Bones of the Skull and Face Flashcards
which types of malignancies like to spread to bone?
prostate cancer
breast cancer
lung cancer
neurocranial bones
true cranial bones protect the brain
viscerocranial bone
facial bones
which two bones make up the nasal septum?
vomer and ehtmoid (perpendicular plate)
what bones are considered the membranous bones of the skull?
flat bones
what bones are considered the chondrocranium bones?
bones of the base of the skull (cartilaginous part of neurocranium)
what type of cartilage covers the TMJ
hyaline
what is the role of the palate of the mouth?
prevents food from going into your nasal cavity
what bones are involved in the orbit?
FroZEMPLS Frontal Zygomatic Ethmoid Maxilla Palatine Lacrimal Sphenoid
what structures run through the optic canal?
CN II and opthalmic artery
what structures run through the SOF?
CN III, IV, V(1) and VI
opthalmic vein
sympathetic fibers (Horner’s syndrome)
what structures run through the foramen ovale?
CN V(3) accessory meningeal artery lesser petrosal nerve emissary veins from cavernous sinus otic ganglion
what is the cavernous sinus?
thinned walled veins that create a cavity in the head (bordered by temporal and sphenoid bone
containes venous blood
what structures run through the foramen lacerum?
internal carotid artery circle of willis artery of pterygoid canal nerve of pterygoid canal parasympathetic nerve fivers emissary veins connecting pterygoid plexus with cavernous sinus (route of infection)
falx cerebri
separates cerebrum
