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1
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5 components of the axial skeleton

A 
Skull
Hyoid Bone
Auditory Ossicles
Vertebral Column
Thorax
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How many bones in skull?

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22- 8 cranial and 14 facial

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Frontal Bone

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Roof of orbits and anterior part of cranial floor

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Frontal Squama

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Forehead- Coronal suture to top of orbits

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Supraorbital Margin

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Thickening of frontal bone above orbits

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Supraorbital foramen

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On supraorbital margin, for supraorbital nerve and artery

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Supraorbital Notch

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Incomplete supraorbital foramen

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Frontal sinuses

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Hollow spaces on frontal squama

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Parietal Bones

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Sides and roof of cranial cavity

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Saggital Suture

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Holds parietal bones together

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Temporal Bones

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Inferior/ lateral part of cranium and part of cranial floor

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Temporal Squama

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Thin, flat portion of temporal bone forms temple

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Zygomatic Process

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On temporal Bone- articulates with temporal process of zygomatic bone

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Zygomatic Arch

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Anterior to ear- Zygomatic and temporal processes

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Mandibular Fossa

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Socket on zygomatic process

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Articular Tubercle

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Rounded elevation on zygomatic process

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Temporomandibular Joint

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Mandibular fossa and articular tubercle articulate with mandible

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Mastoid Portion

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Contains mastoid air cells which communicate with hollow air space in inner ear- posterior and inferior to ear canal

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External Auditory meatus

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Ear canal- directs sound waves into ear

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Mastoid process

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Rounded projection on mastoid portion- attachment point for neck muscles

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Internal Auditory Meatus

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Opening for facial and vestibulochlear nerves to pass

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Styloid process

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Attachment point for muscles and ligaments of tongue and neck- projects inferiorly from temporal bone

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Stylomastoid foramen

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Between styloid and mastoid processes- Facial nerve and stylomastoid artery

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Petrous Portion

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Between sphenoid and occipital bones- houses internal and middle ear

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3 auditory ossicles of middle ear

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Incus
Malleus
Stapes

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Cartoid Foramen

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In middle ear- Passage for cartoid artery

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Occipital bone

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Posterior part and base of cranium

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Foramen Magnum

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Medulla oblongata connects with spinal cord - passage for vertebral and spinal arteries an accesory nerve

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Occipital condyles

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Two oval, convex surfaces on either side of foramen magnum

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Atlanto-occipital joints

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Occipital condyles articulate with atlas

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Hypoglossal canal

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Superior to occipital condyle- passage of hypoglossal nerve and pharyngeal artery

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External Occipital Protuberance

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Prominent midline projection superior to foramen magnum

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Ligamentum nuchae

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Ligament extends for external occipital protuberance to C7

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Superior Nuchal Lines

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Two curved lines extending laterally from protuberance

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Inferior nuchal lines

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Area of muscle attachment

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Sphenoid bone

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butterfly- Floor, side walls and rear walls of orbit

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What cranial bones does the sphenoid articulate with?

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All Cranial bones

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Sphenoidal Sinus

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Middle portion of butterfly that is hollow

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Sella Tursica

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Ridgy structure on superior body of sphenoid

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3 parts of the Sella Tursica

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Tuberculum Sellae
Hypophyseal Fossa
Dorsum Sellae

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Tuberculum Sellae

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Anterior ridge of the sella tursica

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Hypophyseal Fossa

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Depression in between ridges of the sella tursica- houses pituitary gland

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Dorsum Sellae

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Posterior ridge of the sella tursica

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Greater Wings

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Project laterally from body of sphenoid- inferior to lesser wings

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Lesser Wings

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Ridge of bone superior to greater wings of the sphenoid bone

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Optic Foramen

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At joint between lesser wing and body of sphenoid- passage of optic nerve and opthalmic artery

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Superior Orbital Fissure

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Between greater and lesser wings of sphenoid. Elongated slit for passage of blood vessels and cranial nerves

