lecture 2: skull bones Flashcards
how many bones are there in the skelteton
206
what is the two catergory of bones
1) axial (skull, vertebrae columb, thoracif cage)
2) appendicular (UP,LE, pelvic girdle)
how many bpnes are there in the skull
22 bones
how many creanial bones are there
8
how many facial bones are there
14
what are the main 4 sutures
sagitallal, coronal, lambdoidal, squamosal
what are teh 4 types of sinuese
frontal
ethmod
sphenoid
maxillary
fgrwhat are the 3 fossa of the skull
cranial
nasal
orbital
the creanial fossa houses the/…
brain
true or false: all bones of the skull are njoined by sutures
false, most bones except mandible
what is the purpose of the cranium (2)
enclossi and protects the brain
prodives an attachement for muscles of the scal lower jaw, neck and back
what are the 8 bones of the cranium
frontal parietal (2) occipital temportal (2) sphenoid ethmoid
how many frontal boens are there
1
how many temporal bones are there
2
how many partietal bones are here
2
the frotnal bone forms the BLANK part of the slull
anterior part
what bone makes up the superior part of the orbit
frontal bone
true or falseL the frotnal sinusus are deep to the frontal lobe
true
true or false: in the frontal bone, there is a suture
false, they are completely fused (o eveidence of a suture)
why is there a supraorbital notch
for passaive of nerve and vessel
be able to identify the features of the frontal bonnes
supraorbital margin
supraorbital notch/formanen
frontal sinus
what is the funcntion of sinuese (2)
1) found where areas are thick, to loghten tthe skull
2) helps give the voice its individual tone (resignated chambers(
which bonnes form the “wall”
paritetal bones
the parietal bones form the BLANK aspect of the cramium
lateral
where do the [arietal bones joinn
join on top of the skull (sag suture)
what suture joins the two parital bones
sagital
what suture joints the frontal anf parital bones
coronal suture
what suture joins the parietal bones to the occipital bone
lambdoidal siture
be able to label the sutures
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the BLANK bone forms the posterior wall and floor of cranium
the occipital bone
the foramen magnum is a feature of what bone
occipital bone
where does the brain stem excit the skull and become the spinal cord
foramen magnum
what do the occipittal condyles areticualte with
c1
where is the hypoglossal canal and what does it hold
located in in occipical condyls and holds the hypoglossal nerve
you find the superior and inferior nucal lines on what bone
occipital
the superior nuchal lines connect to the BLANK
external occipital protuberance
be able to label and find the features of the occipital bone
external occipital protuberance inferior nuchal lines superior nuchal line foramen magnum hypoglossal canal occipital condyles
what is the formal name for “soft spots of the skull”
fontanells
ehat are fontanelles
soft sports that are made of fibrous tissue that allows brain brain expansion (brain devs faster than skull grows)
the temporal bones are below or above parital bones
below
where does the temporant bones unite with the parietal bones
squamosal suture