Head, Face, and Neck Flashcards
What are the skull bones made up of?
external table, internal table, diploe
What are the 2 divisions of the skull?
cranial and facial skeleton
What is the cranial skeleton composed of?
vault + base
What bones form the cranial skeleton?
- frontal bone
- parietal bone
- occipital bone
- temporal bone
- sphenoid bone
- ethmoid bone
What are the sutures found at the cranial skeleton?
- coronal suture
- sagittal suture
- lambdoidal suture
- pterion
- squamous
- nasion
What do you call the parts of the juvenile skull that have not yet ossified?
fontanelles
What are the fontanelles?
- bregma (ant.)
- lambdoid (post.)
- sphenoid (anterolateral)
- mastoid (posterolateral)
The bregmatic fontanelle closes at what age?
18 months
The lambdoid fontanelle closes by what age?
1 year old
What does the scalp consist of?
- skin
- connective tissue
- aponeurosis
- loose areolar tissue
- pericranium
The facial skeleton is formed by what bones?
- zygomatic
- maxillae
- nasal
- lacrimal
- vomer
- palatine
- inferior conchae
- mandible
What connects the mandible to the skull?
temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
What are the ligaments of the TMJ?
- lateral temporomandibular lig.
- sphenomandibular lig.
- stylomandibular lig.
What is the nerve supply of TMJ?
Mandibular nerve
What are associated bones found at the skull and cervical vertebra but are not considered bones of the skull?
hyoid bone and auditory ossicles (Malleus, Incus, Stapes)
How many vertebrated does the cervical region have?
7
What type of foramen does the cervical spine have?
transverse foramen
What is C1?
atlas
What is C2?
Axis
C7 is also known as what?
vertebra prominens
Which vertebras at the cervical spine is considered typical?
C3 to C6
What vertebra corresponds/is at the level of the thyroid bone?
C4