Bones of the Skull Flashcards by Sarah Castle

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alveolar process

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fissure

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an elongated cleft

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foramen

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rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves

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canal

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passageway through the substance of a bone

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fossa

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shallow depression

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crest

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prominent angle

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ramus

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extension of bone making an angle

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process

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projection or bump

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angle

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body

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21

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carotid canal

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53

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condylar process

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coronal suture

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52

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coronoid process

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cribriform plate

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40

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crista galli

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5

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ethmoid bone

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25

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external acoustic meatus

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external occipital crest

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external occipital protuberance

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foramen lacerum

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foramen magnum

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foramen ovale

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foramen rotundum

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foramen spinosum

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frontal process

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sides of nose or something like that idk

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glabella

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greater horn

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greater wing

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horizontal plate

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hyoid bone

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neck

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50

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hypoglossal canal

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hypophyseal fossa

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inferior nasal concha
somewhere in the nose idk

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inferior nuchal lines

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inferior orbital fissure

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inferior temporal lines

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bottom ridge on temporal bone

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35

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infraorbital foramen

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49

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internal acoustic meatus

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20

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jugular foramen

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9

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lacrimal bone

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34

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lacrimal fossa

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lambdoid suture

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lateral masses

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masses of ethmoid bone

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lateral plate

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lesser horn

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lesser wing

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51

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mandible

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55

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mandibular foramen

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26

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mandibular fossa

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23

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mastoid process

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8

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maxilla

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medial plate

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median palatine suture

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54

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mental foramen

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mental protuberance

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middle nasal concha

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7

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nasal bone

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orbital plate

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3

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occipital bone

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19

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occipital condyles

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33

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optic canal

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orbit

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13

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palatine bone

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palatine process

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2

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parietal bone

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perpendicular plate

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petrous portion

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“plate of jugular” idk what I mean by that

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pterygoid process

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ramus

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sagittal suture

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middle of head

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sella turcica

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6

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sphenoid bone

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squamous portion

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squamous suture

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22

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styloid process

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submandibular fossa

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superior nasal concha

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cannot be seen

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superior nuchal lines

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superior orbital fissure

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top ridge on temporal bone

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superior temporal line

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supra-orbital margin

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supra-orbital notch/foramen

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4

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temporal bone

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temporal process

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tympanic portion

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11

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vomer

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10

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zygomatic bone

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28

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zygomatic process/arch