Axial Skeleton Flashcards
How many bones are in the skull?
22 bones
Facial bones
Protect sensory organs
Attachment sites
Alveolar processes and sockets
What are the six cavities of the skull?
Cranial cavity - holds the brain Orbits - eye sockets Nasal Cavity Oral cavity Middle and inner-ear cavities Paranasal sinuses - air filled spaces connected to nasal cavity. Named after the bones in which they are found
What are the functions of the paranasal sinuses?
Decrease skull weight
Resonating chambers
What makes something a cranial bone?
Bones that have direct contact with membranes that enclose that brain.
What are the three parts of the cranial base?
Anterior cranial fossa - Frontal lobe
Middle cranial fossa - Temporal lobes
Posterior cranial fossa - Cerabellum
What are the four parts of the temporal bones?
Squamous, tympanic, mastoid, and petrous
Describe the differences between the lesser and greater wings of the sphenoid bone?
Lesser wing - posterior margin of anterior cranial fossa. Posterior wall of orbit. Optic canal.
Greater wing - About half middle cranial fossa. Lateral surface
What parts of the skull does the ethmoid bone contribute to?
Roof/walls of nasal cavity
Medial wall of orbit
Nasal septum
What kind of bones have no contact with meninges?
Facial bones
What bones make up the facial bones?
2 maxillae, palatine, zygomatic, lacrimal, nasal, and inferior nasal conchea
1 vomer and mandible
What bone makes up the majority of the hard palate? What does this allow us to do?
The maxillae
Chew and breath at the same time.
What is the largest sinus?
Maxillary sinus
What makes up the rest of the hard palate?
Palatine bone
That three facial features are made up of the palatine bone?
Hard palate, nasal cavity wall, and floor of the orbit
What is the smallest skull bone?
Lacrimal bone which is found in the medial wall of each orbit. (think lacrimal fossa collecting the tears from eyes)
What is the largest conchae in the nasal cavity?
Inferior nasal conchae. This is not a part of the ethmoid bone
How many bones form the orbit?
7 bone
What part of the orbit does the frontal bone form?
Roof
What bone forms the roof and the posterolateral wall?
Sphenoid
What bone forms the lateral wall of the orbit?
Zygomatic
True or false -
The maxilla forms the medial wall of the orbit
False the maxilla forms the floor of the orbit
What three bones form the medial wall of the orbit?
Lacrimal bone, Ethmoid bone, Palatine bone
Nasal cavity
Pear shaped, open anteriorly