The bony skull Flashcards
What is the most common type of joint seen between most bones in the skull?
Fibrous joint
What are the 3 parts the skull is divided into?
Neuro-cranium
Viscera-cranium
Mandible
What suture is found in between parietal bones?
Sagittal
What suture is found between frontal and parietal bones?
Coronal
What suture is found between occipital and parietal bones?
Lambdoid
What bone is the occipital protuberance a part of?
Occipital bone
What bone is the mastoid process a part of?
Temporal bone
What bones are the zygomatic arch a part of?
Temporal and Zygomatic
What bone is the styloid process a part of?
Temporal bone
What bone are the occipital condyles part of?
Occipital bone
What are the names of the 3 fossa that make up the floor of the skull bone?
Anterior cranial fossa
Middle Cranial fossa
Posterior Cranial fossa
What are the names of the anatomical landmarks of the sphenoid bone?
Body
Pituitary fossa
greater wing
Lesser wing
What is the largest foramen seen in the posterior cranial fossa?
The foramen magnum
What structures pass through the foramen magnum?
Spinal accessory nerve
Right and Left vertebral arteries
