Chapter 7 Flashcards
How many bones make up the skeleton?
206
2 parts to the skeleton
- Axial
2. Appendicular
Axial Skeleton
- what does it form
- what does it include
- what does it support
- Forms longitudinal axis of the body
- skull, hyoid bone, vertebral column, and thoracic
- Framework that supports the brain, spinal cord and organs of the ventral body cavity
Appendicular skeleton
Bones of the limbs and girdles that connect them to the axial skeleton
What is the function of bone markings?
Attatchment of muscles, grooves for nerves and blood vessels, bone articulations
How can bone markings be useful to forensic scientists, anthropologists and pathologists?
Help determine size, age and sex; help determine general appearance of an individual
How many bones does the skull contain?
22
Cranium
- definition
- function
- how many bones
Helmet-like covering that encloses cranial cavity
- houses and protects brain
- 8 bones
cranium bones
-6 parts (8 bones in total)
- Frontal
- Parietal
- Temporal
- Occipital
- Ethmoid
- Sphenoid
Frontal
- number of bones
- function
- what does it contain
- what is it formed by
- 1
- forms forehead and upper parts of orbits
- frontal sinus-mucus cavity
- formed by union of 2 bones at metopic suture
when does the metopic suture usually disappear by
by age 8 when bones fuse
Parietal
- number of bones
- function
- special features/landmarks
- 2 (both sides)
- Forms sides and roof of cranium
- none
Temporal
- number of bones
- function
- 5 processes
- 2
- forms lateral wall of cranium and part of cranial floor
- Zygomatic process
- Mastoid process
- Styloid process
- External auditory canal
- Mandibular fossa
- Zygomatic process
Zygomatic process
forms posterior part of the zygomatic arch
Mastoid process
rounded projection behind ear
Styloid process
slender spike extending downward
External auditory canal
canal leading to middle ear
Mandibular fossa
depression on inferior surface which forms socket for mandible
Occipital
- number of bones
- function
- 2 special features
- 1
- forms much of the posterior and inferior surfaces of the cranium
- Occipital condyles
- Foramen Magnum
- Occipital condyles
Occipital Condyles
Oval processes that articulate with the first cervical vertebrae
Foramen Magnum
- Large hole
- connects the cranial canal to the spinal cavity
- surrounds connection between brain and spinal cord
Ethmoid
- number of bones
- what does it look like
- function
- 5 special features/landmarks
- 1
- Irregularly shaped
- forms inner surface of cranial floor, medial walls of orbit, roof of nasal cavity, and superior part of nasal septum
- Cribiform plate
- Crista galli
- Superior and middle nasal conchae
- Perpedicular plate
- Ethmoid sinus
- Cribiform plate
Cribiform plate
- definition
- what does it contain
Forms floor of cranium and roof of nasal cavity
-contains perforations (olfactory bulbs)
Crista galli
- definition
- attactment site for what
upward projecting triangular process
-for meninges of brain
Superior and Middle nasal conchae
forms lateral masses that form walls of nasal cavity
Perpendicular plate
slender process in midline that forms upper part of nasal septum
Ethmoid sinus
mucus lined cavities
Sphenoid
- number of bones
- 3 functions
- what does it resemble
- 4 special features/landmarks
-1
-1. Keystone of cranial floor
2. acts as a cross brace to strengthen skull by extending from one side of cranium to the other
3. forms side of skull, most of cranial floor and part of the orbit
-resembles bat with wings extended
-1. body
2. sella turcica
3, greater wing
4. sphenoidal sinus
Body of sphenoid
central portion
Sella Turcica
- definition
- what sits there
saddle shaped depression on superior surface
-pituitary gland
Greater wing
lateral projections that form part of orbit and lateral walls of skull anterior to temporal bone
Sphenoid sinus
mucus lines cavities
Facial bones
- contains 8 parts
- how many bones all together
- Nasal
- Maxillary
- Zygomatic
- Mandible
- Lacrimal
- Palatine
- Inferior Nasal Conchae
- Vomer
- 14 bones
Nasal bone
- number of bones
- function
- special features
- 2
- forms bridge of nose
- none
Maxillary
- number of bones
- function
- special features
- 2
- forms upper jaw and parts of orbit, anterior part of roof of mouth (palate = hard palate)
- maxillary sinus
- palatine process
Maxillary sinus
Mucus lined cavity
Zygomatic
- number of bones
- function
- special features
- 2
- forms part of zygomatic arch and part of outer wall and floor of orbit
- none
Palatine process
- horizontal projection that forms boney roof of mouth
- anterior 2/3 of hard plate
Mandible
- number of bones
- function
- 3 special features
- 1
- lower jaw
- main horizontal part forms chin
1. Alveolar processes
2. mandibular condyle
Alveolar processes
sockets for teeth
mandibular condyle (condylar process)
articulates with mandibular fossa of temporal bone