SKULL Flashcards
which positioning line extends from the EAM to the outer canthus?
Ordbitomeatal
which positioning landmark is located at the base of the nasal spine?
Acanthion
which positioning landmark is located at the most superior point of the nasal bones?
Nasion
which positioning landmark is the smooth elevation that is located between the superciliary arches?
Gladbella
which positioning landmark is most superior?
Glabella
where on the skull is the gonion located?
On the lateroposterior part of the mandible
where on the skull is the outer canthus located?
On the lateral of each orbit
which positioning landmark is located at the anterior portion of the mandible?
Mental point
which structure articulates the frontal bone with both parietal bones?
Coronal
which suture joins both parietal bones at the vertex of the skull?
Sagittal
which suture joins a parietal bone with both a sphenoid bone and a temporal bone?
Squamosal [suture]
which suture joins both parietal bones with the occipital bone?
Lambdoidal [suture]
the bregma fontanelle is located at the junction of which two sutures?
coronal and sagittal [sutures]
the lambda fontanelle is located at the junction of which two sutures?
Lambdoidal and sagittal
the bregma fontanelle is located at the junction of which cranial bones?
Frontal and both parietals
The lambda fontanelle is located at the junction of which cranial bones?
Occipital and both parietals
Which skull classification refers to a typical skull (in terms of width and length)?
Mesocephalic
Which skull classification refers to a long, narrow skull?
Dolichocephalic
Which skull classification refers to a short, wide skull?
Brachycephalic
How many degrees are in the angle formed between the midsagittal plane and the petrous pyramides in the mesocephalic skull?
47 degrees
How many degrees are in the angle formed between the midsagittal plane and the petrous pyramides in the brachycephalic skull?
54 degrees
How many degrees are in the angle formed between the midsagittal plane and the petrous pyramids in the dolichocephalic skull?
40 degrees
On which cranial bone are the superciliary arches located/
Frontal
On which cranial bone is the cribriform plate located?
Ethmoid
On which cranial bone is the crista galii located?
Ethmoid
Which cranial bone has a petrous pyramid?
Temporal