Cranium Flashcards
The skull is divided into two main sets of bones:
8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones
The 8 bones of the cranium are divided into:
the calvarium (skullcap) and the floor. Each consist of four bones.
The skullcap consists of which four bones?
Frontal, right parietal, left parietal and occipital
The floor of the cranium consists of which four bones?
Right temporal, left temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid.
This bone contributes to the formation of the forehead and the superior part of each orbit:
Frontal bone.
The squamous portion of any the frontal bone is the ______ portion.
vertical.
The orbital portion of the skull is the ______ portion.
horizontal.
This is the smooth, raised prominence between the eyebrows just above the bridge of the nose:
Glabella.
This is the slight depression above each eyebrow:
The supraorbital groove (SOG).
Why is the supraorbital groove an important landmark?
It corresponds to the floor of the anterior fossa of the cranial vault, which is also at the level of the orbital plate or at the highest level of the facial bone mass.
The superior rim of each orbit is the :
supraorbital margin (SOM).
This is a small hole or opening within the SOM slightly medial to its midpoint:
Supraorbital notch (foramen.).
On each side of the squamous portion of the fontal bone above the SOG is a larger, rounded prominence termed the:
Frontal turberosity (eminence).
These form the superior part of each orbit:
Orbital plates.
Each orbital late is separated from the other by the:
ethmoidal notch.
The frontal bone articulates with which four cranial bones?
Right and left parietals, sphenoid, and ethmoid.
The lateral walls of the cranium and part of the roof are formed by two:
parietal bones.
The widest portion of the entire skull is located between the:
parietal tubercles (eminences) of the two parietal bones.
Each parietal bone articulates with these five cranial bones:
frontal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, and opposite parietal.
The inferoposterior portion of the skullcap is formed by:
the single occipital bone.
The external surface of the occipital bone presents a rounded part called the:
squamous portion.
The squamous portion of the occipital bone forms most of the back of the head and is the part of the occipital bone that is superior to the:
external occipital protuberance, or inion.
The large opening at the base of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes is called the:
foramen magnum.
These oval processes with convex surfaces on each side of the foramen magnum are called the:
occipital condyles