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Pterygoid Processes

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Project from bottom of sphenoid body- Mandible muscle attachment

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Foramen Ovale

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Medial to foramen spinosum on wings of sphenoid- Trigeminal Nerve

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Foramen Spinosum

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Base of greater wing of sphenoid- meningeal blood vessels

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Foramen Lacerum

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Joint between sphenoid, temporal and occipital bones- pharyngeal artery and emissary veins

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Foramen Rotundum

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Above pterygoid process- trigeminal nerve

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Ethmoid Bone

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Anterior part of cranial floor between orbits- partitions nasal cavity

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Lateral Masses

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Wall between nasal cavity containing ethmoidal sinuses

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Ethmoidal sinuses

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In the lateral masses of ethmoid bone- composed of ethmoidal cells

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Perpindicular Plate

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Nasal Septum- Long projection in the middle of the ethmoid bone

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Cribiform Plate

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Horizontal plate in ethmoid bone- forms roof of nasal cavity

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Olfactory Foramina

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On cribiform plate of ethmoid bone- passage of olfactory nerves

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Crista Gali

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Projection on top of ethmoid bone- Attachment for falx cerebri which seperate brain hemispheres

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Nasal bones

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Two, small, flat rectangular bones form bridge of nose

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Function of nasal bones

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Protect upper entry of nasal cavity and provide muscle attachment points used for facial expression

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Lacrimal Bones

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Resemble fingernails. Lateral to nasal bones and form medial wall of orbit

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Lacrimal Fossa

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Formed with maxilla. Houses lacrimal sac

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Palantine Bones

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Two L shaped bones form posterior hard palate and walls of nasal cavity

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Horizontal Plates of Palantine bone

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Seperate nasal and oral cavities

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Inferior Nasal Conchae

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Inferior to middle nasal conchae of the ethmoid- seperate from ethmoid

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Vomer

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Triangular bone on floor of nasal cavity

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What bones does the vomer articulate with?

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Perpindicular plate of ethmoid, body of sphenoid, maxilla, palantine

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Maxilla

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Floors of orbits, lateral walls of nasal cavity, most of hard palate

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What facial bones does the maxilla articulate with?

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All except mandible

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71
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Hard palate

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Palantine processes of maxilla and horizontal plates of palantine bones

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Maxillary Sinus

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Hollow body of maxilla

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Alveolar Processes

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Ridge like arch on maxilla that contains alveoli

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Alveoli

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Sockets for maxillary teeth

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75
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Palantine processes

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Horizontal projection on maxilla makes 3/4 of hard palate anterior

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Infraorbital Foramen

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On maxilla. Infraorbital blood vessel/ nerve and the trigeminal nerve

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Incisive Foramen

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Posterior to incisor teeth. Palantine blood vessel and nasopalantine nerve

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Inferior Orbital Fissure

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Between greater wing of sphenoid and posterior maxilla

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Zygomatic Bone

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Cheek bone

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What bones do the zygomatic bones articulate with

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Frontal, maxilla, temporal and sphenoid

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Temporal Process

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Projects posteriorly and articulates with zygomatic process

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Zygomaticofacial foramen

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Near centre of zygomatic. Zygomaticofacial nerve and vessels

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Mandible

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Lower jaw bone

84
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What is the largest and strongest facial bone?

