Bones Of Body Flashcards
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Coronal suture
connects frontal and both parietal bones
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Frontal bone
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Lambdoid suture
Connects occipital bone to both parietal bones
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Occipital Bone
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Parietal bone
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Sagittal suture
connects both parietal bones
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Sutural Bone
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Squamous suture
connects temporal bone to parietal bone
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Supraorbital notch
supraorbital nerve, artery and veins traverse this opening
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Cribriform plate
Flat portion of the ethmoid bone on either side of the crista galli.
Olfactory bulbs line on cribiform plate
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Mandibular Fossa
Part of temporal bone that connects to mandibular condyle to form temporal mandibular joint
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Crista Galli
Midline projection of the ethmoid bone into the brain case.
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Ethmoid Bone
The deepest bone of the skull, it lies between the nasal bone and the sphenoid
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Ethmoid Bone
The deepest bone of the skull, it lies between the nasal bone and the sphenoid
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External Acoustic Meatus
Directs sound waves from tympanic membrane to inner ear
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Foramen Magnum
brainstem runs through here to connect to spinal cord
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Foramen Ovale
Allows nerves and arteries to pass through
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Foramen Rotundum
Allows nerves and arteries to pass through
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Foramen Spinosum
Allows nerves and arteries to pass through
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Greater Wing
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Hypoglossal canal
below tongue, brings nerve to tongue allow to move
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Hypoglossal canal
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Internal Acoustic Meatus
Passageway for vestibularcochlear nerve which carries nerve impulses for hearing and balance
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Jugular Foramen
jugular veins runs through here (drain blood from brain)
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Lesser Wing
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Mastoid Process
Site of attachment for muscles that move skull
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Mastoid Process
Site of attachment for muscles that move skull
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Middle Nasal Concha
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Occipital Condyles
Articulates with atlas C-1, allowing head to move up,down, side-to-side
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Optic Canal
optic nerve through here to give vision
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Perpendicular Plate
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Sella Turcica
Pituitary gland sits here
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Sphenoid Bone
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Sphenoid Bone
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Styloid Process of temporal bone
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Stylomastoid Foramen
Hole between styloid and mastoid
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Styloid Process
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Temporal Bone
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Zygomatic process of temporal bone
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Alveolar Process Mandible
Ridges of the mandible and maxilla that helped to form the sockets that hold the teeth
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Mandibular Condyle
Fits into mandibular fossa on temporal bone forming synovial joint to allow mandible to move. (Temporomandibular joint)
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Coronoid Process of the Mandible
Projection of the mandible to which a muscle moving the mandible upward attaches.
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Inferior Nasal Conchae
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Infraorbital Foramen
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Lacrimal Bone
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Mandible
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Mandible
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Mandibular Foramen
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Maxillae
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Mental Foramen
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Nasal Bone
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Palatine Bone
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Vomer
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Temporal Process
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Zygomatic Arch
Bridge of bone formed by projections of the temporal and zygomatic bones.
Functions as attachment site for a muscle moving the mandible and for ligaments holding the mandible in place
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Zygomatic Arch
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Zygomatic Bone
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Zygomatic Bone
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Hyoid Bone
Not part of the skull. Lies inferior to the mandible in the anterior neck.
Only bone not directly attached to another
Functions to anchor throat, larynx, and tongue muscles .
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Atlas C1
First cervical vertebrae
Articulates with occipital piles to form synovial joint that allows lateral movement (side-to-side) and anterior/posterior movement (nodding yes/no)
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Axis C2
Second cervical vertebrae
Has bony projection called DENS that allows atlas C-1 to rotate allowing for “no” head movements
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Vertebral Body (centrum)
Thick, cylindrical part of the vertebrae responsible for bearing weight
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Cervical Vertebra
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Coccyx
The tailbone
Comprised of 3 to 5 fused coccygeal vertebrae
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Dens of C2
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Inferior Articular Process/ Facet
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Intervertebral Foramin
Where spinal nerves exit vertebral column
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Lamina
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Lumbar Vertebra
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Pedicle
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Sacrum
Five fused vertebrae that formed the posterior wall of the pelvis.
Articulates laterally with the two hip bones (coxae) to form the bony pelvis at Sacrioliac joint
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Spinous Process