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Unit 1 Exam Flashcards

1
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Distal vs. proximal

A

Away from center of body

vs.

Towards center of body

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Deep vs. superficial

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Away from surface of body

vs.

Towards surface of body

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3
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Coronal

A

Vertical plane running side to side, splits body into front and back

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4
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Inferior vs. superior

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Below

vs.

Above

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5
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Horizontal

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Plane that divides body into superior and inferior

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6
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Contralateral side

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Opposite sides

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7
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Ipsilateral sides

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Same sides

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8
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Makes up the zygomatic arch

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  • Temporal process of zygomatic bone
  • Zygomatic process of temporal bone
    (aka cheekbone)
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9
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Makes up mandible

A
  • Mental foramen
  • Lingula
  • Mandibular foramen
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10
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Sutures of skull

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  • Coronal: transverse, separates frontal and parietal bone
  • Sagittal: b/w two parietal bones on top of head
  • Lambdoid: back of skull, connects parietal bones w/ occipital bone
  • Squamous: connects temporal and parietal bones bilaterally
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11
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Foramen ovale

A

Oval shaped opening, placed obliquely in base of skull in sphenoid bone

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12
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Superior orbital fissure

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Between the lesser and greater wings of the sphenoid bone

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13
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Notches in mandible

A
  • Coronoid notch: anterior to coronoid process
  • Mandibular notch: b/w condylar process and coronoid process
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14
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TMJ articulation

A

Between the mandibular fossa and articular tubercle of the temporal bone, and the condylar process of the mandible

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15
Q

Makes up temporal bone

A
  • Carotid canal
  • Zygomatic process
  • External acoustic/auditory meatus
  • Mastoid process
  • Stylomastoid foramen (posterior to styloid process)
  • Tragus = temporal
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16
Q

Two facial bones in hard palate

A
  • Palatine process of maxilla
  • Paired palatine bone
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17
Q

Incisive foramen of maxilla

A
  • Behind central incisors, behind incisive papilla, within maxillary bone
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18
Q

Parts of maxilla

A
  • Infraorbital foramen
  • Alveolar process of maxilla
  • Intermaxillary segment
  • Canine fossa
  • Zygomatic process
  • Infraorbital groove
  • Maxillary tuberosity
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19
Q

Bones that compromise the orbit

A
  • Maxillary bone
  • Frontal bone
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20
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Fissure located in orbit

A

Inf. orbital fissure

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21
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Forms nasal septum

A

Perpindicular plate of ethmoid and vomer (forms part of it)

22
Q

Lacrimal fossa

A

Ridge under eyebrow, connects w/ frontal bone

23
Q

What occipital bone contains

A
  • Posterior cranial fossa
  • Jugular foramen (b/w occipital and temporal bones)
  • Hypoglossal canal
  • Foramen magnum
24
Q

What parietal bones articulates w/

A
  • Frontal
  • Sphenoid
  • Temporal
  • Occipital
25
Q

What infratemporal fossa contains

A
  • Pterygoid venus plexus
  • Lateral pterygoid muscles
  • Maxillary artery
26
Q

Styloid process

A

Extended from temporal bone

27
Q

Petrotympanic fissure location and function

A

In temporal bone, posterior to mandibular fossa, allows middle ear and TMJ to communicate

28
Q

Location of foramen magnum and what passes through it

A

In occipital bone, spinal cord, vertebral arteries, 11th cranial nerve

29
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What ethmoid bone is

A

Single midline cranial bone that runs through midsagittal plane

30
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Location of ethmoid bone

A

Anterior to sphenoid bone

31
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3 parts of ethmoid bone

A

Cribiform plate, perpendicular plate, ethmoidal labyrinth

32
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Location of cribiform plate

A

inside ethmoid bone (olfactory nerves into nasal from ethmoid air cells)

33
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What the lateral part of the ethmoid bone forms

A

Superior and middle nasal concha

34
Q

What orbital plate forms

A

Medial orbital wall

35
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Location of auricular region

A

Temporal region of head

36
Q

Vestibule

A

In oral cavity, ditch in mouth, separates teeth from buccal mucosa

37
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Lingual vs. facial

A

Closer to tongue

vs.

Closest to face

38
Q

Covers and protects bones of head

A

Scalp

39
Q

Parotid gland

A
  • Empties into parotid duct (empties into mouth through parotid papilla)
40
Q

Submandibular and sublingual glands

A
  • Empty into sublingual caruncle
41
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Parotid papilla location

A

Maxillary vestibule near maxillary 2nd molar

42
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Sublingual caruncle

A

Small papilla at anterior end of ea. sublingual fold

43
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Incisive papilla

A
  • Bulge of tissue on anterior hard palate over incisive foramen
  • Posterior to maxillary incisors
44
Q

Sphenopalatine foramen

A
  • Connects pterygopalatine fossa to nasal cavities
  • Paired opening located b/w sphenoid bone and orbital process of palatine bone
45
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What pterygopalatine fossa contains

A
  • Pterygopalatine ganglion
  • Terminal branches of maxillary artery
  • Descending palatine artery
  • Maxillary division of trigeminal nerve
  • Nerve of pterygoid canal
46
Q

Inferior nasal concha, what it articulates with

A

Paired facial bones that project from maxilla to form lateral walls of nasal cavity, articulates w/ ethmoid, lacrimal, palantine, and maxillae

47
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Where tears travel

A

Empty in nasolacrimal duct, leads to nasal cavity

48
Q

Paired bones of skull

A
  • Parietal
  • Temporal
  • Inferior nasal concha
  • Lacrimal
  • Maxilla
  • Zygomatic
49
Q

Infraorbital groove location and where it exits

A

Floor of orbit on maxilla bone, exits at infraorbital foramen

50
Q

Priform aperture????

A

Know what it is/location???

51
Q

Structures of temporal bone

A
  • Mastoid process
  • Zygomatic process
  • Ext/int acoustic meatus
  • Styloid process
  • Mandibular fossa
52
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Alveolar bone

A

Encases maxillary and mandibular teeth

Head and Neck Anatomy (1 decks)

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