Axial Skeleton Flashcards
forehead
frontal bone
superior ridge of the eye socket
supraorbital margin
the ridge of the eye socket, indicating the location of the frontal sinus
superciliary arch
triangular part on the forehead
glabella
cavity within frontal bone
frontal sinus
pair flat bone on superior portion of skull
parietal bone
runs between frontal and parietal bones
coronal suture
runs between parietal bones
sagittal suture
paired bone on lateral side of skull
temporal bone
runs between temporal bone and parietal bone
squamous suture
articulates with condylar process of mandible
mandibular fossa
articulation of the mandibular fossa and condylar process
temporomandibular joint
opening in the temporal bone extending to inner ear
external auditory meatus
dense bony ridge on interior surface of temporal bone, location of middle and inner ear cavities
petrous part
short canal in petrous part of the temporal bone, extending laterally towards the inner ear
internal auditory meatus
long sharp process of the temporal bone extending inferiorly, like a stylus
styloid process
rounded process of the temporal bone posterior to the styloid process and extending inferiorly
mastoid process
located between the styloid and mastoid processes, passageway for facial nerve
stylomastoid foramen
located on petrous part of the temporal bone anterior to the jugular foramen, anterior to mastoid and styloid process
carotid canal
located on inferior petrous part of the temporal bone posterior to the carotid canal
jugular foramen
arch of bone extending anteriorly from the temporal bone
zygomatic process
paired bone which participates with the zygomatic process, cheek bones
zygomatic bone
arch of bone extending posteriorly from the zygomatic bone
temporal process
formed by union of the zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of temporal bone
zygomatic arch
most posterior and inferior bone of the skull
occipital bone
runs transversely joining the occipital and parietal bone
lambdoid suture
median protrusion on the occipital bone posterior and superior to foreman magnum
external occipital protuberance
runs horizontally from external occipital protuberance
superior nuchal line
diagonal extension of the superior nugal line towards the mastoid process
lateral superior nuchal line
large opening on the inferior part of the skull
foramen magnum
paired rounded process lateral to the foramen magnum
occipital condyle
paired canal superior to occipital condyle
hypoglossal canal
region of the occipital bone anterior to foramen magnum,
basilar part
butterfly-shaped bone forming the floor of the cranium
sphenoid bone
posterior and inferior to lesser wing on interior of the skull, also visible in the posterior orbit and lateral side of the skull
greater wing
anterior and superior to greater wing on the interior skull
lesser wing
fissure between greater and lesser wings of sphenoid visible from the orbits, upper fissure
superior orbital fissure
fissure in the orbit floor between maxilla and greater wing of sphenoid, lower fissure
inferior orbital fissure
saddle-like depression posterior to lesser wing
sella turcica
paired cavity located within the sphenoid, inferior to the sella turcica
sphenoid sinus
paired opening through lesser wing of the sphenoid
optic canal
paired opening at the posterior margin of the sphenoid
foramen spinosum
paired opening lateral to the base of the sella turcica
foramen ovale
paired opening lateral to the sella turcica
foramen lacerum
paired opening anterior to the foramen ovale
foramen rotundum
sharp process that laterally and inferiorly project from the sphenoid
lateral pterygoid plate
sharp process that medially and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid
medial pterygoid plate