Bones Of the Cranium Flashcards by Stephanie Tkaczyk | Brainscape

Q

Condyloid process

A

Back of mandible

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Mandibular angle

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Angle of chin

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Mental foramen

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Holes in the chin

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Coronal suture

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Connect parietal to frontal

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Lambdoidal suture

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Connect parietal below to occipital

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Orbit

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Eye socket

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Glabella

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Between brows

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Optic foramen

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Hole for optic nerve

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Foramen magnum

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Hole for spine

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Mastoid process

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Rounded but not pointy

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Zygomatic arch

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Cheek bone

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Cribriform plate

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By small holes

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Sella turcica

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Cup like, middle, Inside

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Foramen ovale

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Outside holes, underneath

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Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid

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Divides nose

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Mandibular process

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Body of chin

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Coronoid process

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Front of mandible

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Mandibular ramus

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Both coronoid and chondyloid

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Sagittal suture

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Connects parietal

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Squamous suture

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Connect parietal to temporal

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Infraorbital foramen and supraorbital foramen

A

Hole below eye and hole above eye

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Superior and inferior orbital fissure

A

Long holes in eye

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Incisive foramen

A

Hole by front teeth

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Occipital condyle

A

Ridges by foramen magnum

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Styloid process

A

Pointy

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External auditory meatus

A

Ear canal

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Crista galli

A

Point

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External occipital protuberance

A

Bump on the back of head

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Jugular foramen

A

Inside holes underneath

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Middle conchae

A

Part of ethmoid upper chonchae on nose

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Crest

A

A sharp, prominent ridge

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Condyle

A

Rounded articular prominence

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Epicondyle

A

Small projection above a condyle

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Facet

A

Smooth, flat, articular surface

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Fissure

A

Narrow, cleft like, passage

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Foramen

A

Hole

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Fossa

A

Depression, often used as an articular surface

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Fovea

A

Pit

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Head

A

Rounded articular end of a long bone

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Neck

A

Constructed part of a large bone, below head

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Linea

A

Slight ridge

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Meatus

A

Canal

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Process

A

Generic term prominence or projection

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Ramus

A

Projecting part or branch

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Spine

A

Slender, pointed, projection

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Trochanter

A

Large blunt process

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Tubercle

A

Small rounded process

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Tuberosity

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Broad process larger than a tubercle