Functions, descriptions of the skull Flashcards

1
Q

the ______ conditions the air to be received by the lateral areas of the respiratory tract of nose

A

Nasal cavity

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2
Q

The ____________ separates the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils

A

Nasal septums

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3
Q

Air-filled sinuses are located within what bones

A

Frontal bone
Ethmoid bone
Sphenoid bone
Maxillary bones

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4
Q

Serve to lighten the skull

A

Paranasal Sinuses

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5
Q

_____________ form superior and lateral parts of skull

A

Parietal bones

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6
Q

Forms the forehead

A

Frontal bone

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7
Q

The line of junction of two bones, especially of the skull, in an immovable articulation.

A

Sutures

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8
Q

Located where parietal bones meet the frontal bone

A

Coronal suture

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9
Q

occurs where each parietal bone meets a temporal bone inferiorly

A

Squamous suture

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10
Q

occurs where right and left parietal bones meet superiorly

A

Sagittal suture

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11
Q

occurs where the parietal
bones meet the occipital bone posteriorly

A

Lambdoid suture

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12
Q

Lies between nasal and sphenoid bones

A

Ethmoid bone

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13
Q

Forms most of the medial bony region between the nasal cavity and orbits

A

Ethmoid bone

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14
Q

Form lateral wall of orbits

A

Zygomatic bone

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15
Q

Form bridge of nose

A

Nasal bone

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16
Q

Located in the medial orbital walls

A

Lacrimal bones

17
Q

Forms the inferior part of the nasal septum

A

Vomer

18
Q

Thin, curved bones that project medially form the lateral walls of the nasal cavity

A

Inferior nasal conchae

19
Q

How many cranial bones

A

6

20
Q

Temporal and parietal bones are

A

paired bones

21
Q

Frontal, occiptal, sphenoid, ethmoid bones are

A

Unpaired bones

22
Q

largest paranasal sinuses

A

Maxillary sinus