Week 1 Flashcards
What is the view called when looking down on top of the skull
norma verticalis
what bones can we see in norma verticalis
- frontal bone
- right parietal bone
- left parietal bone
what is the suture called which divides the frontal bone up to the age of about 3 years
metopic suture
what is the prominent part on each side of the frontal bone called
frontal emenence
what is the prominent part on each of the parietal bones called
parietal emenence
what are sutures
fibrous joints
how is the vault of the skull formed
intramembranous ossification
- mesenchymal cells differentiate into oseteyoblasts
- the bone is laid down in membrane
- there is no cartilage precursor
what suture separates the frontal bone from the parietal bones
coronal suture
what suture separates the parietal bones
sagital suture
what do you call the opening in a baby’s head where the coronal and sagital sutures meet
anterior fontanelle
when does the anterior fontanelle close
around 18 months
how do older and younger peoples sutures differ
younger - more open sutures with fibrous tissue
older - fibrous tissue replaced by bone, tend to ossify
what are the 2 holes at the back of the parietal bones for
parietal foramen
- carries a vein between the skull and the inside of the head
what is the view from behind the skull called
norma occipiteous
what can you see in norma occipiteous
- right parietal bone
- left parietal bone
- occipital bone
- mandible
what is the suture that separates the parietal bones from the occipital bone called
lambdoid suture
what are the little bits of bones which are found in sutures called
sutural bones/ wormian bones
why do we have sutures
- growth in foetal life as bone can be added on
- allow movement/ overlapping of bones during birth
what is the rough area on the occipital bone called and what attaches beneath it
external occipital protuberance
- muscles of neck attach beneath
what is the view from the side of the skull called
norma lateralis
what makes up the norma lateralis
- frontal bone
- parietal bone
- occipital bone
- temporal bone
- sphenoid bone
- maxilla
- mandible
- (pterion)
what is the prominence called on the frontal bone just off the bridge of the nose
glabella
what are the 2 parts of the occipital bone called and where are they found
- squamous part (vault of skull)
- vasler part (base of skull)
what are the 4 parts of the temporal bone called (5??)
- squamous zygomatic part
- mastoid part
- tempanic plate
- styloid process
- (zygomatic process)
where is the sphenoid bone
floor of cavity and crosses the midline, has a part which extends out to the side of the skull and contributes to the norma lateralis
what is the part of the sphenoid bone which contributes to the norma lateralis called
greater wing of the sphenoid bone
what is the area where multiple bones meet in the norma lateralis called
pterion
what bones meet at the pterion
- frontal
- parietal
- temporal (squamous part)
- greater wing of sphenoid
what makes the pterion a vulnerable spot
- particularly thin area of the skull so can fracture fairly easily
- middle meningeal artery is inside. If it ruptures it would give an extradural haemorrhage
what marks the boundary of the temporal fossa
as far as the inferior temporal line