Cranium Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 6 bones of the External skull
A
Frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal, occipital and Parietal
2
Q
Features of the Temporal
A
Has the petrous process, also has 3 process, 1. zygomatic 2. styloid and 3. mastoid
3
Q
Features of the sphenoid
A
Greater and lesser wing and the turkish saddle (Sella Turcica or the hypophyseal fossa)
4
Q
Features of the Occipital
A
External Occipital Protuberance
5
Q
Features of the ethmoid bone
A
The cribiform plate and crista vali
6
Q
What are the important sutures on the skull
A
Coronal, sagittal, lamboid and pterion
7
Q
Other bones of the facial Skeleton?
A
Mandible, zygomatic, palatine, lacrimal and nasal
8
Q
What foramen does the Opthalmic artey pass through?
A
Optic Canal