85
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Body of Mandible

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Horizontal, curved portion

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Ramus

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Perpindicular portion of mandible

87
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Angle of mandible

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Area where the body and the ramus meet

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Condylar Process

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Posterior part of ramus articulates with mandibular fossa and articular tubercle of temporal bone

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Temporomandibular Joint

A

Where mandible articulates with temporal bone

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Coronoid Process

A

End of ramus where temporalis muscle attaches

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Mandibular Notch

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Depression between condylar and coronoid processes

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Mental Foramen

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Inferiro to 2nd premolar- Mental nerve

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Mandibular Foramen

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Medial side of ramus

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Mandibular Canal

A

Runs obliquely to ramus and anteriorly to body- Alveolar nerves/ vessels

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Nasal Septum

A

Vertical partition of nasal cavity

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3 components of nasal septum

A

Vomer
Perpindicular plate of ethmoid
Septal cartilage

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Bony Nasal Septum

A

Perpindicular plate of ethmoid and the vomer form the posterior side of nasal septum

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Septal Cartilage

A

Hyaline cartilage articulates with bony nasal septum to form the anterior of nasal septum

99
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How many bones form the orbital cavities?

100
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What cranial bones form the orbital cavities?

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Frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid

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What facial bones form the orbital cavities?

A

Palantine, zygomatic, maxilla, lacrimal

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What bones form the orbit roof?

A

Frontal, sphenoid

103
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What bones form the orbit lateral wall?

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Zygomatic, sphenoid

104
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What bones form the orbit medial wall?

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Maxilla, lacrimal, ethmoid, sphenoid

105
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What bones form the orbit floor?

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Maxilla, zygomatic, sphenoid

106
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Location of optic foramen

A

Junction of roof and medial wall of orbit

107
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Location of superior orbital fissure

A

Back, centre of orbit

108
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Location of inferior orbital fissure

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Junction of lateral wall and floor of orbit

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Location of supraorbital foramen

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Medial side of supraorbital margin of frontal bone

110
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Location of lacrimal fossa

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Medial side of orbit on the lacrimal bone

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Sutures

A

Immovable joint that holds together most skull bones

112
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Coronal Sture

A

Joins frontal and parietal bones

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Saggital Suture

A

Joins parietal bones

114
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Lamboid Suture

A

Joins parietal and occipital bones

115
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Where do sutural bones grow?

A

At the lamboid suture

116
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Squamous Suture

A

Join parietal and temporal bones

117
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4 bones with paranasal sinuses

A

Frontal
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Maxilla

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2 functions of paranasal sinuses

A

Allow skull to change in size but not mass

Resonating chambers intensify vocals

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Cranial Fossae

A

3 distinct regions of the floor of the cranium

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Bones that form Anterior cranial fossa

A

Frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid

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Bones that form middle cranial fossa

A

Sphenoid, temporal, parietal

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Bones that form inferior cranial fossa

A

Occipital, temporal

123
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4 Sex differences in muscle attachment sites

A

Temporal lines
External Occipital Protuberance
Nuchal lines
Mastoid Process

124
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6 Sex differences in Bone Prominence

A 
Angle of mandible
Frontal squama
Supraorbital ridge
Glabella
Teeth
Mental Eminence (chin)
125
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Hyoid bone

A

Suspended from styloid process of temporal bone by ligaments and muscle

126
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What bone is fractured during strangulation

127
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Function of hyoid bone

A

Attachment for tongue, neck and pharynx muscles

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Vertebral Column

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Bone and connective tissue that surrounds and protects spinal cord

129
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How many of each vertebrae are there?

A 
26 total
7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
1 sacrum
1 coccyx
130
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Normal curves

A

4 slight curves in spine

131
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What portions of the spine are convex

A

Cervical and lumbar

132
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Intervertebral Discs

A

Between bodies of vertebrae from C2- sacrum

133
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What % of spine length is from discs?

