BONES OF THE SKULL Flashcards
what are the unpaired skull bones?
occipital bone frontal bone sphenoid bone vomer bone ethmoid bone mandible bone
what are the paired skull bones (bilateral)?
parietal bones temporal bones zygomatic bones palatine bones maxilla bones lacrimal bones inferior concha bones nasal bones ear ossicles pharyngeal tubercle
this unpaired bone articulates with the superior facets of the atlas?
occipital condyle
what is the sphenoid bone comprised of?
pterygoid plate
-lateral
-medial
greater wings
T/F, the mandible is a paired bone?
false, unpaired
these re indentations in the interior parietal bones made from arachnoid granulations?
pacchyonion depressions
what does the glenoid fossa articulate with?
mandible bone
what are the malleus and incus formed from? this acts as the supporting structure to the mandible in fetal life
meckels cartilage
pair of origin of the constrictor muscles?
pharyngeal tubercle
what type of joints are the sutures?
immovable joint (synarthrosis); fibrous
about 40% of the population has a this suture?
metopic suture
this is the point at which the four bone come together? what are these bones?
pterion
parietal
temporal
frontal
sphenoid
this is the soft spot in an infants head that enables the bony plates of the skull to flex during birth; cloaked by age two?
which ones are unilateral?bilateral?
fontanelle
anterior/posterior
sphenoid/mastoid
what are the regions of the skull?
cranium calvaria facial diploe inner and outer tables
what is the cranium region comprised of?
frontal parietal temporal occipital sphenoid ethmoid
