Chapter 7 Flashcards
The pituitary gland is contained in a depression found in which cranial bone?
Sphenoid
What are the three components of the nasal septum?
Vomer
Septal cartilage
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
An opening or hole in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass is called a
Foremen
Craniodiaphysial dysplasia is a bone disorde that causes calcium to accumulate in the skull. These deposits of calcium decrease the foramina size in the skull. What would be an affect of a smaller foramina?
Inadequate blood flow
Compression on cranial nerves
Intercranial hypertension
The tubercle found on the neck of a rib articulates with a facet found on the
Transverse process of a thoracic vertebra
Picture
H
Picture
A
Picture
E
The _______ suture articulates with the most bones in the skull
Lambdoid
Picture
F
I’m infants, hydrocephalus, water on the brain, causes bulging and swelling in the head. The head appears larger than expected. What structure will bulge?
Fontanelles
Picture
D (looks like beak)
Which bone forms the zygomatic arch with the zygomatic bone?
Temporal
A rounded articular projection supported on a constricted portion of a bone is called a
Head
The sella turcica is a bony depression found in which cranial bone?
Sphenoid
Picture
A
Which of the following cranial bones contains the organs of hearing and balance, and articulate with the mandible
Temporal
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C
Which facial bone is a single, unpaired bone in the human skull
Mandible
How many bones in the axial skeleton ?
80
What bones makeup the axial skeleton?
Skull
Hyoid
Auditory
Vertebral
Thorax
What are the 4 sutures?
Sagittal (down the middle)
Lambdoid( rear of head)
Coronal (forehead)
Squamas (ear)
Narrow slit between bones in which blood vessels pass is
Fissure