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Vet Tech A&P 1 > Skull 1-16 > Flashcards

Skull 1-16 Flashcards

1
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Houses incisors AKA - incisive bone

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Premaxilae

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2
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Front cranial most teeth

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Incisors

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3
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Behind premaxilla - over canines

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Maxillae

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4
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“Fang teeth” “cutters”

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Canine

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5
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Behind canines - grinds food

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Premolar

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6
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Caudal most teeth - grinds food

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Molar

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7
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Holes in front of eye orbit CN V lives here along with vessels

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Infraorbital foramen

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8
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Nose bones - paired down face - gives skull shape

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Nasal bone

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9
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Whole internal nasal structure

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Nasoturbinate

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10
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Internal - separates nasal area and brain cavity

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Ethmoid

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11
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Tiny scrolls of bone in nasal cavity that filter and humidify air

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Ethmoturbinates

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12
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Creates nasal septum

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Perpendicular plate of ethmoid

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13
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Internal - ventral to ethmoid, dorsal to hard palate

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Vomer

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14
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Posterior to maxilla - “hard palate”

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Palatine bones

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15
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Big pair of holes on ventral surface of skull on the roof of the mouth

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Anterior (front) palatine foramen

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16
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Front part of the hamulus, articulates with the basisphenoid

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Pterygoid process of the palatine

17
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Tiny holes on ventral surface of the skull roof of the mouth

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Posterior (rear) palatine foramen

18
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Tear area bone in the anteromedial portion of the eye orbit

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Lacrimal bone

19
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“Tear canal” - hole inside eye orbit

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Nasolacrimal canal

20
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“Fore head” cranial part of skull

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Frontal bones

21
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Protrusion off the top of the orbit behind the eye

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Postorbital processes

22
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Internal structure - cavity within the frontal bone - can see when dehorning

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Frontal sinus

23
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“Arch” “cheekbone” widest part of the skull

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Zygomatic bone (malar)

24
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Front part of the cheek or zygomatic arch

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Zygomatic process of the zygomatic bone

25
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Back part of the cheek that articulates with the temporal bone

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Zygomatic process of the temporal bone

26
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Caudal to the frontal bone

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Parietal bone

27
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Between the parietal and occipital

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Interparietal

28
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Runs down the top of the skull

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Sagittal crest

29
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Most caudal skull bone to the back of the skull

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Occipital bone

30
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Hole that houses the spinal cord

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Foramen magnum

31
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Between the tympanic bulla bulbs

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Basioccipital

32
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Bumps to the side of the foramen magnum that articulates with C1

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Occipital condyles

33
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Big holes by bulbs houses CN IX, X, and XI

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Jugular foramen

34
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Tiny holes within the jugular foramen houses CN XII

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Hypoglossal canal

35
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Ridge that runs across the skull over occipital

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Lambdoidal ridge

36
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Directly below where the sagittal crest meets the lambdoidal ridge

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External occipital protuberance

Vet Tech A&P 1 (6 decks)

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