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Skull Flashcards

1
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Foramen

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hole

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Process

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protruding structure’

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Meatus

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canal, tunnel, deep grove

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Squamous

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wide, flattened region

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Fossa

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Depression

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Sinus

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chamber

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Condyle

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rounded articular surface

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Viscero or Splanchno

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pertaining to organs

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9
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Skull is divided into two parts

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  1. Neurocranium - 8 bones - brain/cranial vault

2. Viscerocranium - 15 bones - rest of facial area

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10
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Bone Development (prenatal)

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  1. Enchondral - the cranial base, bones are joined by synchondroses
  2. Intramembranous - cranial vault and viscerocranium, bones are joined by sutures
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Bone Development (postnatal)

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Neurocranium bones are separated, but will “grow” closer together
Anterior and Posterior Fontanelles

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Sutures

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Immobile, fibrous joints connecting MOST skull bones formed by intramembranous ossification

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13
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Name sutures

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Sagittal - btw right and left parietals
Coronal - btw frontal and parietals
Squamosal - btw temporal and parietal
Lambdoidal - btw occipital and parietals
Metopic - btw developing right and left frontal bones (obliterates)
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Clinical Correlation - Sutures

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Craniosynostosis - premature fusion of sutures

Results in various skull shapes depending on affected structures

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15
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Synchondroses

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Immobile joints connecting cranial base bones formed by endochondral ossification
!. Sphenooccipital Synchondroses

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Clinical Correlation - Synchondroses

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Achondroplasia - type of dwarfism
Affects endochondral ossification so results in short limb bones and a shortened cranial base because of premature closure of the synchondroses

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17
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Temporal Mandibular Joint

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(TMJ) - only movable joint in skull

Head of mandible (codyle) rides on articular tubercle, not against the mandibular fossa

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18
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Frontal Bone

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Neurocranium

Squamosal and orbital parts

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Temporal Bone

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Neurocranium
Tympanic Part (technically viscerocranium)
Petro=mastoid part
Squamous part

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Occipital Bone

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Neurocranium
Squamous part
Condylar Part
Basilar Part

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21
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Ethmoid

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Part of the neuro and viscercranium

22
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Bregma

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The point where the sagittal and coronal sutures meet

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Lambda

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The point at the intersection of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures

24
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Glabella

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The most anterior midline point of the frontal boen

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Nasion

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The point of intersection of the nasofrontal suture and the mid-sagittal plane

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Pterion

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The highly variabale area that represents the intersection of the frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and parietal bones
Extremely thin and prone to fracture - damage to the middle meningial artery

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Vertex

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Most superior part of the cranium, typically posterior to bregma

28
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Foramen Cecum

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Nasal emissary vein to superior sagittal sinus

29
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Foramina in Cribriform PLate

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Axons of olfactory neurons from CN 1

30
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Optic Canal

A

CN II

Ophthalmic arteries

31
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Superior Orbital Fissure

A

Ophthalmic veins
Branches of ophthalmic CN V1
CN III, IV, VI (oculomotor, trochlear, abducens)
Sympathetic Fibers

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Inferior Orbital Fissure

A 
Maxillary nerve (CN V2)
Infraorbital vessels
33
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Supraorbital Foramen (notch)

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Supraorbital nerve and vessels

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Infraorbital Foramen

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Infraorbital nerve and vessles (terminal branches of V2)

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Foramen Rotundum

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Maxillary nerve CN V2

36
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Foramen Ovale

A 
Mandibular nerve (V3)
Accessory meningial artery
37
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Foramen Spinosum

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Middle meningeal artery and vein

38
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Foramen Lacerum

A

In life this is covered by cartilage
Internal carotid artery crosses over the foramen horizontally
Sympathetic fibers and a venous plexus accompany the internal carotid artery

39
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Carotid Canal

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Internal carotid artery (with surrounding nerve plexus)

40
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Internal Acoustic Meatus

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Facial CN VII

Vestibulocochlear CN VIII

41
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Jugular Foramen

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CN IX, CN X, CN XI (glosso, vagus, accessory)
Sigmoid sinus (emptying into internal jugular vein)
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Condylar Canal

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Emissary vein (sigmoid sinus to the vertebral veins)

43
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Hypoglossal Canal

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CN XII (hypoglossal CN)

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Foramen Magnum

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Medulla oblongata
Vertebral arteries and veins
Accessory CN XI
Anterior and posterior spinal arteries

45
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Greater Palatine Foramen

A

Greater palatine nerve

Descending palatine vessels

46
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Lesser Palatine Foramen

A

Lesser palatine nerves

47
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Incisive Foramen

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Nasopalatine nerve

Terminal branch of the descending septal artery

48
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Stylomastoid Foramen

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Facial CN VII

49
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Mandibular Foramen/Canal

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Inferior alveolar nerve and vessels

50
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Mental Foramen

A 
Mental nerve (terminal branch of inferior alveolar nerve)
Mental vessels (terminal branches of inferior alveolar artery and vein)

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