Osteology Flashcards
(78 cards)
What is the cranium? What bones make it up?
That big part of the skull.
Has a whole bunch of bones:
- Frontal bone (headbutt bone)
- Temporal bones (depressed bones)
- Parietal bones (hairline bones)
- Maxilla (upper teeth bone)
- Occipital bone (back of head bone, has gloryhole of the skull)
What is the mandible? What features does it have?
What pretentious people call the jaw.
Has:
- Mental eminence (mewmaxxing)
What is the sagittal plane?
Plane that splits the body into two even halves, straight down the middle
What is the coronal plane? (Think “crown”)
Plane that splits the body into a front (anterior) and back (posterior)
Transverse
Horizontal cut at the waist.
Superior (plane, meaning)
Transverse, moving toward the head
Inferior (plane, meaning)
Transverse, moving away from the head
Medial (plane, meaning)
Sagittal, closer toward the center
Lateral (plane, meaning)
Sagittal, away from the center
Proximal (plane, meaning)
Not tied to any plane, limb closer toward body
Distal (plane, meaning)
Not tied to any plane, limb away from body
What is left and right relative to?
The perspective of the body
Axial skeleton
Skull, torso
Appendicular skeleton (the manly stuff)
Pecs, pelvis and limbs (think appendages)
What does “suture” mean?
The fusing of two bones together, most relates to the skull
Where is the coronal suture?
In between the parietal bones and the frontal bone. Along where a crown might rest or a really receded hairline
Where is the sagittal suture?
Down the middle of the skull
Where is the lambdoidal suture?
In the back of the head, makes an upward arrow shape
Where is the squamosal suture?
Ear crack. Just behind the ear, in between the lambdoidal suture and coronal suture
Can you touch your supraorbital ridge?
Yes, it’s like the “brow bone”
Can you touch your supraorbital margins?
No, it’s tucked inside the eye socket, just below the supraorbital ridge
Where is the glabella?
In between the supraorbital ridge. In laymanspeak, middle of brow
Where are the temporal lines?
Straddling the edge of depression along the sides of the skull. Runs through parietals. Very informal.
Where are the parietal bones?
Top of the skull. When both are put together, they look like a really recessed hairline