ch 7 - axial skeleton Flashcards
axial skeleton
forms longitudinal axis of the body…includes the bones of the head and the trunk
how many bones in axial skeleton
80 bones
what are the 80 bones of the axial skeleton
8 cranial bones
14 facial bones
6 auditory ossicles and 1 hyoid
24 ribs and the sternum
24 vertebrae, sacrum and coccyx
how many bones does the skull have
22 total
- 8 cranial
- 14 facial
joints or articulations
connects 2 or more bones
This passageway connects the nasal cavity and the orbit
lacrimal canal
- lacrimal canal is responsible for draining tears from the eye into nasal cavity
what are the 8 cranial bones
frontal
2 parietal
2 temporal
sphenoid
ethmoid
occipital
what are the 5 parts of the temporal bone
- squamous (outside) + petrous (inside) part
- zygomatic process of temporal bone
- mastoid process
- styloid process
- external auditory meatus
what are the 4 parts of the sphenoid bone
- greater wing
- lesser wing
- pterygoid plate (medial and lateral)
- sella turcica
what are the 3 parts of the ethmoid bone
- crista galli
- cribriform plate
- perpendicular plate
what are the 2 parts of the occipital bone
- occipital condyles
- foramen magnum
what are the 7 parts of the mandible
- body of the mandible
- ramus of the mandible
- coronoid process
- condylar process
- mandibular notch
- alveolar processes
- angle of the mandible
what are the 6 foramen in the front of the face
- supra orbital foramen
- optic canal
- superior orbital fissure
- inferior orbital fissure
- infra orbital foramen
- mental foramen
what are the first 8 foramen of the cranial fossa
what are the last 4 foramen of the cranial fossa
- foramen magnum
- hypoglossal canal
- jugular foramen
- auditory meatus