Quiz 1 Flashcards
Number of facial bones
•14
Number of cranial bones
•8
Fibrous ridged joints in the skull
•sutures
Number of sutures
•4
Which cranial bone contains the external auditory/canal
•temporal bone
The foramen magnum is located on which bone
•occipital bone
Which bones form the roof of the skull
•parietal bones
Ethmoid bone is situated
•Between the orbits
OML stands for
•orbitomeatal line
OML two references
- External acoustic meatus
* outer canthus (corner of eye)
Gonion
•angle of mandible
Glabella
•between the eyebrows
Nasion
•between the eyes top the nose
Interpupillary line
•line crossing the pupils
Glabellomeatal line reference
- external acoustic meatus EAM-
* Glabella
Acanthion
•the base of the nasal spine
Skull lateral position
- patient semi-prone or seated erect
* patients midsagittal plane is parallel to table & interpupillary line is perpendicular to table.
Mentomeatal line refrence
- external acoustic meatus EAM-
* mental point (chin)
Mental point
•chin
Acanthiomeatal line reference
- external acoustic meatus EAM-
* acanthion
Skull lateral reference point
•2” superior to EAM that is up
PA Axial Caldwell CR
- CR 15 degrees cuadad
* exiting the nasion
IOML stands for
•infraorbitalmeatal line
Glabelloalveolar line
•smack down the face in profile