important anatomy Flashcards
another name for spongy bone
diploe
common type of joints seen in bones in the skull
fibrous sutures
where do you find red bone marrow
spongy bone in sutures
where do you find the sagittal suture
between two parietal bones
where do you find coronal suture
between the frontal and parietal bone
where do you find the lamboid suture
between parietal and occipital bone
which fontanelle closes first in a child
posterior fontanelle
what connects the area between an infants brain
fibrous tissue
border of the posterior cranial fossa
dorsum selle of the sphenoid bone and anteriorly the squamous parts of the occipital bone
border of middle cranial fossa
petrous part of temporal bone
what two bones form the zygomatic arch
temporal process and zygomatic process
what layer of the scalp contains blood vessels
loose areolar connective tissue
what passes through parotid gland
retromandibular gland, external carotid artery (maxilliaryand superficial teporal artery) and facial nerve
is the larynx anterior or posterior to the oesophagus
anterior
what level does the oesophagus start
C6
what two bones form the nasal septum
vomer bone and perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
what bones for the nasopharynx
sphenoid and basilar part of occipital bone
function of salpingopharyngeus
elevation of the pharynx
where does the lateral pterygoid attach to
joint capsule of the TMJ t insert onto the neck of the mandible and also the articular disc of this joint
where does the medial pterygoid attach to
triangular impression on the medial surface of the mandible
embryological significance of the foramen caecum
remanent of the median thyroid diverticulum in the early embryonic development
what papillae are there no taste buds
filiform
what is the name of the mucous food that fixes the tongue to floor of mouth
lingual frenulum
what two cranial nerves form the pharyngeal plexus
glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve
