chapter 6 part 2 Flashcards
squamous part of temporal bone
flat bone of the skull
mastoid process
consists of the mastoid sinuses
styloid process
neck muscle attachment
external acoustic meatus
entrance into the ear canal
sella turcica
dorsum sellae, hypophyseal fossa (pituitary gland fossa), tuberculum sellae, anterior clinoid processes and posterior clinoid process
optic canals
openings for the optic nerves
perpendicular plate of the ethmoid
superior portion of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid
crista galli
superior portion of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid
cribriform plate
borders the crista galli
cribiform plate foramina
openings for the olfactory nervers
cranial fossa
anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa
anterior cranial fossa
frontal and ethmoid bones
middle cranial fossa
extends from the internal nares to the petrous portions of the temporal bone
-consists of the sphenoid, temporal and parietal bones
posterior cranial fossa
extends from the petrous portion of the temporal bone to the posterior skull
-mainly just the occipital bone
maxillae
make up the upper jaw
-has a left and right
-has maxiallry sinuses and infra orbital foramen
infra-orbital foramen
openings for the maxillary nerve passing through the foramen rotundum
maxillae
anterior nasal spine, palatine process, and incisive foramen
palatine process
anterior palatine bone (roof of the mouth)
Incivise foramen
opening fo nerve and small arteries that innervate the palatal surface
mandible
makes up lower jaw
-head (mandibular condyle)
mandibular notch
-coronoid process
-ramus
-angle
-body (mental formaina and mental protuberance)
mandibular condyle (head)
articulates with thh mandibular fossa of the temporal bone
mental protuberance
bondy ridge on the anterior endge
-basically the chin
nasoocranial
tears
supperior orbital fissure
openeing for nerves oculomotor, trochlear, orbital tigeminal