L10: Osteology Of The Skull Flashcards
What are the 2 components of the skull
Cranium
Mandible
How many joints does the skull have and what is it called
2 joints called temporamandible joint
What type of bone is the skull
Flat bone
What feature joins many flat bones together
Sutures
What type of joint is a suture
Fibrous joint
What are the bones of the skull called
Parietal Occipital Frontal Temporal Sphenoid Zygomatic Mandible
What point of the skull is a weakness and why
The Pterion is a weakness because the bone is very thin
What are the 3 components of the cranium
Neurocranium
Viscerocranium
Chondrocranium
What can the neurocranium split into
Base and cap
What is the cap of the neurocranium made of
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
What are the 3 sutures called of the cap
Coronal
Longitudinal
Lambdoid
What is the point called where the coronal and longitudinal sutures meet
Bregma point
What is the name of the point where the longitudinal and lambdoid meet
Lambda point
What type of joint is the temporomandible joint
Synovial joint
What structures does the temporomandible joint articulat with
Mandible condyloid process and mandibular fossa and articular tubercle
