introduction to head Flashcards
bony case of the brain and its membranous coverings
neurocranium
8 bones of the neurocranium
frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, occipital, 2 temporal and 2 parietal
facial bones developed in the mesenchyme of the pharyngeal arches
viscerocranium
the viscerocranium provides and structure and support for ______
soft tissues of the face
15 irregular bones of viscerocranium
mandible, ethmoidal, vomer, maxillae, inferior nasal conchae, zygomatic, palatine, nasal and lacrimal
joins the frontal bone and two parietal bones
coronal suture
joins paired parietal bones
sagittal suture
joins parietal bones with the occipital bone
lambdoid
junction of the sphenoid, temporal, frontal and parietal bones
pterion
pterion overlies course of the anterior division of the _____
middle meningeal artery
articulates in the viscerocranium with the maxilla, vomer, inferior nasal concha and ethmoid bone
palatine bone
greatest part of the upper facial skeleton
maxilla
maxilla makes up ____
upper jaw
bridge of the nose at intersection of nasal bone and frontal bone
nasion
articulates with cranium via the TMJ
mandible
the ramus and coronoid processes of the mandible are attachment sites for _____
muscles of mastication
2 foramen within the mandible
mental and mandibular
contributes to viscerocranium and minimally to the neurocranium
ethmoid bone
filled with air pockets presumably to decrease weight of the bone
pneumatized
sinuses of the face
maxillary, frontal, ethmoid and sphenoid
makes up forehead, roof of orbit and contains median prominence glabella
frontal bone
contains foramen magnum for spinal cord
occipital bone
lateral skull that houses ear
temporal bones
between orbits, cribriform plate and ethmoidal cells
ethmoid bone
unpaired flat trapezoidal shaped bone that is a major part of the bony nasal septum
vomer
the vomer separates ____
posterior nasal openings (choanae)
articulate with superior facets of CI atlas
occipital condyle
attachment site of raphe of the pharynx
pharyngeal tubercle
posterior nasal apertures, opening between nasal cavity and nasopharynx
choanae
made up of palatine processes of maxillae anteriorly and the horizontal plate of the palatine bones posteriorly
hard palate
depression within maxilla
incisive fossa
hole within greater wing of sphenoid bone
foramen ovale
hole in sphenoid bone for middle meningeal artery
foramen spinosum