134
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2 components of intervertebral discs

A

Annulus Fibrosus

Nucleus pulpous

135
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Annulus Fibrosus

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Outer fibrocartilage ring of intervertebral discs

136
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Nucleus pulpous

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Inner, soft substance in intervertebral discs

137
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Vertebral Body

A

Anterior block mass of bone

138
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Vertebral Arch

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Posterior side of spinal cord

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Pedicle

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Short thick processes form base of the vertebral arch

140
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Laminae

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Flat portions just before spinous process form posterior side of vertebral arch

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Vertebral Foramen

A

Contains spinal cord and meningeal coverings

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Vertebral Notches

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Indentations in pedicles

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Intervertebral Foramen

A

Vertebral notches stacked form opening permitting passage of spinal nerve

144
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Transverse process

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Postlaterally project from both sides of vertebrae

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Spinous Process

A

Posteriorly projects from junction of laminae

146
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2 vertebral processes that are muscle attachment points

A

transverse

spinous

147
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Superior articular process

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Join with inferior articular surface of vertebrae above

148
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Inferior articular process

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Join with superior articular process of vertebrae below

149
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Vertebral facet

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Surface of articulating processes covered in hyaline cartilage

150
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where is the vertebral foramen the biggest?

A

Cervical vertebrae

151
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What vertebrae have transverse formamen?

152
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What spinous processes are bifid?

153
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Atlas

A

C1- Ring of bone with posterior and anterior arches and large lateral masses

154
Q

Which vertebrae lacks a vertebral body and a spinous process

155
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What allows us to nod our head

A

Atlanto- occipital joint in atlas

156
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Axis

A

C2- Has a peg like dens

157
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Ondontoid Process

158
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Atlanto- axial joint

A

Articulation of atlas and dens of axis

159
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Vertebra Prominens

A

C7- has a large non bifid spinous process

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Costal Facet

A

Articular surface for ribs

161
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Which vertebrae articulate with ribs

162
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What articulates with the head of the ribs?

A

Body of thoracic vertebrae

163
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What articulates with the tubercles of the ribs?

A

Costal facets of the thoracic vertebrae

164
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Demifacet

A

Head of rib articulates with body of two adjacent vertebra

165
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Which vertebrae have both a superior and inferior costal demifacet?

166
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Vertebrocostal Joints

A

Articulation between thoracic vertebrae and ribs

167
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Sacrum

A

Triangular bone formed by fusion of 5 sacral vertebrae

168
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What age does the sacrum fuse together at?

169
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Transverse Lines

A

4 ridges that mark joining of sacral vertebrae

170
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Anterior sacral foramina

A

4 pairs of holes in the sacrum

171
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Sacral Ala

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Lateral wings on the top of the sacrum

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Median Sacral Crest

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Fused spinous processes form a ridge down the middle

173
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Lateral Sacral Crest

A

Fused transverse processes form lines down the sides

174
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Posterior Sacral Foramina

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4 pairs of holes on the back side

175
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Sacral Canal

A

Continuation of vertebral canal

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Sacral Hiatus

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Laminae of S5 fail to meet and leave a gap on the bottom of posterior side

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Sacral Cornu

A

Inferior articular process of S5 connects with coccyx

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Apex

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Narrow portion on the bottom of sternum

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Base of sternum

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Broad portion at the top of the sacrum

180
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Sacral Promontory

A

Border of base used for pelvis measurement

181
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Auricular Surface

A

Depression on posterior wings of sacrum join with ilium of hipbone

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Sacroiliac Joint

A

Auricular surface of sacrum and ilium of hip bone

183
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Sacral Tuberosity

A

Depressions on auricular surface for ligament attachment

184
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Superior articular process of sacrum

A

Bumps on top that join with L5

185
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Lumbosacral Joint

A

Sacrum joins with lumbar

186
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Coccyx

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Co1- Co4- Terminal end of vertebral column

187
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When does the coccyx fuse

188
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Coccygeal Cornu

A

Connected by ligaments to sacral cornu

189
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Thoracic Cage

A

Sternum, ribs and thoracic vertebrae

190
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Superior Thoracic Aperture

A

Opening for structures in neck to pass through

191
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Sternum

A

Flat bone in centre of thorax

192
Q

3 parts of the sternum

A

Manubrium
Body
Xiphoid Process

193
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Manubrium

A

Top of sternum

194
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Xiphoid Process

A

Bottom of sternum

Anatomy (9 decks)

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