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skull Flashcards

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axial skeleton

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skull, vertebral column and ribcage

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A. frontal bone

B. parietal bone

C. temporal bone

D. occipital bone

E. sphenoid bone

F. ethmoid bone

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fontanels

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a space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete and the sutures not fully formed. The main one is between the frontal and parietal bones.

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calvarium (cranial vault)

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“skullcap” that’s the top part of the skull

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supraorbital margins in frontal bone

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frontal sinuses in frontal bone

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glabella in frontal bone

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metopic suture in frontal bone of fetal skull

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A. coronal suture

B. squamous suture

C. lamboidal suture

D. sagital suture

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occipital bone features

A. foramen magnum

B. occipital condyles

C. palatine bone

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external occipital protuberance

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A. external acoustic meatus

B. styloid process

C. mastoid process

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going counter clockwise of person facing right

a. squamous portion
b. tympanic portion
c. petrous portion

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zygomatic process

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mandibular fossa

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A. greater wings

B. lesser wings

C. hypophyseal fossa

D. optic canal

E. cribriform plate

F. cribriform foramina

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sella turcica of sphenoid bone

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optic foramina of sphenoid bone

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superior orbital fissures of sphenoid bone

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A. mandible

B. mandibular condyle

C. mental foramen ????

D. maxilla

E. zygomatic

F. zygomatic arch

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A. lacrimal

B. nasal

C. vomer

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cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

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ethmoid bone features

a. olfactory foramina
b. crista galli
c. cribriform plate

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perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

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ethmoid bone features

upper: superior nasal conchae
lower: middle nasal conchae

all of that area is known as the lateral mass

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wormian (sutural) bones

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extra bone pieces that can occur within a suture (joint) in the skull

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blue=frontal

purple=ethmoid

yellow=sphenoid

red=temporal

green=parietal

orange=occipital

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a. rami (ramus)
b. angle
c. body

29
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alveolar margin

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the bone that your teeth grow out of

30
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from left to right

mandibular condyle

condyloid process

mandibular notch

coronoid process

31
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roof of the mouth

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palatine process

32
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describe location of lacrimal fossa

what does it contain

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between eyes and nose

contains lacrimal sac

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inferior nasal conchae

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a. malleus
b. incus
c. stapes

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hyoid bone

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foramen ovale

a. location
b. what’s in it

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a. sphenoid
b. mandibular nerve

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foramen spinosum

a. location
b. what’s in it

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a. sphenoid
b. middle meningeal artery and vein

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foramen lacerum

a. location
b. what’s in it

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a. base of skull
b. the artery and nerve of pterygoid canal

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foramen rotundum

a. location
b. what’s in it

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a. sphenoid
b. trigemenal nerve

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carotid foramen

a. location
b. what’s in it

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a. temporal bone
b. carotid artery

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jugular foramen

a. location
b. what’s in it

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a. temporal and occipital bone
b. vagus nerve

42
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a depression or hollow in a bone

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fossa

43
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round prominence on the end of a bone

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condyle

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a projection or outgrowth from a larger bone

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process

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an opening in a bone that allows muscles, nerves, arteries, veins and other structures to connect one part of the body to another

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foramen (foramina)

46
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a groove, division, furrow or cleft

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fissure

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