L5 Axial Skeleton Flashcards
Forms the posterior cranial fossa
Occipital bone
Articulates with the temporal bones and parietal bones
Occipital bone
Lie inferior to parietal bones
Temporal bones
Forms the inferolateral portion of the skull
Temporal bones
Spans the width of the cranial floor
Sphenoid bone
Resembles a butterfly or bat
Sphenoid bone
Irregular bone located in front of the sphenoid bone. It makes up your nasal cavity
Ethmoid bone
Extension and flexion of the neck
Atlas
Makes up your forehead and forms the upper portion of your eye sockets
Frontal bone
Forms the superior and lateral parts of skull
Parietal bone
This flat bone is located on either side of your head behind the frontal bone
Parietal bone
Irregular bone located in front of the sphenoid jone and it makes up uour nasalcavity
Ethmoid bone
Forms most of the medial bony region between the nasal cavity and orbits
Ethmoid bone
The lower jaw bone is the largest and strongest facial bone
Mandible
Articulates with all other facial bones except the mandible
Maxillary bones
Contain largest paranasal sinuses
Maxillary bones
Forms part of the inferior orbital fissure
Maxillary bones
Form lateral wall of orbit
Zygomatic bones
Form the bridge nose
Nasal bones
Located in the medial orbital wall
Lacrimal bones
Complete the posterior part of the hard palate
Palatine bones
The inferior part of the nasal septum
Vomer
Send curved bones that protect medially form the lateral walls of the liezel cavity
Inferior nasal conchae
Lies inferior to the mandible the only bone with no direct articulation with any other bone acts as a movable base for the tongue
Hyoid bone
Inferior to lumbar vertebrae
Sacrum
Articulates with coxal bones
Sacrum
Most inferior region of the vertebral column
Coccyx
Lacks a body and spinous process allows flexion and extension connect
Atlas
Has a body and spinous process participates in rotating the head from side to side act as a pivot for rotation of the atlas and skull
Axis
Shapes the posterior wall of pelvis
Sacrum
Another term for tailbone
Coccyx
The framework of the chest
A bony thorax
State the auditory ossicles
Malleus incus stapes