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Ch. 10 Bones of the Skull Flashcards

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Functions of the skull

A 
PCOM!
Protection cavity for the brain
Cavities to house sensory organs
Opening for air and food passage
Mastication
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How many bones are in the skull?

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22, both paired and unpaired. Grouped into cranial and facial bones.

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Immovable joints

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sutures

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4
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Which is the only bone joined by a synovial joint?

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Mandible

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5
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The 8 bones that encase and protect the brain.

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Cranial bones

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6
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How many cranial bones are there?

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8

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Superior portion of the cranium is also referred to as ___

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calvaria

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A flat bone at the posterior inferior aspect of the cranium

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Occipital

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Large foramen at the base of the skull near the anterior aspect of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord enters the cranium.

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Foramen magnum

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Structures on the occipital bone

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External occipital protuberance (occiput)
Superior nuchal line
Inferior nuchal line
Occipital condyles
Basilar part

NOOB (nuchal, occiput, occipital condyles, basilar part)

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Large, prominent eminence on the posterior midline of the occipital bone.

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External occipital protuberance (occiput)

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12
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Curved ridge extending laterally from the occiput

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Superior nuchal line

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Curved ridge that parallels the superior nuchal line and extends laterally from the occiput

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Inferior nuchal line

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Prominent oval projections at the anterolateral aspects of the foramen magnum that articulate with the first cervical vertebrae.

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Occipital condyles

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15
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Part of the occipital bone that lies anterior to the foramen magnum and articulates with the sphenoid bone. Its superior surface is called the Clivus.

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Basilar part

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16
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Superior surface of the basilar part

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Clivus

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17
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Bones forming a large part of the walls of the skull

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parietal

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18
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Bones located at the lateral and superior aspect of the cranium

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parietal

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19
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Bone of the forehead

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frontal

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located at the anterior and superior aspect of the cranium anterior to the parietal bones. forms the roof of the orbits.

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frontal

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21
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Structures on the frontal bone

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Suparorbital margin
Supraorbital notch or foramen
Squamos part
Frontal sinus
FSSS
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Bones lying at the lateral aspect of the cranium, inferior to the parietal bones

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temporal

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23
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Weakest cranial bone

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temporal

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24
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Part of the frontal bone that forms the superior border of the orbit.

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Supraorbital margin

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25
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Small notch or hole respectively, is found at the medial third of the supraorbital margin

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Supraorbital notch or foramen

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26
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Forehead part of the frontal bone

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squamous part

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27
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Space that lies between the orbital and the squamous parts of the frontal bone

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frontal sinus

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28
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Structures of the temporal bone

A 
Squamous part
Zygomatic process
Zygomatic arch
Mandibular process
Mastoid process
External auditory meatus
Styloid process
Petrous portion of temporal bone
SZZMMESP
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29
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Thin, scalelike, superior expansion of the temporal bone forming the part of the lateral cranial wall

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Squamous part of the temporal bone

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Long, thin bone that extends anteriorly from the anteroinferior aspect of the squamous part of the temporal bone to articulate with the zygomatic bone.

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Zygomatic process

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Arch formed by zygomatic bone and zygomatic process

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Zygomatic arch

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Oval depression for articulation with the mandible, specifically the condyloid process of the mandible.

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Mandibular Fossa

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33
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the breast-shaped projection extending inferiorly from he posterior aspect of the mastoid part

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mastoid process

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34
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Large canal posterior to the mandibular fossa that opens into the ear

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external auditory meatus

35
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another name for external auditory meatus

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external acoustic meatus

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Long, slender, pencil-like process antermedial to the external auditory meatus that extends inferiorly

A

Styloid process

37
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Hard, wedge-shaped portion between the occipital and sphenoid bones that houses the middle and inner ear

A

Petrous portion of the temporal bone

38
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Why is the sphenoid bone called the sphenoid?

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Wedged between the cranial and facial bones

39
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Bone that forms the base of the cranium anterior to the temporal and occipital bones; also forms the floor and lateral walls of the orbit

40
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Structures on the sphenoid bone

A 
Body
Sella turcica
Greater wings
Lesser wings
Pterygoid processs

Brody seduced Genny into Letting him Party

41
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Cubical portion of the sphenoid in the midline of the base of the cranium anterior to the occipital bone. Hollowed out to form two sphenoid air sinuses

A

Body of the sphenoid

42
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Deep depression on the superior aspect of the body of the sphenoid.

