Test 2 - Axial Skeleton Flashcards by allyssa Bateman | Brainscape

Q

Cranium

A

head

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Frontal Bone

A

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

A

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

A

Bridge from temporal bone to zygomatic bone

Or connects ear to cheek

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Mandibular Fossa

A

Open space that allows jaw to rotate

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External Auditory Meatus

A

Hole to ear

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Styloid Process

A

Sharp point inside ears

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Mastoid Process

A

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

A

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

A

Bone behind eyes and crosses through the skull

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Greater Wings

A

of the Sphenoid bone

Lower wings

Q

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

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Mandible

A

Jaw bone

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Mandibular Ramos

A

Sides of jaw

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Mandibular Condyle

A

Branch of the jaw that connects back behind ear

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Coronoid Process

A

Branch of jaw that connects up under cheek bones

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Mental Foramen

A

Holes in the chin

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Mandibular Symphysis

A

Chin

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Maxillae

A

Upper jaw

Between nose and mouth

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Palatine Process

A

Roof of the mouth

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Zygomatic Bone

A

Creates the point in your cheek

Cheek bone

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Lacrimal Bone

A

Side of nose

Near tear ducts

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Nasal Bone

A

Upper portion of nose

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Vomer

A

Comes up the back of the nose to meet the perpendicular plate

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Frontal Sinus

A

Between eyebrows

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Ethmoid Sinus

A

Top of nose

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Sphenoid Sinuses

A

Tear ducts

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Maxillary Sinus

A

Under cheeks, next to nose

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Hyoid Bone

A

In the throat above larynx

Where tongue attaches