OSTEOLOGY Flashcards
- Skull at birth contains ______ separated bones
2. Skull of adult contains ______ bones
- 45
2. 28
Coronal suture is present between _____
Frontal bone and two parietal bones
_________ suture is present between two parietal lobes
Sagittal
Lambdoid suture is present between______
Occipital and two parietal bones
__________ suture separates two halves of frontal bone and is present in only 3-8% individuals
Metopic suture
_________ , the brain case consists of 8 bones
Calvaria
_________ and __________ are the paired bones of Neurocranium
Parietal
Temporal
Unpaired bones of neurocranium are?
Frontal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Viscerocranium consists of _____ paired and _____ unpaired bones
Name the bones
6 Paired:
Maxilla, Zygomatic, Nasal, Lacrimal, Palatine, Inferior Nasal concha
2 unpaired:
Mandible, Vomer
Highest point on sagittal suture?
Vertex
Meeting point between coronal and sagittal sutures?
Bregma
Meeting point between sagittal and lambdoid sutures
Lambda
Point on sagittal suture between two parietal foramen?
Obelion
Area in the temporal fossa where frontal, parietal , temporal and sphenoid bones join to form a H- shaped suture
Pterion
Deep into the prerion lies ________
Hint:3 structures
▶Anterior branch of middle meningeal artery
▶Middle meningeal vein
▶Lateral sulcus of cerebral hemisphere
_____________ fossa is commonly fractured in injuries
Middle cranial fossa
Largest and deepest of the cranial fossae is _______ fossa
Posterior cranial fossa
Structures passing through foramen ovale?
▶Mandibular nerve ▶Accessory meningeal artery ▶Lesser petrosal neeve ▶Emissary vein connecting cavernous sinus with pterygoid venous plexus ( mnemonic: MALE)