Cranium and facial bone Flashcards
How many bones in the Cranium?
8
How many bones in the Facial?
14
What are the cranium bones?
P E S T OF 8
How many bones make up the floor of the skull?
R and L Temporal bones, ethmoid, and sphenoid
how are the majority of the cranial bones classified?
Flat bone
what bone does glabella and supraorbital groove belong to?
Frontal bone
Smooth raised prominence between the eyebrows just above the bridge of the nose is called….
Glabella
what frontal bone feature corresponds to the floor of anterior fossa of cranial vault?
Supraorbital groove
what part of the frontal bone provide a spot for ethmoid bone to attach to?
Ethmoid notch
how many cranial bones does frontal bone articulate with? what are they?
4, R and L Parietal, Sphenoid, ethmoid
How many facial bones does the frontal bone articulate with? what are they?
8 r and left nasal, r and left zygoma, r and left lacrimal, right and left maxilla
Where is the widest portion of the skull?
Parietal tubercles
how mane bones do each parietal bone articulates with? and what are they?
5, Frontal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, the other parietal bone
Prominent bump or protuberance at the inferoposterior portion of the skull describes …
Inion
What feature does the foramen magnum belong to?
Occipital bone
where does the Atlas bone articulate with the occipital bone?
Occipital Condyle