Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Sella turcica

A

Saddle shaped depression of sphenoid bone where pituitary gland sits

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2
Q

What bone has the optic canal?

A

Lesser wing of sphenoid

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3
Q

Sphenoid

A

Middle part of base of skull
Floor of middle cranial fossa

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4
Q

What part of the maxilary bone articulates with the zygomatic bone?

A

Zygomatic process

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5
Q

Cribriform plate of ethmoid

A

Lies within ethmoidal notch of ethmoid and forms roof of nasal cavity

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6
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Skull cap

A

Frontal, temporal, parietal, temporal

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7
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Greater wing of sphenoid articulations

A

frontal, parietal, temporal

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8
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Foramen spinosum

A

in sphenoid bone

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9
Q

Transverse palatine suture

A

Btwn maxilla and palatine bones

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10
Q

Median palatine suture

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Separates palatine process of maxilla and transverse process of palatine

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11
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Squamous suture

A

Temporal and parietal

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12
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Ethmoid

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Anterior portion of cranial base, medial wall of orbit, superior portion of nasal septum, lateral walls of nasal cavity

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13
Q

Articulations of body of sphenoid

A

Vomer and ethmoid, occipital bone

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14
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Articulations of lesser wing of sphenoid

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Orbital plates of frontal, ethmoid, palatine

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15
Q

Articulation of pterygoid process

A

palatine bones

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16
Q

Hard palate

A

Ant 2/3 palatine process of maxilla
Post 1/3 horizontal plate of palatine

17
Q

Hyoid bone

A

doesnt articulate with any other bone

18
Q

Zygomatic arch

A

Temporal process of zygomatic and zygomatic process of temporal

19
Q

Pterion

A

Weakest point in skull at converging frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones

  • damage to pterion could damage the middle meningeal artery and cause an epidural hematoma
20
Q

Ethmoidal frature

A

Results in anosmia (loss of smell)
Damage to olfactory nerve