more bones Flashcards
What is the frontal bone?
forms the forehead
What is the parietal bone?
most superior bone of skull
What are the temporal bones?
sides of the head (ears)
What is the external acoustic meatus
canal that leads to eardrum and middle ear
What is the styloid process?
sharp projection, attachment point of many neck muscles
What is the zygomatic process?
joins with the cheek bone
What is the mastoid process?
full of air cavities, attachment site for some muscles
What is the jugular foramen?
hole where jugular vein passes
What is the carotid canal?
where cartoid passes
What is the occipital bone?
most posterior bone, has the foramen magnum
What is the foramen magnum?
large hole, where spinal cord can pass through
What is the sphenoid bone?
butterfly shaped, spans width of the skull
What is the foramen ovale?
passageway of trigeminal nerve
What is the superior orbital fissure?
cranial nerve III, IV and VI pass through
What is the sphenoidal sinuses?
center of sphenoid bone with air cavities
What is the ethmoid bone?
anterior to the sphenoid bone, roof of nasal cavity
How many facial bones are there?
14 facial bones, 12 paired
What is the maxillae?
fuses to form upper jaw, the keystone bones of the face, carries upper teeth
What are the palatine processes?
forms hard palate of the mouth
What are the palatine bones?
posterior part of the hard palate
What are zygomatic bones?
cheekbones
What are the lacrimal bones?
passageway for tears
What are the nasal bones?
nose bones
What is the vomer bone?
separates the two nostrils, inferior part of the bony nasal septum
