Exam 4 Regional Anatomy; Head & Neck Flashcards
The Skull is composed of how many bones?
22
The skull consists of what two sections?
Cranial Bones (Neurocranium, Cranium, Cranial Vault) Facial Bones (Facial Skeleton)
What is the only Moveable bone of the skull other than the ear ossicles?
Mandible
The Neurocranium (Crainal Vault) Provides what?
Case for the brain, Cranial meninges, cranial nerves, & associated structures
The Facial Skeleton may also be called?
Viscerocranium or Splanchnocranium
What bones form the Neurocranium in an adult?
- Frontal Bone -1
- Parietal Bones -2
- Temporal Bones -2
- Occipital Bone -1
- Sphenoid Bone -1
- Ethmoid Bone -1
How are most bones of the Neurocranium united?
Fibrous Interlocking Sutures
What is the space in the skull within the neurocranium occupied by the brain & broadly speaking bounded by the Calvaria & Basicranium?
Cranial Vault
What is the Calvaria (Skullcap)?
Domelike roof of the cranium
What makes up the Calvaria?
- Superior portions of Frontal Bone
- Occipital Bone
- Parietal Bones
What is the Basicranium?
(Cranial Base) Floor of the cranium
What makes up the Basicranium?
- Occipital
- Sphenoid
- Temporal (Petrous portion)
- Vomer
- Palatine(s)
- Portion of Maxillae
What are the functions of the Cranial Bones?
- Protect Brain
- House Ear Ossicles
- Muscle Attachment for Jaw, Neck, & facial Muscles
What are the functions of the Facial Bones?
- Protect Delicate Sense Organs
- Support entrances to Digestive & Respiratory System
Which bone forms the roof of the orbits, supraorbital margin, frontal sinus, & anterior cranial floor?
Frontal Bone
By what age is the Frontal suture gone?
6yrs
What is it called if the frontal suture does not close?
Metopic Suture
What bone forms the sides & roof of the cranial cavity?
Parietal
What bone is the zygomatic process, external auditory meatus, mastoid process, styloid process, and Temporal squama on?
Temporal
The mandibular fossa, & petrous portion are found on which bone?
Temporal
The Mandibular fossa & Mandible articulate to form what joint?
Temporomandibular Joint
What nerve passes through the Stylomastoid Foramen?
Facial Nerve (CN-VII)
What is significant about the petrous portion of the Temporal Bone?
Houses the components of the inner ear & conveys the Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN-VIII)
What Foramen are found on the Temporal Bone?
Stylomastoid Foramen (CN-VII) Carotid Foramen (Carotid Artery) Jugular Foramen (Jugular Vein)
What is the attachment site for the Ligamentum Nuchae?
External Occipital Protuberance on the Occipital Bone
On which bone are the Superior & Inferior Nuchal Lines located?
Occipital Bone
What are some key structural aspects of the Occipital Bone & what is the significance?
- Foramen Magnum: Spinal Cord pass through to spinal Column
- Occipital Condyles: Form joint with 1st Cervical Vertebra
Which bone is considered the Keystone bone because it articulates with all other cranial bones?
Sphenoid Bone (Located in the middle part of the base of the skull)
What is the name of the attachment site for some of the muscles that move the mandible & are found on the Sphenoid Bone?
Pterygoid Processes
What is the name of the muscles that connect to the Pterygoid Processes?
Lateral Pterygoid Muscles
Medial Pterygoid Musces
What portion of the Sphenoid Bone forms the anterolateral floor of the cranium & lateral part of the skull & can be viewed externally?
Grater wings
What is the shape of the body of the Sphenoid Bone & what does it hold?
Cubelike
Holds: Sphenoid Sinuses
What portion of the Sphenoid Bone forms the posterior part of the orbit of the eye & part of the cranium floor?
Lesser wings
What foramen are found passing through the Sphenoid Bone?
Optic Foramen
Foramen Rotundum
Foramen Ovale
Foramen Spinosum
What passes through the Optic Foramen?
Optic Nerve (CN-II) Ophthalmic Artery
What passes through the Foramen Spinosum?
Meningeal Branch of Mandibular Nerve
Middle Meningeal Artery
Middle Meningeal Vein
What does the Mnemonic for Trigeminal Nerve Foramina “Standing Room Only” relating to the Sphenoid Bone stand for?
Standing: SUPERIOR ORBITAL FISSURE (V1)
Room: FORAMEN ROTUNDUM (V2)
Only: FORAMEN OVALE (V3)
The Superior Orbital Fissure is the passageway for what Nerves?
Oculomotor Nerve (CN-III) Trochlear Nerve (CN-IV) Ophthalmic Branch (V1) of Trigeminal Nerve (CN-V) Abducens Nerve (CN-VI)
What passes through the Foramen Rotundum?
Maxillary Branch (V2) of Trigeminal Nerve (CN-V)
What passes through the Foramen Ovale?
Mandibular Branch (V3) of Trigeminal Nerve (CN-V)
What are the names of the structures of the Sphenoid Bone that make up the Sella Turcica?
Tuberculum Sellae (Anterior Ridge) Hypophyseal Fossa (Central Depression) Dorsum Sellae (Posterior Ridge)
What is the importance of the Sella Turcica?
Holds the Pituitary Gland
What bone forms part of the anterior portion of the cranial floor, medial wall of the orbits, superior portion of the nasal septum & most of the superior side walls of the nasal cavity?
Ethmoid Bone
What Bone is the major superior supporting structure of the nasal cavity?
Ethmoid Bone
What is the name of the Cranial Nerve & the name of the Foramina in which it passes that is found on the Ethmoid Bone?
Olfactory Nerve (CN-I) Olfactory Foramina
What attaches to the Crista Galli of the Ethmoid Bone?
Falx Cerebri (Dura Mater Subdivision that separates the right & left cerebral hemispheres)
How many bones make up the Facial Skeleton?
14
Name the 14 bones that make up the Facial Skeleton?
Lacrimal Bones -2 Nasal Bones -2 Maxillae -2 Zygomatic Bones -2 Palatine Bones -2 Inferior Nasal Conchae -2 Mandible -1 Vomer -1
What type (shape) do the facial bones have
Irregularly shaped bones
What Bones house the teeth?
Maxillae & Mandible
What bone forms the skeleton of the upper jaw and is fixed to the cranial base?
Maxillae
What bone forms the skeleton of the lower jaw and is moveable?
Mandible
What is the name of the processes of the maxillae & mandible that comprise the alveoli (sockets) supporting bone that house the maxillary teeth & mandibular teeth?
Alveolar Processes
Which bone makes up the floor of the orbits & nasal cavity (hard palate) & houses the Maxillary sinus?
Maxillary Bones
What opening found on the Maxillary Bones transmits the infraorbital artery & vein and the infraorbital nerve (branch of maxillary nerve)?
Infraorbital foramen
Non-union of the maxillary bone results in what?
Cleft Palate
What facial bone makes up the cheekbones and the lateral wall of the orbits along with the sphenoid?
Zygomatic Bones
What bones together form the Zygomatic Arch?
Zygomatic Bone
Temporal Bone
What does the Lacrimal Bones form & what do they house?
Medial wall of Orbits
Lacrimal Sac in the Lacrimal Fossa
What bone has the same function as the Superior conchae but is not involved in sense of smell?
Inferior Nasal Concha (Turbinate)
What bone will you find the Condylar Process, Coronoid Process, and has a body, angle, & ramus?
Mandible