Axial Skeleton - Skull Flashcards
What are the three main structures found in the axial skeleton?
Skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage
Which structures are found in the colored area? And in the white area?
Colored area: Cranial bones
White area: Facial bones
Which structure is highlighted in orange?
Anterior cranial fossa
Which area comprises the blue and purple areas? Which important structures can be found there?
Middle cranial fossa; jugular foramen and the temporal lobe
Which important area is comprised of the green and purple region? Which important structure lays on it?
Posterior cranial fossa; cerebellum
Which bone is indicated by letter A?
Parietal bone
Which bone is indicated by letter B?
Temporal Bone
Which bone is indicated by letter C?
Occipital bone
Which bone is indicated by letter D?
Frontal bone
Which bone is indicated by letter E?
Sphenoid bone
Which bone is indicated by letter F?
Ethmoid bone
Which suture is indicated by the highlighted area?
Squamous suture
Which suture is indicated by the highlighted area?
Lambdoid suture
Which suture is indicated by the highlighted area?
Coronal suture
Which suture is indicated by the highlighted area?
Sagittal suture
Which region is circled on the picture? What is its importance?
Pterion; it is an area on the shape of an “H”, it is the junction of four cranial bones and it is considered to be an area of weakness. Besides that, the meningeal artery is located underneath this region.
