Axial Skeleton Flashcards
Bones of the neurocranium
Parietal (2), temporal (2), frontal, sphenoid, occipital, ethmoid
Bones of the viscerocranium
Maxilla (2), zygomatic (2), palatine (2), lacrimal (2), nasal (2), inferior nasal conchae (2), mandible, vomer
Cranial fossa
Anterior, middle, posterior
Associated bones
Auditory ossicles (6, 3 each ear: malleus, incus, stapes) Hyoid
Major sutures
Sagittal, coronal, squamous, lambdoid, sutures bone
Minor sutures
Sphenosquamous, sphenofrontal, sphenoparietal
Bones of the orbit
FLaME SPaZ: Frontal, Lacrimal, Maxilla, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Palatine, Zygomatic
Paranasal sinuses
Frontal, sphenoid all, ethmoid all, maxillary
Fontanelles
Anterior, posterior, sphenoidal, mastoidal, metopic (frontal)
Occipital bone landmarks
External occipital protuberance, external occipital crest, occipital condyles
Occipital bone foramina
Foramen magnum, jugular foramen, hypoglossal canal, occipital (condylar) canal
Axial Skeleton: Number and Division of bones
80 bones:
- Skull: 22 (8 neurocranium, 14 viscerocranium)
- Associated bone: 7 (6 auditory ossicles, 1 hyoid)
- vertebral column: 26 (24 vertebrae, 1 sacrum, 1 coccyx
- thoracic cage: 25 (1 sternum, 24 ribs)
Parietal bone landmarks
Superior temporal line, inferior temporal line
Frontal bone landmarks
Frontal sinus
Frontal none foramina
Supraorbital foramen, supraorbital notch