G45 Skull Growth and Dev Flashcards
Neurocranium
round bony case that surrounds the brain (frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid
Viscerocranium
bones of the face derived from pharyngeal arches (maxilla, zygomatic, inferior nasal concha, lacrimal, palatine, nasal, ethmoid, and vomer)
Mandible processes
Alveolar: houses teeth, coronoid: temporalis tendon insertion, condylar: supporting the mandibular condyle
Norma frontalis
anterior view of the face
7 bones comprising the orbit
Frontal, maxilla, zygomatic, lacrimal, palatine, sphenoid, ethmoid
Orbital apertures
superior and inferior orbital fissure, nasolacrimal duct, and optic foramen
Bones comprising the piriform aperture
nasal, maxilla; vomer and perpendicular plate of ethmoid forming nasal septum; Nasal concha (middle and superior are ethmoid bone) inferior nasal concha is separate bone
Norma Lateralis
lateral view
Temporal fossa
containing the temporalis m.
Zygomatic arch
attachment site for masseter and temporalis fascia
Norma basalis
inferior view
Glenoid fossa
fossa in temporal bone forming the cranial portion of the TMJ
Pterygoid plates
projections of the sphenoid bone that serve as muscle attachment sites
Separates anterior from middle cranial fossa
sphenoidal crest
Separates the middle and posterior cranial fossa
Petrous ridge
Craniosyntosis
premature closure of a cranial suture
Scaphocephaly
long, narrow skull due to premature closure of the sagittal suture
Brachycephaly
short, wide skull due to premature closure of coronal suture
Squamosal suture
between the temporal and parietal bones
Pterion
H-shaped region on lateral side of cranium where the frontal, temporal, parietal, and sphenoid bone meet
A blow to the pterion could result in…
epidural hematoma due to the middle meningeal artery running along the interior of the pterion
Bregma
anterior fontanelle in newborns
Lambda
posterior fontanelle in newborns
Ectoderm
neural tube (CNS), neural crest (meninges, bones of face, muscles, etc), outer epithelium (skin, glands, hair, nails, lens and cornea)
Mesoderm
Paraxial mesoderm (Axial bones, muscles, and CT) Intermediate mesoderm (kidneys, reproductive, genitals) Lateral plate mesoderm (CT of body wall, GI, respiratory, vessels, limbs, heart)
Endoderm
lining of GI, auditory, respiratory, and bladder
Bilaminar disc
Week 2; epiblast and hypoblast
Epiblast
primitive ectoderm