Skull Flashcards
Name the facial bones
Nasal, lacrimal, maxillae, zygomatic, mandible, vomer, palatine bones and inferior nasal conchae
Nasal bones
2 bones, bridge of the nose, tip of your nose is cartilage.
Lacrimal bones
Smallest facial bone, supports tear se, 2 bones, lacrimal fossa = tear duct
Maxillae
2 bones, forms upper jaw on and hard palate, ridge posterior to front teeth.
Zygomatic bones
Cheek bones, lateral arch of eye socket
Mandible
Single bone (2 separate bones at birth fuse together to make one bone), only moveable bone.
Vomer bones
Forms nasal septum with cartilage.
Palatine bones
Soft palate
Inferior nasal conchae
Scroll shaped, filters air.
Name the cranial bones
Frontal, temporal, parietal, sphenoid, ethmoid, occipital bones
Frontal bone
Forms top of the eye socket, forehead 1 single bone.
Temporal bones
Side of skull, behind or back from what we call temple.
Parietal bones
Top/back of the skull, often where head trauma occurs, 2 bones pair.
Sphenoid bone
Butterfly shape, back of eye socket, joints with almost every bone in skull
Ethmoid bone
Found deep in cranium, 1 bone
