Ch 6 Terms Flashcards
Mandible
jaw bottom
Frontal bone
forehead
Maxilla
top jaw area
Orbit
bone posterior to eyes
Zygomatic bone
sides of eyes
Alveolar process of mandible
right below bottom teeth
Alveolar process of maxilla
right above top teeth
Coronal suture
suture looks like a headband
Parietal bone
Main point of back of head. where boys have a hair swirl
Zygomatic arch
right along the sides of glasses. from ear to zygomatic bone
Lambdoid suture
suture in the back of head
Sagittal suture
suture on top of the head
occipital bone
section of the skull in the back of head
Sutural bone
bones along the lambdoid suture
Mental foramen
Below either ends of your smile
Atlas
first vertebra
Axis
second vertebra
Cervical curvature
top curve of spine
cervical vertebra
top section of vertebra
coccyx
very tippy bottom of spine
Lumbar curvature
bottom curve of spine
Lumbar vertebra
bottom section of vertebra
Sacrum
bottom bone of spine
Thoracic curvature
middle curve of spine
Transverse foramen of cervical vertebra
holes on either side of vertebra
Spinous process of cervical vertebra
middle point of vertebra
Lamina of cervical vertebra
bridges of vertebra, on either end and below the spinous process (point)
Pedicle of lumbar vertebra
either side of the vertebral foramen of lumbar vertebra of the vertebra
Anterior sacral foramen
eight little holes all along the sacral
Promontory of sacrum
top of sacrum
Costal cartilages
the front of the rib cage
false ribs
lower back of rib cage (floating ribs is like last two false ribs)
True ribs
upper sides and back ribs
Xiphoid process
lowest tip of sternum
