Bones of the Skull Flashcards
name the bones of the neurocranium
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sphenoid temporal occipital parietal ethmoid frontal
name the bones of the viscerocranium
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which bones of the skull are paired?
temporal parietal zygomatic maxilla lacrimal ethmoid nasal inferior nasal concha
name the sutures of the skull
frontal
sagittal
lamdoidal
which bones does the frntal suture separate
frontal and parietal
which bones does the sagittal suture separate?
parietal
which bones does the lamdoidal suture separate?
parietal and occipital
name the fontanelles of infancy
posterior
sphenoidal
mastoid
anterior
which bones join at the posterior fontalle?
occipital and 2x parietal
which bones join at the sphenoidal fontanelle?
greater wing of sphenoid, temporal, parietal, frontal
which bones join at the mastoid fontanelle?
parietal and occipital
which bones join at the anterior fontanelle?
frontal and 2x parietal
what structure does the posterior fontanelle develop into?
lambda
what structure does the sphenoidal fontanelle develop into?
pterion
what structure does the mastoid fontanelle develop into?
asterion
