Chapter 7: Axial Skeleton Flashcards
List the 7 bones that make up the orbital complex.
- Frontal Bone
- Sphenoid Bone
- Zygomatic Bone
- Maxilla Bone
- Palatine Bone
- Lacrimal Bone
- Ethmoid Bone
List the 8 bones that make up the cranium. (6 named; some are paired)
Cranial bones are those that surround and enclose the brain.
- Frontal Bone
- Parietal Bones (2)
- Temporal Bones (2)
- Occipital Bone
- Ethmoid Bone
- Sphenoid Bone
List the 14 facial bones. (8 named; some are paired.)
Facial bones are those that form the face.
- Nasal Bones (2)
- Lacrimal Bones (2)
- Maxilla Bones (2)
- Zygomatic bones (2)
- Palatine Bones (2)
- Inferior Nasal Concha (2)
- Vomer Bone
- Mandible Bone
What bones make up the axial skeleton?
Skull
Vertebral column
Thoracic cage
List the (4) sutures of the skull and the bones that they border.
- Coronal Suture between the frontal bone and parietal bones.
- Sagittal Suture between the 2 parietal bones.
- Squamous Sutures between the parietal bones and the temporal bones.
- Lambdoid Suture between the parietal bones and the occipital bone.
List the prominent structures of the mandible.
I picked 8 to list
Head of mandible Mandibular notch Condylar process Ramus Angle of mandible Body Mental foramen Mental protuberance
What 2 bones make up the nasal septum?
- Vomer
2. Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
How many bones make up the skull?
22 bones make up the entire skull.
- 8 Cranial Bones
- 14 Facial Bones
What is the pterion?
It’s your “temple.”
The area where your frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, and sphenoid bone meet.
What is the name of the joint where the mandible attaches to the skull?
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
List the 3 features of the hyoid bone.
Greater cornu
Lesser cornu
Body
What does cornu mean?
“Horn”
What is the only bone of the body that does not articulate with another bone? List it’s functions.
Hyoid bone
- Serves as attachment for tongue and muscles of the larynx (swallowing)
List the prominent structures of the sphenoid bone using the cowboy story.
(That’s 6 structures.)
He sits in the sella turcica (the turkish saddle.)
Looks forward though through the optic canals.
Puts his round toed boots into the foramen rotundum.
His lasso goes in the foramen lacerum.
He looks back over the valley (foramen ovale).
And he spits. (Foramen spinosum).
List the prominent external structures of the frontal bone.
I picked 4.
Glabella
Superciliary arch
Supraorbital margin
Supraorbital foramen/notch
List the prominent external structures of the parietal bone.
I picked 3.
Parietal eminence
Superior temporal line
Inferior temporal line
List the prominent internal and external structures of the temporal bone. (I picked 7, total.)
External: Zygomatic process of the temporal bone Mastoid process Styloid process External acoustic meatus Squamous part
Internal:
Internal acoustic meatus inside the skull
Petrous part
List the prominent external structures of the occipital bone.
(I picked 7.)
Basilar part Hypoglossal canal Occipital condyle Foramen magnum External occipital crest External occipital protuberance Superior and Inferior nuchal lines
List the prominent structures of the superior and posterior views of the sphenoid bone.
(I picked 11, total.)
Superior view: Lesser wing Greater wing Optic canal Sella turcica Foramen rotundum Foramen ovale Foramen spinosum Anterior and posterior clinoid processes
Posterior View:
Body of sphenoid
Medial and Lateral pterygoid processes
Superior orbital fissure
List the prominent structures of the superior and anterior views of the ethmoid bone.
(I picked 5, total.)
Anterior:
Crista galli
Perpendicular plate
Superior and medial nasal concha
Superior:
Ethmoid sinus
Cribiform plate
What 2 structures make up the zygomatic arch?
The zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone.