occurs with increasing age
many fuse completely by synostosis
what is synostosis?
frontanelles become continuous bone
骨性联接
what is the shape of fontanelles in an infant?
diamond shaped
due to the fact that there are two frontal bones
what is the metopic suture?
persistent partial or complete frontal suture
额骨缝
what are sutural bones?
circumscribed bony areas
what are lower margins of orbits and upper margins of external acoustic meatuses in the same horizontal plane called?
orbitomeatal plane
听眶面
how is the base of the cranial cavity sloping?
sloping from the above at the front, downwards towards the back
what is the shape of the skull?
ovoid
wider posteriorly than in front
what are the sutures running between the parietal bones called?
the sagittal suture
what are the sutures running between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones?
coronal suture
what are the sutures between the parietal bones and the occipital bone?
lambdoid suture
where is mastoid processes of the temporal bones?
乳突
what is the external occipital protuberance?
the bulge about halfway up the posterior aspect of the occipital bone
枕外隆突
what is the superior nuchal line?
arch laterally from the occipital protuberance
mark the upper limit of the neck as a region
attachment of the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius (斜方肌)muscles
上颈线
what is squamous temporal?
the flattish part of the temporal bone
what is zygomatic process of the temporal bone
projects forward to meet the zygomatic bone of the cheek
what form the zygomatic arch?
zygomatic process of the temporal
articular surface at the root: head of the mandible
what is mandibular fossa?
articular surface at the root of zygomatic arch with mandible
what is greater wing of the sphenoid bone?
just beneath where the frontal , parietal and squamous temporal bones all come together
sits just behind the orbit
one part of the sphenoid bone
what is role of tubercle of the root of the zygoma?
integrity and stability of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
What are anterior and inferior wall of the external acoustic meatus formed?
tympanic part/tympanic plate of the temporal bone
what does the mastoid part of the temporal bone have?
numerous air cells that communicate with the middle ear by mastoid antrum
what are several parts of temporal bone?
squamous
mastoid
styloid
tympanic
where is lesser wing , body and Pterygoid processes of sphenoid?
蝶骨突
what is the top part of skull called?
calvaria 颅盖
what is the petrous temporal?
solid-looking pyramidal-shaped projection of the temporal bone
most posterior part of the middle cranial fossa
chunky-looking part of the temporal bone
what lobes does the anterior cranial fossa contain?
frontal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres
what is the floor of anterior cranial fossa composed of?
- ethmoid (situated in the midline)
- frontal
- spheoid
what is the crista galli of the ethmoid?
small crest projecting upwards
on either side
what is cribriform plates of the ethmoid?
perforated
olfactory nerves (CN1) pass through
on either side of the crista galli
where is orbital plates of the frontal bone?
on either side of the ethmoid
form the roof of each orbit
in front of lesser wings of the sphenoid
sphenoidal air sinus between them
what is the middle cranial fossa formed?
by the body of the sphnoid
what is the saddle shaped recess called?
sella turcica
has four projections
what lies in sella turcica?
pituitary gland/ hypophysisi cerebri
what are the anterior clinoid processes?
anterior two processes pointing backwards over the recess