Bones of the Skull Flashcards
1
Q
Consists of the FLAT bones of the skull and BASE of the skull
A
NEUROCRANIUM/ CRANIAL (8 bones)
PAIRED
Parietal
Temporal
UNPAIRED Sphenoid Ethmoid Frontal Occipital
2
Q
Consists of the bones of the face that develop from the pharyngeal arches in embryologic development
A
VISCEROCRANIUM/FACIAL (14 bones)
PAIRED Palatine Lacrimal Maxilla Nasal Inferior Nasal Concha Zygomatic
UNPAIRED
Vomer
Mandible
3
Q
Coronal + Sagittal suture
A
Bregma
4
Q
Lambdoid + Sagittal suture
A
Lambda
5
Q
Frontal + Temporal + Greater Wing of Sphenoid
A
Pterion
6
Q
Parietomastoid + Occipitomastoid + Lambdoid
A
Asterion
7
Q
Meeting point of the frontal and nasal bones
A
Nasion
8
Q
Thin area overlying the anterior division of the MIDDLE MENINGEAL ARTERY resulting to extradural/epidural hematoma
A
Pterion
