Skull Flashcards
Frontal
Forehead bone of skull
Parietal
Upper side of skull bone
Temporal
Temple or lower side skull bone
Sutures Coronal
Division of frontal from parietals
Saggital Suture
Divides parietal bones
Lamboidal Suture
Triangle division under skull
Squamousal Suture
Divdes temporal from parietal
Sphenoid
Bat like structure center of skull
Ethmoid
Middle of skull very small/delicate
Nasal
Bones making up bridge of nose
Maxilla
Upper mouth extends up into cheek bones
Zygomatic
Cheek Bone
Lacrimal
Small bone inner eye. Lacrima=Tears
Palatine
Roof of mouth disconnected from teeth
Vomer
Cut of skull through nose. Plow like
Mandible
Jaw Bone
Inferior Nasal Concha
Lower side nasal plate
Superciliary Arch
Eyebrow ridge
Supraorbital Foramen
Hole above eye
Supraorbital Margin
Upper ring of eye cavity
Orbit
Eye hole
Superiororbital Fissure
Crack on top of inner eye
Infraorbital Foramen
Small Hole below eye
Nasal Cavities
Two nose holes
Perpendicular Plate of Ethmoid
Comes in contact with Vomer. Splitting nose. Top half nasal septum
Oral Cavity
Mouth
Palantine process of Maxilla
Roof of mouth
Pterygoid Process
Projection off bottom of Sphenoid (bat)
Basilar portion of the occipital bone
Occipital bone projections outward
Foramen Magnum
Big hole underneath skull
Jugular Foramen
Small hole past occipital condyle
Caratoid Process
Center most small hole. Lateral to jugular foramen
Occipital Condyle
Elevated bones attached to foramen magnum