the Skull and Shit Flashcards
what is the cranium
skull minus the mandible
characteristics of sutura notha (false sutures)
sutures lacking interlocking of adjacent bone surfaces
typically formed by endochondral ossification
what is norma verticalis
skulled viewed from the top
the intersection of the coronal and sagittal sutures
bregma
intersection of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures
lambda
diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the FRONTAL bone with both PARIETAL bones
anterior fontanelle
diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the OCCIPITAL bone with both PARIETAL bones
posterior fontanelle
glabella, what is it
elevation of bone over the frontal sinus between the orbits
name given to the outline of the nasal cavity at the front of the skull
piriform aperture
name given to the alveolar jugum of the canine tooth in the maxilla
canine eminence
forms a bullet-like chin
large mental protuberance
forms an indented chin (aka butt chin)
well developed bilateral mental tubercles and a slight mental protuberance
what is the tip of the external occipital protuberance called
inion
points on a skull used to measure its SIZE
nasion, vertex, inion and gnathion
points on the skull used to measure cranial vault CAPACITY
nasion, vertex, inion
olfactory nerve exits the cranial vault via what opening
cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone
bony feature that is prominent in the median plane of the middle cranial fossa
sella turcica
contents of the optic canal
optic nerve, ophthalmic artery
contents in superior orbital fissure
ophthalmic veins, oculomotor nerve trochlear nerve ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve abducent nerve
forms the roof of the posterior cranial fossa
tentorium cerebelli
part of the cerebrum that occupies the posterior cranial fossa
NONE, tentorium cerebelli separates the cerebrum into a space above the posterior cranial fossa
part of the nervous system that occupies the posterior cranial fossa
cerebellum
pons
medulla oblongata
contents of internal acoustic meatus
cranial nerves VII, VIII
nervus intermedius/nevre of Wrisberg/sensory root of VII
motor root of VII
vestibular and cochlear roots of VIII
internal auditory/internal labyrinthine artery and vein
cranial nerves located within the jugular foramen
cranial nerves IX, X, XI
