Chapter 8 Flashcards
How many skeletal bones typical adult
206
-270 at birth, decreases with fusion
Spinal cord goes thru the
Foramen Magnum
Sella turcica
Contains pit that houses the pituitary gland
Posterior cranial fossa contains the
Cerebellum
8 Cranial bones.
1 frontal
2 parietal
2 temporal
1 occipital
1 sphenoid
1 ethmoid
12-21-11
Coronal suture at
Anterior margin
What bone will be the location of Visual information?
Occipital bone
Superior orbital fissure
Allows passage of nerves
Cribriform plate
Nose bone. Easily broken
TMJ
Disc too big or too small
Smallest bones in the body
Auditory- Middle ear cavity
Ex: malleus, incus, stapes
Two frontal bones fused by what age
6
Kyphosis
Concave interior direction
(Curved outward toward the back)
There are 2
Lordosis
Concave and posterior direction
(Curved outward toward front)
There are 2
LKLK
A spinous process extends from
Apex of arch
Transverse processes extend..
Laterally! from where each pedicle and lamina meet
Superior vertebral notch in the pedie of the
Lower vertebrae
Inferior vertebral notch in the pedicle of the
Upper vertebrae
Nucleus pulposus
Inner gelatinous mass
Anulus fibrosus
Outer ring of fibrocartilag