Cranium Flashcards
The Glabella is located on the _______ cranial bone
Frontal
Which of the following bones is part of the floor of the cranium? (Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital)
Temporal
The widest portion of the cranium is found at the level of the?
Parietal tubercles
Which of the following cranial bones does not articulate with the parietal bone? (Occipital, sphenoid, frontal)
All of the above articulate with the parietal bone
Which cranial bone contains the cribriform plate?
ethmoid
The ethmoid notch is part of which cranial bone?
Frontal
How many cranial bones are there?
8
The frontal, L parietal, R parietal, and occipital make up?
The calvarium (skullcap)
The R temporal, L temporal, Sphenoid, and ethmoid make up?
The floor
Smooth, raised prominence between the eyebrows just above the bridge of the nose?
Glabella
Slight depression above each eyebrow?
SOG (Supraorbital groove)
Highest level of the facial bone mass?
Orbital Plate
Superior rim of each orbit
Supraorbital margin (SOM)
Small hole or opening within the SOM
Supraorbital notch
Frontal Bone articulates with __ cranial bones?
4 R/L parietals, sphenoid, ethmoid
Parietal Bones articulates with __ cranial bones?
5 Frontal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, and opposite parietal bones
Large opening at the base of the occipital bone which the spinal cord passes?
Foramen magnum
Occipital bone articulates with ___ bones?
6 R/L parietal, 2 temporal, sphenoid, Atlas (cervical vertebra)
Which bone houses the delicate organs of hearing and balance?
Temporal Bone
Houses the organs of hearing, equilibrium and mastoid cells
petrous portion
Petrous ridge of these pyramids corresponds to the level of this important external landmark
TEA (top of ear attachment)
Temporal bone articulates with ___ cranial bones
3 parietal, occipital, sphenoid
Central depression that looks like a saddle from the side
Sella turcica
The sella turcica(located in Sphenoid) partially surrounds and protects this major gland?
pituitary gland
Slightly depressed area forms a base of support for the pons (brainstem)
clivus
Articulates with the 7 other cranial bones
Sphenoid
Articulates with 2 cranial bones (frontal, sphenoid)
Ethmoid
Articulations or joints of the cranium are called
Sutures (fibrous joints)
Articulations or joints of the cranium are called
Sutures (fibrous joints)
Suture that separates the frontal and 2 parietal bones
Coronal
Suture that separates the parietal bones
sagittal
Suture that separates the parietal and occipital bones
Lambdoidal
Suture that separate the parietal and temporal bones
Squasmosal
Anterior end of sagittal suture
Bregma
Posterior end of the sagittal suture
Lambda
Points at the junction of the frontal, parietals, temporals, and the greater wings of the sphenoid
Pterions
Points posterior to the ear where the squamosal and lambdoidal sutures meet
Asterion
___ fontanels occur in infants
6
3 divisions of the ear
external, middle, and internal
Is the small liplike structure located anterior to the EAM that acts as a partial shield to the ear opening
Tragus
The three main parts of the middle ear
tympanic membrane, auditory ossicles, and the tympanic cavity
The opening between the epitympanic recess and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone
Aditus
There are ___ facial bones
14
2 Unpaired facial bones
Vomer,mandible
Largest immovable bones of the face
Maxillary
4 processes of the facial bone
frontal, zygomatic, alveolar, palatine
Each maxilla articulates with two cranial bones (frontal and ethmoid) and with ______ facial bones
7 (zygoma, lacrimal, nasal, palatine, inferior nasal concha, vomer, and adjacent maxilla)