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Lesson 1 Axial Skeleton > Skull > Flashcards

Skull Flashcards

1
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Frontal Bone

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major bone of the forhead

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Superciliary Arch

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the ridge above the eye socket

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Glabella

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the smooth triangular part of the frontal bone (Where a unibrow would be)

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Frontal Sinus

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Cavity within the frontal bone

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Parietal Bone

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large paired bone located in the superior portion of the skull

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Coronal Suture

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Runs laterally joining frontal and parietal bones (joint)

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Sagittal Suture

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Runs anterioposteriorally joining the two parietal bones

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Temporal bone

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paired bone located on the lateral sides of the skull

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squamous suture

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runs anteroposteriorly joining the temporal and parietal bones

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Mandibular Fossa

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Articulates with the condylar process of the mandible (Where mandible connects)

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Temporomandibular Joint

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Articulation of the mandibular fossa and the condylar process of the mandible

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external auditory meatus (canal)

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ear hole

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13
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Petrous Part

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dense bony ridge on interior surface of temporal bone, location of middle and inner ear cavities (teturs on the petrus)

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Internal auditory meatus (canal)

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short canal in petrous part of temporal bone extending laterally towards the inner ear

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styloid process

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long sharp process of the temporal bone extending inferiorly

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Mastoid Process

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round process of the temporal bone posterior to the styloid process and extending inferiorly

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Stylomastoid Foramen

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Located between the styloid and mastoid processes, passage for facial nerve

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18
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Carotid Canal

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located on petrous part of the temporal bone anterior to the jugular foramen

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19
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Jugular Foramen

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Located on inferior petrous part of the temporal bone posterior to the carotid canal

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20
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zygomatic process

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arch of bone extending anteriorly from the temporal bone

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Zygomatic Bone

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Paired bone which participates with the zygomatic process (Cheek Bone)

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Temporal Process

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arch of bone extending posteriorly from the zygomatic bone

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23
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zygomatic arch

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formed by union of the zygomatic bone and zygomatic processes of the temporal bone

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occipital bone

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most posterior and inferior bone of the skull

25
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labdoid suture

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runs transversely joining the occipital and parietal bones

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external occipital protuberance

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median protrusion on the occipital bone posterior and superior to foramen magnum

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superior nuchal line

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runs horizontally from external occipital protuberance

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lateral superior nuchal line

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diagonal extension of the superior nugal line towards the mastoid process (after curve)

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foramen magnum

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large opening on the inferior part of the skull (where the spinal chord passes through)

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occipital condyle

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paired rounded process lateral to the foramen magnum

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hypoglossal canal

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paired canal superior to occipital condyle

32
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basilar part

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region of the occipital bone aterior to foramen magnum

33
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sphenoid bone

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butterfly-shaped bone forming the floor of the cranium

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greater wing

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posterior and inferior to lesser wing on interior of the skull

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lesser wing

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anterior and superior to greater wing on the interior of the skull (Manta Ray Looking)

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superior orbital fissure

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fissure between greater and lesser wings of sphenoid visible from the orbits

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inferior orbital fissure

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fissure in the orbit floor between maxilla and greater wing of sphenoid

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sella turcica

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saddle-like depression posterior to lesser wing (space in manta ray)

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sphenoid(al) sinus

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cavity in sphenoid, inferior to the sella turcica

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optic canal

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paired opening through lesser wing of the sphenoid

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foramen spinosum

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paired opening at the posterior margin of the sphenoid

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foramen ovale

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paired opening lateral to the base of the sella turcica

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foramen lacerum

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paired opening lateral to the sella turcica

44
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foramen rotundum

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paired oping anterior to the foramen ovale

45
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lateral pterygoid plate

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sharp process that laterally and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid

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medial pterygoid plate

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sharp process that medially and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid

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sutural bone

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irregular bone within a cranial suture

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ethmoid bone

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located between orbits and between sphenoid and nasal bones, forms roof of nasal cavity, side of the orbits

49
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crista galli

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superior projection in the middle of the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone

50
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cribriform plate

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porous bone surrounding the crista galli in the floor of the cranium through which olfactory nerves pass

51
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ethmoid(al) sinus / ethmoid(al) air cells

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numerous cavities within the ethmoid bone

52
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perpendicular plate

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median inferior projection of the ethmoid; forms superior nasal septum

53
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vomer

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bone forming the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal septum

54
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choanae

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paired internal openings of the nasal cavity; on either side of the vomer

55
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inferior nasal concha

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bone that protrudes into the inferior part of the nasal cavity; also known as the inferior turbinate bone

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