Axial Skeleton Chapter 6: Naming landmarks Flashcards
1
Q
Frontal bone (4)
A
squamous part
supra-orbital margin
supra-orbital foramen
lacrimal fossa
2
Q
Parietal (1)
A
parietal eminence
3
Q
Temporal (9)
A
zygomatic process styloid process mastoid process stylomastoid foramen mandibular fossa external acoustic meatus jugular fossa carotid canal internal acoustic meatus
4
Q
Occipital (5)
A
foreman magnum occipital condyles external occipital crest external occipital protruberance superior nuchal line
5
Q
Sphenoid (9)
A
greater wings lesser wings foreman ovale optic canal foreman rotundum foreman spinosum superior orbital fissure pterygoid process sella turcica
6
Q
Ethmoid (6)
A
crista galli ethmoidal labyrinth cribriform plate with olfactory foramina perpendicular plate superior nasal concha middle nasal concha
7
Q
Mandible (10)
A
body ramus angle condylar process head (condylar) coronoid process mental foramen mandibular foramen alveolar part mental proturberance
8
Q
Maxilla (6)
A
alveolar process anterior nasal spine frontal process palatine process infra-orbital foramen incisive canal
9
Q
Palatine (3)
A
horizontal plate
perpendicular plate
orbital process
10
Q
Zygomatic (2)
A
temporal process
frontal process
11
Q
Lacrimal (1)
A
lacrimal groove
12
Q
Landmarks common to all 3 vertebrae types (C2 though L5) (9)
A
body vertebral foramen transverse process spinous process superior articular process and facet inferior articular process and facet pedicle lamina intervertebral foramen
13
Q
additional landmarks specific to typical cervical vertebra (1)
A
transverse foramen
14
Q
additional landmarks specific to C1 (Atlas) (3)
A
anterior/posterior tubercles
anterior/posterior arch
articular facet for dens (fovea dentis)
**note: C1 does not have a body or a spinous process
