Test 2 - Axial Skeleton Flashcards by allyssa Bateman

Q

Cranium

A

head

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Frontal Bone

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Forehead to crown of head

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Parietal Bone

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Top and down the back of head

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Temporal Bone

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Sides of head (behind temples and ears)

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Sagittal Suture

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Connects the left and right bones of the skull

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Coronal Suture

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Connects the frontal to the parietal bones

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Squamous Suture

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Connects temporal and parietal bones of the head

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Zygomatic Process

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Bridge from temporal bone to zygomatic bone

Or connects ear to cheek

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Mandibular Fossa

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Open space that allows jaw to rotate

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External Auditory Meatus

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Hole to ear

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Styloid Process

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Sharp point inside ears

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Mastoid Process

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Edge of bone behind ears

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Lambdoid Suture

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Connects occipital to parietal and temporal

Shaped like lambda

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Foramen Magnum

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Big hole where head attaches to spine

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Occipital Condyles

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Bumps on each side of foramen magnum that rock head front to back

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Sphenoid Bone

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Bone behind eyes and crosses through the skull

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Greater Wings

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of the Sphenoid bone

Lower wings

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Sella Turcica

A

Groove between wings where pituitary gland sits

Q

Lesser Wings

A

of the Sphenoid bone

Upper wings

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Ethmoid Bone

A

Inside top of head

Plate holds brain out of eyes

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Crista Galli (Cock’s comb)

A

Sharp mohawk down middle of the ethmoid bone

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Cribriform Plates

A

On each side of the crista galli

Small holes to let optical nerves through

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Superior, Middle and Inferior Nasal Conchae

A

Bumps at the back of the nose that catch germs

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Perpendicular Plate

A

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