Skull Flashcards
Average head
Mesocephalic
Short from front to back
Brachycephalic
____ cm between parietal eminences
15
___ cm from the frontal eminence to inion
19
___ cm from vertex to chin
23
Temporal base or petrous pyramid in mesocephalic forms an angle of _____ to ____ to the MSP
45° to 47°
Petrous pyramid in brachycephalic forms an angle greater than _____ to the MSP
47°
The width (in brachycephalic) is ___ % or greater than the length
80
Head is long from front to back
Narrow from side by side
Deep from vertex to base
Dolicocephalic
Petrous pyramid (in dolicocephalic) forms an angle less than _____ (approximately 40°) to the MSP
47°
The width is less than ____% of the length
75%
Symmetrically divides the body into left and right halves
Midsagittal Plane or Median Plane (MSP)
Connecting the pupils or outer canthi of the eyes
Interpupillary Line or Interorbital Line (IPE)
Slight depression above each eyebrow
Corresponds to the anterior fossa of the cranial vault
Supraorbital Groove (SOG)
Superior rim of each orbit
Supraorbital Margin (SOM)