Natal Growth Flashcards
Which part of the skull has a mix of somatic and neural growth?
Cranial base
What has faster growth, somatic or neural?
Neural
How many fontanelles do we have and what are they?
6 membranous gaps between bones
What does the first arch make?
Mandible and meckels cartilage
What does the cranial base separate?
Cranial vault
Face
Describe the epiphyseal plate
Resting
Proliferative
Hypertrophic
Metaphyseal plate
Describe a condylar plate
Articular cartilage Prechondroblasts Chondroblasts Hypertrophic Bone
What fuses to unite the eyes and when?
Cribiform
Ethmoid
3 years
When does the mandible fuse?
10 weeks
What unites the mandible and when?
Symphysial cartilage
1 years
When does the frontal bone, sphenoid body and sphenoid wings fuse? Where are these bones?
Years 1 and 2
Behind the eyes
Where is the styloid process found?
Extends down just below the ear
What type of ossification does the body and head have?
The body is endochondral
The head is endochondral and intramembranous
What areas of the head are endochondral? (4)
Optic capsule
Second pharyngeal arch cartilage
Nasal capsule
Cranial base
What’s the name of a secondary cartilaginous joint? Give 2 examples
Symphysis
Condylar cartilage
Fibrocartilage
What’s the name of a primary cartilaginous joint? Give 3 examples
Synchondrosis
Hyaline cartilage
Nasal septum
Cranial base
What is at the front of the mandible?
Mental foramen
Where is the coronoid and condylar?
Condylar is nearest to the ears
What tissue forms the top and bottom halves of the skull?
Top: mesoderm
Bottom: NCC