Head and Neck

Question 1

Spongy Bone

Answer 1

A type of one tissue, Spongy bone has spaces between cross bridges that gives it a spongy appearance. It is highly vascularized with a solid matrix.

Question 2

Trabeculae

Answer 2

The boney cross bridges found in spongey bone; made of concentric layers of solid matrix called lamellae and do not have a central canal.

Question 3

Red bone marrow

Answer 3

Thick blood like tissue; the location of where RBC’s and WBC’s are produced for the entire circulatory system

Question 4

Canaliculi

Answer 4

Connects the osteocytes to the highly cascularized red bone marrow for gas, nutrient, and waste exchange

Question 5

Bone Markings

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Names for markings on bone that are used to locate different areas

Question 6

Process

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(Elevations and Projections) Any projection or bump

Question 7

Ramus

Answer 7

(Elevations or Projections) An extension of a bone making an angle wtih the rest of the structure

Question 8

Trochanter

Answer 8

(Processes formed where tendons or ligaments attach) A large, rough projection

Question 9

Tuberosity

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(Processes formed where tendons or ligaments attach) A smaller, rough projection

Question 10

Tubercle

Answer 10

(Processes formed where tendons or ligaments attach) A small, rounded projection

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Crest

Answer 11

(Processes formed where tendons or ligaments attach) A prominent ridge

Question 12

Line

Answer 12

(Processes formed where tendons or ligaments attach) A low ridge

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Spine

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(Processes formed where tendons or ligaments attach) A pointed or narrow process

Question 14

Head

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(processes formed for articulation with adjecent bones) The expanded articular end of an epiphysis separated by the shaft of the neck

Question 15

Neck

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(processes formed for articulation with adjecent bones) A narrow connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis

Question 16

Condyle

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(processes formed for articulation with adjecent bones) A smooth yet rounded articular process

Question 17

Trochlea

Answer 17

(processes formed for articulation with adjecent bones) A smooth, grooved articular process shaped like a pulley

Question 18

Facet

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(processes formed for articulation with adjecent bones)A small, flat articular surface

Question 19

Fossa

Answer 19

(Depressions) A shallow depression

Question 20

Sulcus

Answer 20

(Depressions) A narrow groove

Question 21

Foramen

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(Openings) A rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves

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Canal

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(Openings) A duct or a channel

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Meatus

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(Openings) A passageway through bone

Question 24

Fissure

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(Openings) An elongated cleft or slit

Question 25

Sinus

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(Openings) A chamber within a bone, usually filled with air

Question 26

Long (Shape of bone)

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A long bone

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Flat (shape of bone)

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A flat bone

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Short (shape of bone)

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A short bone

Question 29

Irregular (shape of bone)

Answer 29

Bones that are not long, short, or flat

Question 30

Sutural (shape of bone)

Answer 30

Are found within a suture (Articulation between flat bones of the skull)

Question 31

Sesamoid (shape of bone)

Answer 31

Are found within a tendon (the only sesamoid bone every person has is the patellae or the kneecap, some sesamoid bones are unique to an individual and can form in other joint such as the wrist, thumb, or ankle.)

Question 32

Axial Skeleton

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Forms the longitudinal axis of the body, the skull is part of the axial skeleton; Functions of the axial skeleton are to support and protect organs in body cavities, attaches to muscles of head, neck, and trunk, performs respiratory movements, and stabilizes parts of the appendicular skeleton

Question 33

Appendicular Skeleton

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Forms the arms and legs

Question 34

Clavaria

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The superior part of the cranial cavity; made up of the occipital, 2 parietal, and the frontal bone.

Question 35

Sagittal suture

Answer 35

Suture that divides the parietal bones

Question 36

Coronal Suture

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Suture that divides the Frontal bone from the parietal bones

Question 37

Lambdoidal Suture

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Suture that divides the Parietal bones from the Occipital bone

Question 38

Boney nasal septum

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Medial suture that separates the right and left chambers of the nasal cavity

Question 39

2 Parts of the Boney Nasal Septum

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Perpendicular plate of the Ethmoid and the Vomer

Question 40

Nasal conchae

Answer 40

Lateral sutures that are scroll shaped that the nasal mucosa is attached too. Increase surface area of the nasal mucose that humidifies inhaled air

Question 41

Frontal bone (Eye socket)

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Superior Wall (roof)

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Maxilla (eye socket)

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Floor

Question 43

Zygomatic (eye socket)

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Lateral wall

Question 44

Sphenoid (eye socket)

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Posterior wall

Question 45

Ethmoid (eye socket)

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Posterior medial wall

Question 46

Lacrimal (eye socket)

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Anterior medial wall

Question 47

Palatine (eye socket) Also in the back of the eye socket

Question 48

Zygomatic arch

Answer 48

lateral on the skull and made up of 2 parts of 2 bones; the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone

Question 49

Mastoid process

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Posterior and inferior to the external acoustic meatus; Posterior and lateral to the styloid process

Question 50

External acoustic meatus

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Superior and anterior to the mastoid process; lateral and superior to the styloid process

Question 51

Styloid process

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Think of a stylus pen, thin and pointy; anterior and medial to the mastoid process; inferior and medial to the externa acoustic meatus

Question 52

Squamous part of the temporal bone

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Superior flat part of the temporal bone; squamosal sutur is named after this region

Question 53

Mental protuberance

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A ridge at the most anterior medial edge of the mandible

Question 54

Anterior nasal spine

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Pointy projection at the inferior medial edge of the nasal cavity

Question 55

Alveolar Processes

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These are the bumps that are created by the teeth sockets

Question 56

Supraorbital Foramen

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Hole superior to the eye socket, does not always form a complete hole, when this is the case it is somethings called the supraorbital notch

Question 57

Infraorbital Foramen

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Inferior hole to the eye socket

Question 58

Mental Foramen

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Holes found in the mental region, lateral to the mental protuberance

Question 59

Supraorbital notch

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Superior to the eye socket

Question 60

Optic foramen or canal

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Round hole through the sphenoid; Passageway for the optic nerve that innervates the eye

Question 61

Superior orbital fissure

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Oblique hole through the sphenoid bone; passageway for many cranial nerves

Question 62

Inferior orbital fissure

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One elongated hole between the sphenoid and the maxilla

Question 63

Lacrimal foramen

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Round hole through the lacrimal bone into the nasal cavity; when you cry your nose does not run, you cry out your nose through the nasolacrimal duct

Question 64

Foramen Magnum

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Largest foramen in the skull

Question 65

Incisive foramen (anterior palatine foramen)

Answer 65

Directly posterior to the incisor teeth

Question 66

Greater palatine foramen

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These two foramen are just lateral to the posterior palatine of the palatine bone

Question 67

Stylomastoid foramen

Answer 67

Between the styloid process and mastoid process