Craniofacial Skeleton Flashcards
Define endochondral formation
cartilage template that forms bone
Define intramembranous
bone forms a condensation of mesenchyme
Define Growth fields
Where matrix can be laid down or resorbed
Define Growth sites
fields of significance growth of a bone (tuberosity/condyles)
Define Growth centers
Special growth sites, control overall growth of bone
What is the Calvaria? and components of it?
The ‘skull cap’
Intramembranous bone
mesoderm and neural crest orgin
AKA desmocranium
what is the Cranial base? and other facts about it
base of the skull.
Endochondral bone, mainly neural crest
early fomr callled chondrocranium
What is the facial skeleton called
viscerocranium
What is Anencephaly?
failure of rostral neural tube to close
What is Craniosynostosis?
premature fusion of the cranial vault sutures
The mandible is what type of bone growth?
Both Intermembranous (everything else) and endochondral (condyle)
