Skull Flashcards
What are the unpaired cranial bones?
Frontal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
What are the unpaired facial bones?
Vomer
Mandible
What is the clinical significance of the Pterion landmark on the skull?
Middle Meningeal A. lies just deep to it, can rupture if there is a blow to the side of the head
What is a metopic suture?
Incomplete fusion of the frontal bones in the saggital plane
What 2 bones meet at the Lambdoid suture?
Occipital bone and Parietal bone
What 2 bones meet at the Squamosal suture?
Temporal bone and parietal bone
Why would bone flaps be created during surgery?
Incorporating as much overlying tissue with the bone allows periosteium to heal the best
What cranial bone contains the foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, and foramen spinosum?
Sphenoid B.
What vessel is transmitted through the foramen spinosum?
Middle Meningeal A.
What cranial bone does the pterygoid canal run through?
Sphenoid B.
What is the attachment for the Falx Cerebri in the Ethmoid bone?
Crista Galli
What bone forms the superior portion of the Nasal Septum?
Perpendicular plate of Ethmoid bone
What bone is the cribiform plate located in?
Ethmoid B.
What bone forms the inferior portion of the Nasal Septum?
Vomer B.
What part of the Vomer B. articulates with the Sphenoid B.?
Ala