Skull Flashcards
Which bone makes up the roof of the eye sockets?
FRONTAL BONE
Name the ridge above the eye socket?
SUPERCILIARY ARCH
What does glabella mean?
SMOOTH AND HAIRLESS
What are the parietal bones also known as?
WALLS OF THE HEAD
Name the suture separating the frontal bone and parietal bone?
CORONAL SUTURE
Name the muscle which attaches at the inferior temporal line?
TEMPORALIS
What attaches at the superior temporal line?
TEMPORAL FASCIA
What is palpable underneath the zygomatic bones (cheek bones) when we open our mouth?
ARTICULAR TUBERCLE
Name the process which does not develop until 2 y/o (as baby develops neck muscles to keep head up)
MASTOID PROCESS
The heads of the mandible articulate with the cranium at which joint?
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
What is the name of the fossa where the heads of the mandible articulate with the cranium?
MANDIBULAR FOSSA