Week 1: Skull, Cervical Spine, Hyoid, Posterior Triangle Flashcards
what are the Pneumatised bones?
frontal
maxillary
sphenoid
ethmoid
what bones consist of Neurocranium?
frontal
parietal x2
occipital
sphenoid
temporal x2
ethmoid
what bones consist of Viscerocranium?
ethmoid
palatine x2
lacrimal x2
nasal x2
zygomatic x2
vomer
inferior nasal concha x2
maxilla x2, mandible
main feature of neurocranium?
external acoustic meatus
styloid and mastoid processes
temporal fossa
main feature of viscerocranium?
zygomatic arch
mandible
infratemporal fossa
what and where is the Pterion?
H-shaped junction of sutures
weak area of skull
overlies anterior branch of middle meningeal artery
Sutures
Fibrous joint
coronal, sagittal, lambdoid
Paranasal sinuses are..
frontal sinus
ethmoidal cells
maxillary sinus
Norma Basalis is? + main features
inferior external view of skull
What are the atypical cervical vertebrae + features ?
C1 - atlas - has anterior and posterior arches, no body, spinous process = tubercle, has facets that articulate with occipital condyles of skull
C2 - axis - has dens/odontoid process
C7 - vertebra prominens (attachment of ligamentum nuchae)
Features of typical cervical vertebrae C3-6
body
transverse process
superior articular facet
lamina
anterior and posterior tubercle
spinous process (bifid)
transverse and vertebral foramen
Cervical vertebrae joints are?
atlanto-occipital (nodding)
lateral - atlanto (side to side)
Where is the hyoid bone and components?
C3 level anterior neck
body, lesser horn (connected with stylohyoid ligament) and greater horn
What are the neck boundaries?
superior = base of skull, inferior border of mandible
inferior = top of sternum, clavicle, acromion & C7
Neck compartments
Visceral - resp and digestive system, endocrine glands
Vascular - blood vessels, nerves
Vertebral - cervical vertebrae, spinal cord, muscles, cervical nerves