Skull Parts Flashcards by MaKenna Hanson

Q

Front of jaw

A

Body of mandible

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Q

U shaped socket of jaw bone

A

Condylar process (condyloid)

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Q

Line that separates top of head, runs across skull

A

Coronal suture

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Q

Back of eye socket; 1 of them

A

Ethmoid

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Q

Hole that leads to ear drum

A

External auditory canal

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Q

Bump on the bottom, back of head

A

External occipital protuberance

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Q

Hole on bottom of skull

A

Foramen magnum

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Q

Bone of the forehead ; 1 of them

A

Frontal

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Q

Hooks on the inside of the nose; 2 of them

A

Inferior nasal conchae

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Q

Holes on the face for nerves

A

Infraorbital foramen

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Q

Where tears are made; 2 of them

A

Lacrimal

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Q

Line of the back of the skull

A

Lamboidal suture

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Q

Lower jaw; 1 of them

A

Mandible

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Q

2 depressions that jaw bone fits into

A

Mandibular fossa

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Q

Bump behind the ear

A

Mastoid process

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Q

Upper jaw; 2 of them

A

Maxilla

Q

Holes that nerves go into the lower jaw

A

Mental foramen

Q

2 bones of the nose; 2 of them

A

Nasal

Q

Bone of the back of the skull; 1 of them

A

Occipital

Q

2 rounded parts on the bottom of the skull that supports spinal cord

A

Optic canal

Q

Back of the roof of the mouth; 2 of them

A

Palatine

Q

Top sides of skull; 2 of them

A

Parietal

Q

Flat wing of the jaw bone

A

Ramus

Q

Divides skull into left and right sides; on top

A

Sagittal suture

Q

Side of head; 1

A

Sphenoid

Q

On side of skull; below palatine

A

Squamous suture

Q

2 pointy bones by spinal cord

A

Styloid process

Q

Holes above eyes

A

Supraorbital foramen

Q

Side of skull; two of them

A

Temporal

Q

Divider of nose; 1 of them

A

Vomer

Q

Cheek bones; 2 of them

A

Zygomatic

Q

Arch of cheek bones

A

Zygomatic arch

Q

Corner of jaw bone

A

Angle of mandible