Bones and Landmarks Lab Exam 1 Flashcards
condyle
a rounded prominence that articulates with another bone
Epicondyle
the surface (medial or lateral) of the condyle
Facet
a smooth, flat, articular surface on a bone that accomodates to another bone
Foramen
a hole in a bone
Fossa
a depression in a bone
Meatus
a canal that goes through a bone
Process
a prominence or projection extending from a bone
Trochanter
a large, usually blunt process
Tubercle
a smaller rounded process extending from a bone
Tuberosity
a broad, fairly large process emerging from a bone
Fontanel
a soft spot of membranour tissue in the fetal skull that has not yet been ossified
Fissure
a groove or slot in a bone
Head
a larger end of a long bone
Suture
Fibrous joint between the flat bones of the skull
axial
skull, vertebrae and ribs
appendicular
all bones except the skull, vertebrae, and ribs
cranial
skull bones touching the brain
facial
skull bones not touching the brain
what are the cranial bones
frontal bone, 2 parietal bones, occipital bone, sphenoid, ethmoid, 2 temporal bones
how many cranial bones?
8
sutures of cranial bones
coronal, Sagital, Lambdoidal, Squamosal
how many landmarks on the Frontal bone?
3
Landmarks on the frontal bone
frontal sinus, superior orbital fissure, zygomatic process
how many landmarks on the occipital bone?
5
landmarks on the occipital bone
foramen magnum, occipital condyles, external occipital protuberance, jugular foramen, hypoglossal canal
how many landmarks on each temporal bone?
8
landmarks on the temporal bone
zygomatic process, carotid canal, jugular foramen, external auditory meatus, internal auditory meatus mandibular fossa mastoid process styloid process
how many landmarks on each parietal bone?
0
how many landmarks on the sphenoid bone?
6
landmarks on the sphenoid bone
sella turcica foramen rotundum foramen ovale foramen spinosum, sphenoid sinus optic foramen
how many landmarks on the ethmoid bone?
5