Skull Parts Flashcards

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Body of Mandible

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The front of jaw

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Angle of Mandible

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The corner of the jaw bone

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Condylar Process (Condyloid)

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The rounded part (back of jawbone)

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Coronal Suture

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Correctional lines on the skull (squiggly) separates the front from the back

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Ethmoid

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1 Flat. Back of the eye socket

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External auditory canal

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The hole leading to the ear canal

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External occipital protuberance

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Bump on back of head

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Foramen magnum

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Nerve through hole. Large hole in bottom of skull, spine goes through

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Frontal

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1 Flat. Bone on front of skull- forehead.

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Inferior nasal conchae

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Hooks on bottom side of the nose. 2 irregular.

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Infraorbital foramen

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Holes for nerves below the eye

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Lacrimal

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2 irregular. Tear duct right off nose.

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Lambdoidal suture

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Squiggly line on back of skull

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Mandible

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Lower jaw. 1 irregular.

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Mandibular fossa

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Depression socket of jaw. On bottom of skull.

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Mastoid process

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Massive bump for tipping head. Right behind ear.

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Maxilla

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2 irregular. Upper jaw.

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Mental foramen

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2 holes nerves pass through on chin

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Nasal

A

2 irregular nose.

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Occipital

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Back and bottom of skull. 1 flat.

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Occipital condyle

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2 knobs on the spinal cord hole

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Optic canal

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The openings in back of eye socket

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Palatine

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2 irregular. Back of mouth

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Parietal

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2 flat. Top sides of skull

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Ramus

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The big plate on the side of the mandible

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Sagittal suture

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Squiggly line running down back of skull

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Sphenoid

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1 flat. Runs from temple to temple

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Squamous suture

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Squiggly line on side of head. Temporal and parietal meet.

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Supraorbital foramen

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Holes above eye socked for sensation

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Temporal

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2 flat. Over the ear

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Vomer

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Divider in nose. 1 irregular. Allows for 1 nostrils

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Zygomatic

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2 irregular. Cheek bones

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Zygomatic arch

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Half zygomatic

Half temporal arch