Oral Anatomy & Histology (Review: Outcome 10) Flashcards
Osteology
The study of bones
- Bones cover and protect the internal structures
- Bones serve as landmarks for us
Articulation
An area of the skeleton where the bones are joined to each other. They can be either movable or immovable
Sutures
Appear on the skull as “cracks”
- Firm joining of two or more bones
Joint
The moveable junction of two or more bones
Process
An extension of a bone
Fossa
A depression in a bony surface, a place for a joint or muscle attachment to be located
Foramina
Singular = foramen
Number of holes on the cranium
- major blood vessels supply the brain with blood through foramina into the cranium
Examples:
- Mental foramen
- Foramen magnum
- Supraorbital
- Infraorbital foramen
Meatus
Canal-like opening into a bone from outside of the body (external) as in the opening to the ear
How many bones does the cranium have and what are they?
8 bones in total
1) Frontal: single
2) Parietal: paired (2)
3) Occipital: single
4) Temporal: paired (2)
5) Sphenoid: single
6) Ethmoid: single
How many facial bones are there?
14 facial bones
How many bones are in the skull excluding ossicles in the inner ear?
22 bones
Frontal Bone
- Single
- Forms the forehead, part of the floor of the cranium and most of the roof of the orbits
- Contains the 2 frontal sinuses
- Protects the frontal lobe of the brain, which is largely involved with motor and control functions of the body
Parietal Bones
- Paired
- Forms most of the roof and the upper sides of the cranium
- Joined by the sagittal suture at the midline of the skull
- The suture between the frontal bone and the parietal bones is the coronal suture
Occipital Bone
- Single
- Forms the back and base of cranium
- Joins the parietal bones at the lambdoidal suture
- The spinal cord passes through the foramen magnum of this bone, to join with the brain
Temporal Bones
- Paired
- Form the sides and base of cranium
- Enclose the ear and contain the external auditory meatus (bony passage of the outer ear)
- Extend toward the zygomatic bone
- Have a depression, called the glenoid fossa into which the lower jaw articulates