MIDTERM PT. 1 (ANATOMY) Flashcards
REFER TO AS THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING OF THE BRAIN
SKULL OR CALVARIUM
HOW MANY BONES ARE THERE IN THE SKULL/ CALVARIUM
22 BONES
HOW MANY BONES ARE THERE IN THE CRANIUM
8 BONES
WHAT ARE THE BONES IN THE CRANIUM:
- FRONTAL-1
- OCCIPITAL-1
- TEMPORAL- 2
- PARIETAL- 2
- ETHMOIDAL- 1
- SPHENOIDAL- 1
- DIPLOE
BONE: IS SYNARTHROSES/ IMMOVABLE
CRANIUM
WHAT BONE: FRONTAL SINUS IS LOCATED
FRONTAL BONE
WHAT BONE: FORAMEN MAGNUM / SPINAL CORD IS LOCATED
OCCIPITAL BONE
WHAT BONE: PARS PETROSA (MASTOID)
TEMPORAL BONE
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE CRANIUM
PARIETAL BONE
WHAT BONE: LABYRINTH, HOUSES ECG, CRISTA GALLI
ETHMOIDAL BONE
WHAT BONE: SPHENOID IS LOCATED
SPHENOID BONE
WHAT BONE: SPHENOID IS LOCATED
SPHENOID
ALSO KNOWN AS ATLAS
C1
ALSO KNOWN AS AXIS
C2
WHAT PART IS THE TOP PORTION OF THE SKULL
Vertex
WHAT BONE: HOUSES THE ORGAN OF HEARING OR BALANCE; LYMPHATIC MEMBRANE
TEMPORAL
FRONTAL BONE ARTICULATES ___ CRANIAL BONES, AND WITH ___ FACIAL BONES
4
8
PARIETAL BONE HOUSES ___ CRANIAL BONES
5
WHAT BONE: INFEROPOSTERIOR PART OF THE CRANIUM; ARTICULATES ATLAS THROUGH ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT
OCCIPITAL BONE
OCCIPITAL BONE ARTICULATES ___ CRANIAL BONES
5
WHAT BONE: CONTAINS THE MASTOID PORTION OF THE SKULL; LOCATION OF TM FOSSA
TEMPORAL BONE
TEMPORAL BONE ARTICULATES WITH ___ CRANIAL BONES
3
THE “SQUAMOUS POTION” OF THIS CRANIAL BONE IS CONSIDERED AS THE MOST VULNERABLE PORTION OF THE SKULL TO FRACTURE?
TEMPORAL BONE
TM; JOINT BETWEEN JAW AND SKULL IS
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
HOUSES THE MUCOUS MEMBRNANE
SINUSES
THE SMALLEST AMONG THE CRANIAL BONES OF THE SKULL
ETHMOIDAL BONE
IT CONTAINS THE ETHMOIDAL SINUSES WITH ITS LABYRINTHS
ETHMOIDAL BONE
ETHMOIDAL BONE ARTICULATES WITH ___ CRANIAL BONES AND ___ FACIAL BONES
2
11
IT IS PART OF THE ETHMOIDAL BONE OF THE SKULL THAT SERVES AS THE ANTERIOR ATTACHMENT OF THE FALX CEREBRI
CRISTA GALLI
WHAT BONE: “BAT SHAPE”; LOCATION OF SELLA TURCICA/ TURKISH SADDLE; SPHENOID SINUSES; FORAMEN ROTUNDUM, OVALE SPINOSUM LOCATED W/ IN THE GREATER WING OF THE SPHENOID, AND ALSO THE OPTIC FORAMEN
SPHENOIDAL BONE
WHAT BONE: SERVES AS THE KEYSTONE OF THE CRANIUM
SPHENOIDAL BONE
SPHENOIDAL BONE ARTICULATES ___ CRANIAL BONES AND ___ FACIAL BONES
7
5
THE BONES OF THE CRANIAL VAULT ARE COMPOSED OF TWO PLATES OF COMPACT TISSUE SEPARATED BY AN INNER LAYER OF SPONGY TISSUE CALLED ___
DIPLOE
THE ARTICULATIONS OR JOINTS OF THE CRANIUM ARE CALLED
SUTURES
CLASSIFIED AS FIBROUS JOINTS
SUTURES
JOINTA THAT ARE IMMOVABLE
SYNARTHRODIAL JOINTS
WHAT ARE THE CLASSIFICATION OF SUTURES:
- CORONAL SUTURE
- SAGITTAL SUTURE
- LAMBDOIDAL SUTURE
- SQUAMOSAL SUTURE
SUTURE: SEPARATES THE FRONTAL BONE FROM THE TWO PARIETAL BONES
CORONAL SUTURE
SUTURE: SEPARATING THE TWO PARIETAL BONES IN THE MIDLINE
SAGITTAL SUTURE
SUTURE: SEPARATES THE TWO PARIETAL BONES FROM THE OCCIPITAL BONE
SQUAMOSAL SUTURE
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SUTURES
- BREGMA
- LAMBDA
- PTERIONS
- ASTERIONS
THE ANTERIOR END OF THE SAGITTAL SUTURE
BREGMA
THE POSTERIOR END OF THE SAGITTAL SUTURE
LAMBDA
ARE THE POINTS AT THE JUNCTION OF THE PARIETALS, TEMPORALS, AND THE GREATER WINGS OF THE SPHENOID
PTERIONS
ARE AT THE POSTERIOR END OF THE SPHENOPARIETAL SUTURE
PTERIONS
ARE THE POINTS POSTERIOR TO THE EAR WHERE THE SQUAMOSAL AND LAMBDOIDAL SUTURES MEET
ASTERIONS
INFANT CRANIUM; ARE THE MEMBRANE-COVERED OPENINGS OR “SOFT SPOTS”
FONTANELS
“C SHAPE”; GLAND REST INSIDE THE PITUITARY GLAND
SELLA TURCICA
ROOF OF THE MOUTH
PALATINE BONE