Canine Skull Flashcards

1
Q

List 3 functions of the skull

A
  • muscle attachment
  • organ protection (cavities)
  • Respiratory and olfactory
  • provide long surfaces for teeth implantation
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2
Q

The cranium is divided into _____________ and ______________.

A
  • neurocranium
  • viscerocranium
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3
Q

Which part of the cranium is the brains case?

A

Neurocranium

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4
Q

Splanchnocranium is another name for the ?

A

Viscerocranium

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5
Q

List the types of joints present in the skull

A
  • sutures
  • gomphoses
  • temporomandibular
  • mandibular symphysis
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6
Q

Describe the movement of the joints of the skull

A

Akinetic

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7
Q

What is the name of the chain of bones that connect the larynx to the bone?

A

Hyoid apparatus

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8
Q

List the 5 parts of the skull

A
  • cranium
  • mandible
  • joints
  • cavities/foramina
  • hyoid apparatus
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9
Q

What are the 3 intraspecific differences in skull shape?

A
  • Brachycephalic
  • mesocephalic
  • Dolicocephalic
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10
Q

Interspecific proportions of the skull will be between (breeds/species)? What do they reflect?

A

Species to reflect lifestyle differences

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11
Q

The roof of the skull is named:

A

Calvarium

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12
Q

The frontal, parietal and occipital bones make up which part of the neurocranium?

A

Calvarium

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13
Q

Which part of the cranium houses the cranial cavity, the middle ear cavity, and the frontal paranasal sinus?

A

Neurocranium

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14
Q

The neurocranium is divided into ____________, _____________, and _____________.

A

Calvarium
Base
Side

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15
Q

List the 3 things that make up the sphenoid complex of the base of the neurocranium

A
  • Basisphenoid
  • Presphenoid
  • Pterygoid
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16
Q

The temporal bone makes up what part of the neurocranium?

A

Side

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17
Q

What forms the walls of the nasal, paranasal and oral cavities?

A

Viscerocranium

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18
Q

List the 7 things that make up the viscerocranium:

A

Nasal
Lacrimal
Zygomatic
Maxilla
Incisive
Palatine
Vomer
Ethmoid

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19
Q

What is the skeleton of the lower jaw?

A

Mandible

20
Q

What makes up the mandible?

A

Body and ramus

21
Q

What is the symphysis in the mandible called?

A

Intermandibular articulation

22
Q

Which joint is housed in the mandible?

A

Temporomandibular joint

23
Q

How many nasals cavities are there?

A

2: left and right

24
Q

List three cranial fossae

A
  • Rostral
  • Middle
  • Caudal
25
Q

What is the main entrance to the nasal cavity?

A

Nasal aperture

26
Q

Another name for the turbinate bones?

A

Conchae

27
Q

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

A

hard palate

28
Q

What is the function of the conchae?

A

Cleanse, warm, filter air

29
Q

Another name for the Ethiod bone:

A

Osseus septum

30
Q

Describe the conchae

A

Bony scrolls that extend medically into the nasal fossa covered by mucosa

31
Q

List the 3 conchae

A
  • dorsal
  • ventral
  • ethmoidal labyrinth
32
Q

Which conchae has olfactory mucosa?

A

Olfactory

33
Q

Which conchae has respiratory mucosa?

A

Ventral nasal concha

34
Q

What are the nasal meatuses?

A

Spaces made from where the conchae divide the nasal cavity into 4 passages

35
Q

List the 4 nasal meatuses

A
  • Dorsal
  • middle
  • ventral
  • common
36
Q

Which meatus connects the other; between nasal septum and the meatuses?

A

Common meatus

37
Q

Which meatus does an NG tube go through?

A

Ventral meatus

38
Q

What goes through the paranasal sinuses?

A

Olfactory n

39
Q

What are the 2 paranasal sinuses?

A
  • Frontal
  • maxillary recess
40
Q

What is the clinical significance of the maxillary recess?

A

Its association with teeth and a tooth abscess

41
Q

List the 5 foramina of the skull

A
  • optic canal
  • orbital fissure
  • rostral alar foramen
  • caudal alar foramen
  • oval foramen
42
Q

What is the name of the fossa that the foramina are in?

A

Pterygopalatine fossa

43
Q

Which foramina connect to the brain cavity directly?

A

1,2,5

44
Q

Which nerve come out of foramina 1 and 2?

A

1- optic nerve
2- oculomotor n

45
Q

Cranial nerves!

A

1- olfactory
2- optic
3- oculomotor
4- trochlear
5- Trigeminal (V1-ophthalmic)
6- Abducens
7- facial
8- Vestibulocochlear
9- Glossopharyngeal
10- Vagus
11 - Accessory
12 - Hypoglossal

46
Q

Which CN are associated with the eye?

A

2-6

47
Q

Where does the maxillary artery go through?

A

Caudal alar foramen to rostral alar to maxillary to infraorbital