Skull Osteology Flashcards
What bones make up the Neurocranium (skull)?
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Zygomatic
What bones make up the Viscerocranium (Facial Skeleton)?
Lacrimal
Nasal
Maxillae
Zygomatic
Palatine
Nasal Conchae
Mandible
Vomer
What are the sutures of the skull?
Coronal
Lambdoid
Sagital
Pterion
What is Craniosynostosis?
the premature, pathologic ossification of one or more cranial sutures leading to skull deformities.
What are the contents of the Infratemporal Fossa?
Inferior part of the temporalis muscle
Lateral and medial pterygoid muscles
Maxillary artery
Pterygoid venous plexus
Mandibular nerve
Inferior alveolar nerve
Lingual nerve
Buccal nerve
Chorda tympani nerve
Otic ganglion
What is CN1?
Olfactory
What is CN2?
Optic
What is CN3?
Oculomotor
What is CN4?
Trochlear
What is CN5 and pathways?
Trigeminal - Ophthalmic
Trigeminal - Maxillary
Trigeminal - Mandibular
What is CN6?
Abducens
What is CN 7?
Facial
What is CN 8?
Vestibulocochlear
What is CN9?
Glossopharyngeal
What is CN10?
Vagus
What is CN 11?
Spinal accessory
What is CN12?
Hypoglossal
What is the foramen/canal/fissure of CN1?
Cribriform foramina