Sutures Flashcards
1
Q
What are suture
A
fibrous joints
2
Q
Coronal suture
A
between frontal & parietal
3
Q
Sagittal suture
A
connects parietal bones
4
Q
Lambdoid suture
A
between occipital and parietal
5
Q
Squamous suture
A
between parietal and temporal
6
Q
Name 4 small suture
A
sphenoparietal
sphenosquamous
parietalmastial
occipitomastoid
7
Q
Nasion
A
point where nasal bones meet the frontal bone
8
Q
Asterion
A
posterior point where squamous and lambdoid sutures meet
9
Q
Terion
A
squamous, coronal & spheno sutures meet
posterior to zygomatic zone
10
Q
Why can blows to the Terion cause death
A
thinnest region of the skull
middle meningeal artery lies on interior side
blows rapture artery -> blood on brain
