Chapter 6 2a Part 2 Axial Skeleton_Skull Flashcards
What is the pink highlighted part?
foramen magnum
What is the pink highlighted part?
foramen magdum
What is the pink highlighted part?
mandibular fossa
What is the pink highlighted part?
hard plate
What is the pink highlighted part?
sella turcica
What is the pink highlighted part?
olfactory foramina
Why is the sella turcica important?
It holds the pituitary gland
What is the main purpose of the sphenoid bone?
holds all the other cranial bones together
What is this bone?
ethmoid bone
What is the pink highlighted bone?
ethmoid bone
What is the pink highlighted bone?
sphenoid bone
What is the highlighted section called?
foramen magnum
What is the pink highlighted section?
sella turcica
Name the pink highlighted part.
nasal bone
Name the orange circle part.
palatine bone
Name the pink highlighted part
zygomatic bone
name the pink highlighted part
maxilla
name the pink highlighted part
mandible
name the pink highlighted part
inferior nasal concha
name the pink highlighted part
lacriminal bone
name the pink highlighted part
maxilla
name the pink highlighted part
zygomatic bone
name the pink highlighted part
vomer
Name the pink highlighted part
palatine bone
name the pink highlighted part
nasal bone
name the pink highlighted part
lacriminal bone
name the pink highlighted part
zygomatic bone
name the pink highlighted part
maxilla
name the pink highlighted part
mandible
What four bones have sinuses?
frontal
ethmoidal
sphenoid
maxillary
name the pink highlighted sinus region
frontal sinus
name the pink highlighted sinus region
sphenoid sinus
name the pink highlighted sinus region
maxillary sinus
name the pink highlighted sinus region
ethmoid sinus
name this bone
hyoid bone
what is unique about the hyoid bone?
it doesn’t attach to any other bone
what attaches to the hyoid bone?
swallowing and speech muscles