Test 2 - Axial Skeleton Flashcards
Cranium
head
Frontal Bone
Forehead to crown of head
Parietal Bone
Top and down the back of head
Temporal Bone
Sides of head (behind temples and ears)
Sagittal Suture
Connects the left and right bones of the skull
Coronal Suture
Connects the frontal to the parietal bones
Squamous Suture
Connects temporal and parietal bones of the head
Zygomatic Process
Bridge from temporal bone to zygomatic bone
Or connects ear to cheek
Mandibular Fossa
Open space that allows jaw to rotate
External Auditory Meatus
Hole to ear
Styloid Process
Sharp point inside ears
Mastoid Process
Edge of bone behind ears
Lambdoid Suture
Connects occipital to parietal and temporal
Shaped like lambda
Foramen Magnum
Big hole where head attaches to spine
Occipital Condyles
Bumps on each side of foramen magnum that rock head front to back
Sphenoid Bone
Bone behind eyes and crosses through the skull
Greater Wings
of the Sphenoid bone
Lower wings
Sella Turcica
Groove between wings where pituitary gland sits
Lesser Wings
of the Sphenoid bone
Upper wings
Ethmoid Bone
Inside top of head
Plate holds brain out of eyes
Crista Galli (Cock’s comb)
Sharp mohawk down middle of the ethmoid bone
Cribriform Plates
On each side of the crista galli
Small holes to let optical nerves through
Superior, Middle and Inferior Nasal Conchae
Bumps at the back of the nose that catch germs
Perpendicular Plate
Found in the middle of the nose
Mandible
Jaw bone
Mandibular Ramos
Sides of jaw
Mandibular Condyle
Branch of the jaw that connects back behind ear
Coronoid Process
Branch of jaw that connects up under cheek bones
Mental Foramen
Holes in the chin
Mandibular Symphysis
Chin
Maxillae
Upper jaw
Between nose and mouth
Palatine Process
Roof of the mouth
Zygomatic Bone
Creates the point in your cheek
Cheek bone
Lacrimal Bone
Side of nose
Near tear ducts
Nasal Bone
Upper portion of nose
Vomer
Comes up the back of the nose to meet the perpendicular plate
Frontal Sinus
Between eyebrows
Ethmoid Sinus
Top of nose
Sphenoid Sinuses
Tear ducts
Maxillary Sinus
Under cheeks, next to nose
Hyoid Bone
In the throat above larynx
Where tongue attaches