Major Bones Flashcards
1
Q
What is the skull?
A
cranium
mandible
2
Q
What is the cranium?
A
Neurocranium (brain case)
viscerocranium(splanchnocranium,facial skeleton, midface)
3
Q
What is the calvarium?
A
cranium minus orbits and facial bones
4
Q
What is the Calotte?
A
Skull cap
5
Q
What are the paired bones of the skull?
A
- Parietals
- Temporals
- Lacrimals
- Nasals
- Inferior nasal conchae
- Maxillae
- Palatines
- Zygomatics
6
Q
What are the unpaired bones?
A
• Occipital • Sphenoid • Frontal • Ethmoid • Vomer Mandible
7
Q
What are the 3 paired synovial joints of the skull?
A
TMJ
Malleus and incus of ear
incus and stapes of ear
8
Q
What is the zygomatic arch?
A
Zygomatic process of temporal bone + temporal process of zygomatic bone
9
Q
What is the boney nasal septum?
A
Vomer, ethmoid, and palantine bones
10
Q
What is the cartilaginous septum?
A
septal cartilage
11
Q
What are the sutures?
A
Coronal suture Sagittal suture Lambdoid suture Parietosquamous suture Frontosphenoidal suture Zygomaticomaxillary suture Zygomaticotemporal suture Sphenosquamous Parietomastoid suture Occipitomastoid suture Cruciate suture
12
Q
What are the major openings of the skull?
A
Nasal cavities Oral cavity Orbits External auditory meatus (EAM) Foramen magnum Opening deep to zygomatic arch
13
Q
What are the major named fossa?
A
Temporal Infratemporal Pterygopalatin Anterior, Middle, and posterior cranial Pituitary (hypophyseal)
14
Q
What are the major landmarks?
A
Porion Pterion Asterion Lambda Inion Basion Opisthocranion Vertex Nasion Glabella Bregma