A

Sella turcica

43
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Posterior border of sella turcica is formed by the _____

A

dorsal sellae

44
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Indentation in the sella turcica housing the pituitary gland

A

Hypophyseal fossa

45
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Two broad lateral extensions from the body of the sphenoid. Contains openings including the foramen rotunda, oval, and spinousum.

A

Greater wing

46
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Where does the middle meningeal artery pass?

A

Foramen spinosum

47
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Which foramens are in the greater wing of the spenoid

A

Foramen rotunda
Ovale
Spinosum

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Thin triangular projections that extend into the posterior wall of the orbit and form the anterior aspect of the superior surface of the body

A

Lesser wing

49
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Extends inferiorly from the junction of the greater wing of the body.

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Pterygoid process

50
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Separates the medial and lateral pterygoid plate

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pterygoid fossa

51
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Lies laterally to the choanae

A

medial pterygoid

52
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Sievelike bone at anterior base of the cranium between two orbits.

53
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Structure sof ethmoid

A 
Cribiform plate
Perpendicular plate
Lateral mass
Middle nasal concha
Superior nasal concha
54
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Forms the anterior aspect of the cranium and has numerous foramina for the passage of nerve fibers.

A

Cribirom plate

55
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Cribiform plate surrounds the base of the ____

A

crista galli

56
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thin plate perpendicular to and extends inferiorly from the crbiform plate to form the superior aspect of the nasal septum

A

Perpendicular plate

57
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Consists of lateral aspects of the ethmoid made of large air cells forming part of the orbit.

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Lateral mass

58
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Free, convoluted inferior margin of the medial plate of the lateral mass

A

middle nasal concha

59
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part of the lateral mass superior to the middle nasal concha. Difficult to see from an anterior view of skull.

A

Superior nasal concha

60
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How many facial bones are there?

61
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Bone forming the upper jaw

62
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Structures of the maxilla

A

Body
Alveolar process
Palatine process
Infraorbital foramen

BAPI!

63
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Pyramidal in shape, contains a large air sinus

A

Body (contains maxillary sinus)

64
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The arch on the inferior border of the maxilla; it bears cavities into which the teeth of the upper jaw are set.

A

Alveolar process

65
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Found on the anterior surface of the body inferior to the infraorbital margin

A

Infraorbital foramen

66
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Lower jaw bone

67
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Hose-shoe shaped bone consisting of a horizontal body and paired rami which are perpendicular to the body

68
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Structures of the mandible

A 
Alveolar process
Mental foramen
Angle
Condyloid process
Neck
Coronoid process
Mandibular foramen
69
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Arch on the superior border of the body into which the teeth of the lower jaw are set

A

Alveolar process

70
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Foramen on the lateral aspect of the body, inferior to the second premolar tooth

A

mental foramen

71
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Formed by the intersection of the ramus and the body of the mandible.

72
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Sits on the superior border of the ramus and articulates with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone

A

condyloid process

73
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Constricted area of the ramus inferior to the head of the mandible

A

Neck of the mandible

74
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Found on the superior border of the ramus

A

Coronoid process

75
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Large central foramen on the medial surface of the ramus, holds the inferior alveolar nerve

A

Mandibular foramen

76
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Bones helping form the zygomatic arch that connects the zygomatic and temporal bones

A

Zygomatic Bones

77
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Irregular bones that form part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit

A

Zygomatic bones

78
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Bones helping form the nose

A

nasal bones

79
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Two small bones form the anterior and superior aspect of the nose, inferior to the frontal bone

A

nasal bones

80
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Thin, small irregular bones form the anterior portion of the medial wall of the orbit

81
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Small, curved, irregular shell-like bone, that extends horizontally along the lateral nasal wall superior to the hard palate

A

Inferior nasal conchae (turbinate)

82
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Irregular bones form the posterior portion of the hard palate posterior to the maxilla

83
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Vertical irregular bone in the median plane extending between the hard palate inferiorly and the sphenoid and ethmoid superiorly.

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