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axial skeleton Flashcards

1
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Sphenoid bone

A

very back inside of eye socket with wing outside

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2
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Nasal bone

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top of nose bridge underneath glabella

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3
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Ethmoid bone

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enside eye corner, next to lacrimal bone

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4
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Lacrimal bone

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lateral, outside at corner of eye next to ethmoid

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5
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Temporal bone

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think temporal lobe

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6
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Zygomatic bone

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on cheekbone area, makes up part of orbital

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7
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Hyoid bone

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neck area, not connected to anything looks like a u

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Maxilla

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top jaw

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9
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Mandible

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lower jaw, chin

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10
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Occipital bone

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think occipital lobe

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11
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Parietal bone

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think parietal lobe

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Sagittal suture

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squiggly line on top of skull, think sperm and saggy balls

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Squamous suture

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squiggly line in inner side of skull

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14
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Lamboid suture

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squiggly line below sagittal suture

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15
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External occipital proturbance

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little sticky outy part of occipital lobe

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16
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Mastoid process

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lobe looking thing adjacent to styloid process

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17
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Styloid process

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little sprig adjacent to mastoid process

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18
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Zygomatic process

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bridges zygomatic bone to temporal bone

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19
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Cribriform plate

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spongy looking plate thing on roof of skull

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20
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Crista galli

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little line down cribriform plate

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21
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Sella turcica

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kind of vertebrae looking thing on roof of skull

22
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Optic canal

A

a little above sella turcica, hole?

23
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Jugular foramen

A

hole/dent on sides next to foramen magnum and below carotid canal

24
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Carotid canal

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hole/dent on sides next to foramen magnum and above jugular foramen

25
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Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

A

line going down center of nasal cavity

26
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Posterior cranial fossa

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dents diagonally down from foramen magnum

27
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Foramen magnum

A

big hole in skull

28
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Anterior frontanelle

A

diamond star hole thing in fetus skull in between frontal bone and parietal bone

29
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Frontal bone

A

think frontal lobe

30
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Posterior frontanelle

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diamond star hole thing in fetus skull in between parietal bone and occipital bone

31
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Palatine bone

A

back of the roof of the mouth

32
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Palatine process of the maxilla

A

front part of the roof of the mouth

33
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Vomer

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part of the roof of the mouth that is like where the uvula would be, the dick where the two holes are the balls

34
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Superior articular facet

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pad looking things, round in axis, long in atlas (like longitude)

35
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Anterior arch

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front, thinner smaller arch in atlas, in between superior articular facets

36
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Lamina

A

other two sides of vertebra on the triangle

37
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Transverse process

A

the bit of edge jutting out or just on the outside side of the superior articular facets

38
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Vertebral foramen

A

big hole in vertebrae

39
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Transverse foramen

A

little side holes in atlas

40
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Dens

A

stick up part in axis in between superior articular facets

41
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Pedicle

A

opposite of transverse process, diagonally up inner edge of bone to superior articular facets

42
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Spinous process

A

top tip on all but atlas

43
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Sacral foramina

A

all the side holes on sacrum

44
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Median sacral crest

A

center ridge on posterior view of sacrum

45
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Sacral promontory

A

top center edge of sacrum

46
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Coccyx

A

drill tail bit

47
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Sacrum

A

bigger plate on top of coccyx

48
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Xiphoid process

A

bottom point bit of sternum

49
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Jugular notch

A

top edge of manubrium

50
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Manubrium

A

the knot of a tie part of the sternum

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