Axial Skeleton Flashcards
Foramina
Holes where nerve and blood vessels pass to and from the brain and other structures of the head
Orbits
Sockets for the eyes (made up of cranial and facial bones)
Fossa
Depressions
Fissure
Open slit in bone where nerves and blood vessels pass/are housed
Process
Projection/outgrowth of tissue from larger body
Cranial bones
Frontal
Supraorbital foramen
Parietal (2)
Temporal (2)
Mastoid process
Styloid process
External acoustic meatus
Carotid canal
Mandibular fossa
Occipital
External occipital protuberance
Occipital condyles
Foramen magnum
Jugular foramen
Sphenoid
Greater and lesser wings
Sella turcica
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Foramen rotundum
Foramen lacerum
Optic canal
Ethmoid
Perpendicular plate
Superior and middle nasal concha
Crista galli
Cribriform plate (+olfactory foramina)
Cranial orbits
Superior orbital fissure
Inferior orbital fissure
Optic foramen/canal
Cranial sutures
Coronal suture
Sagittal suture
Lambdoidal suture
Squamous suture
Facial bones
Maxillae (2)
Infraorbital foramen
Alveolar process
Nasal bones (2)
Inferior nasal conchae (2)
Zygomatic bones (2)
Zygomatic arch
Lacrimal bones (2)
Vomer
Mandible
Body
Mental foramen
Mental protuberance
Mandibular foramen
Ramus
Coronoid process
Condylar process
Alveolar process
Vertebral column
Cervical vertebrae
Atlas
Axis
Dens of axis
Vertebra prominens
Thoracic vertebrae
Lumbar vertebrae
Sacrum
Coccyx
Vertebra
Body
Vertebral foramen
Spinous process of vertebra
Transverse process
Lamina
Superior and inferior articular process with facet
Sternum and Ribs
Manubrium
Body
Xyphoid process
Jugular notch
Clavicular notch
True ribs
False ribs
Floating ribs
Head
Neck
Tubercle
