Skull Flashcards
Entire bony head, including the mandible
Skull
Bony head excluding the mandible
Cranium
Cranium without the face
Neurocranium or Calvarium
Calvarium without the base
Calotte
Bones of the brain case
Neurocranium or calvarium
Bones of the face, including mandible
Splanchnocranium
Accessory bones
Ear ossicles and hyoid
Irregular ossicles that occur along some sutures
Extrasutural (wormian) bones
Also called the squamae; comprised of frontal parietals, temporals, and occipital
Cranial vault or calva
Complex, perforated by many foramina that allow passage of nerves and blood vessels to and from the brain; site of muscle attachment for muscles of the jaw and neck, which produces bony projections and crests
Cranial base (basicranium)
Face bones
14 bones, are mostly thin plates of cortical bone
Intramembranous ossification
Sides and roof of the skull as well as facial skeleton
Endochondral ossification
Cranial base (chondrocranium = cartilage cranium)
Combined ossification
Occipital, sphenoid, and temporal bones
Frontal bone
Unpaired, intramembranous ossification, neurocranium
Parietal bone
Paired, intramembranous ossification, neurocranium
Occipital bone
Single, combined ossification, neurocranium
Temporal bone
Paired, combined ossification, neurocranium
Sphenoid bone
Single, combined ossification, neurocranium
Ethmoid bone
Single, endochondral ossification, neurocranium
Zygomatic bone
Paired, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Maxilla
Paired, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Nasal bone
Paired, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Lacrimal bone
Paired, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Vomer
Single, intrammebranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Inferior nasal concha
Paired, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Palatine
Paired, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Mandible
Single, intramembranous ossification, splanchnocranium
Coronal sutures
Connect the parietals to the frontal bone
Sagittal suture
Connects the parietals