Chapter 8 Bones Flashcards
How many cranial bones?
8
Name the Cranial Bones
Frontal Temporal x2 Parietal x2 Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid
Sphenoid bone forms the ….
Bottom of the optic cavity
What is important about the Ethmoid bone
Medial wall of optic cavity, roof of nasal cavity, and is the frame for the midline if the nose
How many facial bones are there?
12 (14 if you include the folds of the nasal conche)
Name the 12 bones in the face
Maxilla x2 Palestine x2 Vomer Nasal x2 Mandible Lacrimal x2 Zygomatic x2
What are the teeth sockets called?
Alveoli
The hard pallet is made up of which bones?
Palentine and maxilla
What is the function of nasal conche and where are they located (which bone)?
On ethmoid bone and are used to turbinate air - warm, filter, and moisten air
Which is the strongest bone in the skull?
Mandible
What is the proper name for soft spots in undeveloped (young) skulls?
Fontenelles
Kyphosis is…
Hunchback
Lordosis is….
Exaggerated lumbar curve
Name the 3 important structures of a vertebrae
Body - vertebral foremen - vertebral arch
Which ribs are true, false, floating?
True 1-7
False 8-12
Floating 11-12