Module 7: The Skeleton and Joints Flashcards
Facial bones
2 nasal - nose 2 maxillae - upper lip 1 mandible - jaw 2 zygomatic - cheek bones 2 lacrimal 2 palatine 2 inferior nasal conchae 1 vomer = 14 total
Hyoid bone
Only bone that does not joint (articulate) with another
Provides movable base for tongue
Ear bones
2 malleus - hammer
2 incus - anvil
2 stapes - stirrup
Surface markings
Structural features of bone adapted for certain functions
Usually not present at birth, most prominent in adults
Develop on response to certain forces
Types of surface markings
Depressions and openings
Processes
Depressions and openings
Type of surface marking that allows passage of soft tissues or forms joints
Processes
Projections or outgrowths that either help form joints or serve as attachment point for connective tissue
Fissure
Narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones through which blood vessels or nerves pass
Foramen
Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass
Fossa
Shallow depression
Sulcus
Furrow along bone surface that accommodates blood vessel, nerve, or tendon
Meatus
Tubelike opening
Cranial bones
1 frontal - forehead 2 parietal - top and sides of skull 2 temporal - temple region 1 occipital - rear of the skull 1 sphenoid 1 ethmoid = 8 total
Types of depressions and openings
Fissure Foramen Fossa Sulcus Meatus
Types of processes that form joints
Condyle
Facet
Head
Condyle
Large round protuberance with a smooth articulate surface at end of bone
Facet
Smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex articular surface
Head
Usually rounded articular projection supported on neck (constricted portion) of bone
Processes that form attachment points for connective tissue
Crest Epicondyle Line Spinous process Trochanter Tubercle Tuberosity
Crest
Prominent ridge or elongated projection
Epicondyle
Typically roughened projection above condyle
Line
Long narrow ridge or border (less prominent than crest)
Spinous process
Sharp slender projection
Trochanter
Very large projection
Tubercle
Variably sized rounded projection
Tuberosity
Variably sized projection that has a rough, bumpy surface
Metopic suture
Unites left and right sides of frontal bone after birth
Disappears around age 6-8
Coronal suture
Between frontal and parietal bones
Sagittal suture
Between parietal bones
Lambdoid suture
Between parietal and occipital bones
Squamous suture
Between temporal and parietal bone
Sphenoid bone
At middle part of base of skull
Articulates with all other cranial bones
Resembles a butterfly
Ethmoid bone
In anterior part of cranial floor
Medial to the orbits
Sponge-like appearance
Anterior to sphenoid and posterior to nasal bones
Inferior nasal conchae
Form part of inferior lateral wall of nasal cavity
Project into nasal cavity
Vomer
Triangular
In floor of nasal cavity
Forms inferior portion of bony nasal septum
Maxillae
Paired, form upper jawbone