Skull Bones, Features & Foramina Flashcards
How many skull bones
22 skull bones
8 cranial bones
14 facial bones
What are the cranial bones (8)
Frontal (1)
Parietal (2)
Occipital (1)
Temporal (2)
Sphenoid (1)
Ethmoid (1)
What bone
Frontal bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Temporal bone
What bone
Sphenoid bone
What bone
Ethmoid bone
What bone
Ethmoid bone
(perpendicular plate of ethmoid)
What bone
Frontal bone
What bone
Occipital bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Occipital bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Temporal bone
What bone
Frontal bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Occipital bone
What bone
Wormian bones
What bone
Temporal bone
What bone
Temporal bone
What bone
Occipital bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Sphenoid bone
What bone
Frontal bone
What bone
Ethmoid bone
What bone
Sphenoid bone
What bone
Temporal bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Occipital bone
What bone
Frontal bone
What bone
Parietal bone
What bone
Occipital bone
What bone
Ethmoid bone
What bone
Sphenoid bone
What bone
Temporal bone
What suture
Lambdoidal suture
What suture
Coronal suture
(Like the crown of the head [when a baby is crowning])
What suture
Squamosal suture
What suture
Coronal suture
What suture
Sagittal suture
What suture
Lambdoidal suture
What are the facial bones (14)
Mandible (1)
Vomer (1)
Inferior nasal concha (2)
Maxilla (2)
Nasal (2)
Palatine (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Lacrimal (2)
What bone
Nasal bone
What bone
Vomer bone
What bone
Inferior nasal concha (inferior turbinate bone)
What bone
Maxilla bone
What bone
Mandible
(Only bone that can be man handled)
What bone
Zygomatic bone
What bone
Palatine bone
What bone
Lacrimal bone
What bone
Nasal bone
What bone
Zygomatic bone
What bone
Inferior nasal concha (inferior turbinate bone)
What bone
Maxilla
What bone
Mandible
What bone
Maxilla
What bone
Palatine bone
What bone
Vomer
What bone
Zygomatic bone
What bone
Vomer
What bone
Maxilla
What bone
Palatine bone
What bone
Mandible
What bone feature
Temporal fossa (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Zygomatic process (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Zygomatic process (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Mastoid process (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Mastoid process (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Styloid process (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Styloid process (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Mandibular fossa (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Mandibular fossa (of temporal bone)
What bone feature
Mandibular fossa (of temporal bone)
(with mandible)
What bone feature
Superciliary arches (of frontal bone)
What bone feature
Superciliary arches (of frontal bone)
What bone feature
Glabella
What bone feature
Glabella
What bone feature
Frontal eminence
What bone feature
Frontal eminence
What bone feature
Zygomatic process (of frontal bone)
What bone feature
Zygomatic process (of frontal bone)
What suture
Metopic suture (of infant skull)
What suture
Metopic suture (of infant skull)
What bone feature
Superior temporal line
What bone feature
Inferior temporal line
What bone feature
Parietal eminence
What bone feature
Parietal eminence
What bone feature
Parietal eminence
What bone feature
External occipital protuberance
What bone feature
External occipital protuberance
What bone feature
External occipital protuberance
What bone feature
External occipital crest
What bone feature
External occipital crest
What bone feature
Occipital condyle
What bone feature
Occipital condyle
What bone feature
Internal occipital crest
What bone feature
Internal occipital crest
What occipital crest
Internal occipital protuberance
What bone feature
Internal occipital protuberance
What bone feature
Cerebellar fossa (of occipital bone)
What bone feature
Sella turcica
What bone feature
Lesser wing of the sphenoid
Several tiny openings
Olfactory foramina
Several tiny openings
Olfactory foramina
What bone opening
Optic canal
What bone feature
Greater wing of the sphenoid
What bone feature
Dorsum sella (dorsum sellae)
What bone feature
Pterygoid process (of the sphenoid)
What bone feature
Lesser wing of the sphenoid
What bone feature
Great wing of the sphenoid
What bone feature
Crista galli
What bone feature
Crista galli
What bone feature
Cribiform plate
What bone feature
Cribiform plate (containing many tiny openings)
What bone feature
Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid
What bone feature
Superior nasal concha (superior turbinate bone) (part of ethmoid)
What bone feature
Middle nasal concha (middle turbinate bone) (part of ethmoid)
What bone feature
Superior nasal concha (superior turbinate bone) (part of ethmoid)
What bone feature
Middle nasal concha (middle turbinate bone) (part of ethmoid)
What bone feature
Zygomatic process (of maxilla)
What bone feature
Frontal process (of maxilla)
What bone feature
Palatine process (of maxilla)
What bone feature
Alveolar process (of maxilla)
What bone feature
Alveolar process (of maxilla)
What bone feature
Angle (of the mandible)
What bone feature
Condyloid (condylar) process (of the mandible)
What bone feature
Coronoid process (of the mandible)
What bone feature
Mandibular notch (of the mandible)
What bone feature
Alveolar process (of the mandible)
What bone opening
Optic canal
What bone opening
Optic canal
What bone opening
Superior orbital fissure
What bone opening
Inferior orbital fissure
What bone opening
Foramen rotundum
What bone opening
Foramen ovale
What bone opening
Foramen lacerum
What bone opening
Foramen spinosum
What bone opening
Carotid canal
What bone opening
Jugular foramen
What bone opening
Stylomastoid foramen
What bone opening
Carotid canal
What bone opening
Jugular foramen
What bone opening
Stylomastoid foramen
What bone opening
Foramen magnum
What bone opening
Hypoglossal canal (in occipital bone)
What bone opening
Hypoglossal canal (in occipital bone)
What bone opening
Hypoglossal canal (in occipital bone)
What bone opening
External acoustic meatus
What bone opening
External acoustic meatus (of temporal bone)
What bone opening
Internal acoustic meatus (of temporal bone)
What bone opening
Internal acoustic meatus (of temporal bone)
What bone opening
Supraorbital notch (supraorbital foramen) (of frontal bone)
What bone opening
Supraorbital notch (supraorbital foramen) (of frontal bone)
What bone opening
Infraorbital foramen
What bone opening
Infraorbital foramen
What bone opening
Incisive foramen
(this is looking at the hard palate of the mouth from below)
What bone opening
Greater palatine foramen
What bone opening
Lacrimal fossa (of maxilla)
(leads into nasolacrimal [lacrimal] canal)
What bone opening
Lacrimal fossa (of maxilla)
(leads into nasolacrimal [lacrimal] canal)
What bone opening
Mental foramen
What bone opening
Mandibular foramen