Surface anatomy and skull Flashcards
Viscerocranium
Neurocranium
Nasal bones
Temporal bones
Zygomatic bones
zygomatic arch
lacrimal bone
Vomer bone
Parietal bones
Ethmoid bone
Palatine bone
How many bones in the skull?
22
function of lacrimal
small and fragile, provide support to the structures of the lacrimal apparatus, which secretes tears to lubricate the eyes
which bones arent articulated via sutures
ear bones, hyoid, mandible
what does the ethmoid bone have
nerves involved in olfaction which are susceptible to damage
what does palatine bone do
divides oral cavity into hard and soft palates
Describe location of frontal bone
articulates laterally with sphenoid bone
articulates anteriorly with nasal and maxillary
What does the parietal bone articulate with
- frontal bone
- posterior occipital bone
- lateral sphenoid
- lateral temporal
What is the pterion joint
where the frontal, parietal, sphenoid and temporal bones join
weakest part of the skull
under runs the middle cerebral artery
Sphenoid bone
what causes the bridge between viscerocranium and neurocranium
the sphenoid bone
What nerves does this foramen transmit
Optic canals for optic nerves
What nerves does this transmit
Opthalmic nerve which controls the muscles of the eye
What nerves does this transmit
Foramen rotunda- transmits passage of maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve
What nerves does this transmit
Foramen ovale - mandibular branch
What is this region of the mouth
Vestibule
describe location of sphenoid bone
articulates with temporal, frontal, schematic bones and anteriorly to palatine bones
has holes for cranial nerves –> optical nerves
forms small part of the anterior and middle cranial fossa.