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Viscerocranium

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Mandible, Maxilla, Zygomatic, Nasal, Ethmoid (except cribiform plate), Lacrimal, Pterygoid process of Sphenoid (lateral and Medial plates), Tympanic part of Temporal including styloid process, Palatine, Vomer, Inferior Nasal Concha

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Neurocranium

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Frontal, Temporal (petrous, mastoid, and squamous), Occipital, Parietal, Sphenoid, Cribiform plate of Ethmoid

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Calvaria

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Inner and outer tables with cancellous diploe in the middle=marrow rich (primary source of red blood cells)

  • Frontal, Parietal, occipital, Temporal (squamous)
  • Neurocranial injuries=intracranial hemorrhage
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Ethmoid

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Middle Nasal Concha
Orbital Plate (paper like=lamina papyracea)
Crista Galli
Perpendicular Plate (nasal septum)
Ethmoid Air Cells
Cribiform Plate
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Sphenoid

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Lesser and Greater Wings
Superior Orbital Fissure
Pterygoid Process:medial lateral plates
Pterygoid  canal
Foramen Rotundum
Foramen Spinosum
Foramen Ovale
Optic Canal 
Sella Turcica (hypophyseal fossa-pituitary gland)
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Temporal

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Squamous Part
Petrous part
Tympanic Part 
Mastoid Part
Styloid Process
Internal and External Acoutstic Meatus
Zygomatic Process 
Mandibular Fossa/articular tubercle
Stylomastoid foramen
Jugular Fossa
Carotid Canal
Apparatus of Inner Ear (malleus, Incus, Stapes)
Auditory Tube
Petrous Ridge
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Mandible

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Head Neck mandible
Ramus
Mandibular Foramen (inner)
Mylohyoid groove
Coronoid Process
Mental Protuberance 
Mental Foramen
Mandibular Angle
Alveolus
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Temporomandibular Joint

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Only moving joint of skull

*Head of mandible rides articular tubercle, not against mandibular fossa

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Bones of Orbit

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Frontal, Maxilla, Zygomatic, Spenoid, Ethmoid, Palatine, Lacrimal

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Bones of Nasal Cavity

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Maxilla, Ethmoid, lacrimal, nasal, vomer, palatine bones, sphenoid (medial pterygoid plates), Inferior nasal Concha

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Paranasal Sinuses

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Frontal, Maxillary, Sphenoidal, ethmoid air cells

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Sagital Suture

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Along sagital plane between paired parietal bones

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Coronal Suture

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Along coronal plane between frontal and parietal

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Lamboidal Suture

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Between occipital and parietal

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Metopic (frontal) Suture

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Fully fused along sagital plane of frontal bone

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Squamosal suture

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Suture between squamous and parietal bone

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Occipitomastoidal suture

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Suture between occipital and petrous part of temporal

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Sphenoparietal Suture

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Short suture between sphenoid and parietal bones

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Extranumerary Bones

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Incan/Wormian-near occipital protuberance…broken fused evolutionary bones

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Le Fort Fracture I

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Low, maxilla alveola-horizontal

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Le Fort Fracture II

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low, mid maxilla involving inferior orbital -pyramidal

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Le Fort Fracture III

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involve zygomatic arch, transverse

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Positional Plagiocephaly

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“oblique head” “flat head syndrome”

-due to repetitive head positioning during early growth…oblique slant to the sagital axis

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Craniosynostosis

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deformaties resulting from premature closure of sutures…genetic in Nature

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Sacphocephaly

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premature sagital suture (40-60%)

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Brachycephaly

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premature coronal (20-30%)

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PLagiocephaly

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premature of 1 side of either coronal, lamboidal or both (<4%)

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Trigoncephaly

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Premature metopic (frontal) (<10%)

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Kleeblattschadel (clover)

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premature coronal, lamboid, and sagital…extremely rare

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Microcephaly

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premature fusion of all sutures and fontanelles

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Hydrocephaly

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Congenital inability to absorb CSF resulting in increased intracranial pressure that causes continued growth and expansion of calvaria bones along sutures…fixed with shunt to venous system

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Bregma

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point where sagital and coronal sutures meet

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Lambda

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point where sagital and lamboidal suture meets

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Glabella

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Most anterior point on frontal bone

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Nasion

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Point of intersection of the nasofrontal suture and the mid-sagital plane

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Pterion

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highly variable point intersection of frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and parietal bones…along sphenoparietal suture

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Anterior Cranial Fossa

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Frontal Lobe of Cerebellum

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Middle Cranial Fossa

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Temporal lobe of cerebellum

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Posterior Cranial Fossa

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Cerebellum, Pons, medulla

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Supraorbital Foramen

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Supraorbital nerve CN V1

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Infraorbital Foramen

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Infraorbital nerve CN V2

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Mental Foramen

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Mental Nerve CN V3

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Greater and Lesser Palatine Foramen

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Greater and Lesser palatine nerve CN V2 and vessels (by back molars)

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Incisive Foramen

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Nasal Palatine nerve CN V2 and sphenopalatine vessels

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Stylomastoid Foramen

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Facial Nerve (CN VII)

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Cribiform PLate

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in anterior fossa

-Olfactory Nerve CN I

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Optic Canal

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in anterior fossa

-optic Nerve CN II and opthalmic artery

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Superior Orbital Fissure

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Oculomotor CN III, Trochlear CN IV, Opthalmic CN V1, Abducent CN VI

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Inferior Orbital Fissure

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Infraorbital and zygomatic branches of maxillary CN V2

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Foramen Rotundum

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Maxillary Nerve CN V2

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Foramen Ovale

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Mandible Nerve CN V3 and Accessory Meningeal Artery

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Foramen Spinosum

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Middle Meningeal Artery and Meningeal branch of mandible nerve CN V3

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Foramen Lacerum

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Internal Carotid (carotid canal passes through horizontally

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Carotid Canal

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Internal carotid artery

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Foramen Magnum

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Medulla, vertebral arteries, Acessory nerve CN XI (entering skull after it comes of brainstem)

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Jugular Foramen

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Inferior petrosal sinus becomes internal jugular vein, Glossalpharyngeal nerve CN IX, Vagus Nerve CN X, Accessory Nerve CN XI, and posterior menigeal artery

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Hypoglossal Canal

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Hypoglossal Nerve CN XII

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Internal and External Acoustic Meatus

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Facial Nerve CN VII going into internal meatus then passing out the stylomastoid foramen, Vestibulocochlear Nerve CN VIII

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