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31 Cards in this Set

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Overview of the skull
22 irregular shaped bones
Sagittal and coronal sutures
Cranial and facial skeletons, orbits, nasal cavity, zygomatic arch
Bones of the cranial skeleton
Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipitial, sphenoid, ethmoid,
Frontal bone
Forms forehead and anterior pat of the top of cranium
Frontal Bone Landmarks
Supraoribital portion, Zygomatic processes, coronal suture
What does the frontal bone articulate with?
Maxilla, nasal bones, lacrimal bones, zygomatic bones, parietal bones, ethmoid, sphenoid
Parietal bones
Paired, topside of cranium
Landmarks of the parietal bones
Sagittal suture, coronal suture, squamous suture, lambdoidal suture, wormian bones
What does the parietal bones articulate with?
Opposite parietal bone, occipital, 1 temporal bone, frontal bone, sphenoid bone
Temporal bones
Lower side of cranium and part of the floor
Landmarks of the temporal bones
Squamous portion, Zygomatic process, styloid process, petrous portion, mastoid process
What do the temporal bones articulate with?
DOES NOT ARTICULATE WITH FRONTAL BONE
(Each one)
Occipital , 1 patietal, sphenoid, mandible, 1 zygomatic
Occipital bone
Posterior braincase
Landmarks of the occipital bone
Foramen magnum, condyles, basilar portion
What does the occipital bone articulate with
Parietal bone,temporal bone, sphenoid, atlas(1st vertebra)
Sphenoid bone
In center of skull, keystone of cranial floor, bat wing shaped
Landmarks of the sphenoid bone
Greater wings, lesser wings, pterygoid processes, sella turcica, hamulus processes, optic foramen, superior oribital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum
What does the sphenoid bone articulate with?
Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital bones, ethmoid, palantine bones, vomer, zygomatic bones
Ethmoid bone
Forms anterior cranial base, lies anterior to sphenoid and posterior to nasal bones
Landmarks of the ethmoid bone
Crista gali, perpendicular plate, nasal conchae, cribiform plate
What does the ethmoid bone articulate with
frontal,, vomer, sphenoid, nasal bones, maxilla bones, lacrimal bones, palantine bones, inferior conchae
Mandible landmarks
Body, ramus, mental symphysis, mental protuberance, Mental spines, mylohoid line, angle of the mandibular, coronoid process, condylar process, mandibular notch
What does the mandible articulate with
temporal bone
ONLY MOVING JOINT OF THE SKULL
Maxilla bones
Anterior roof of the mouth, anterior floor of the nose, forms upper jaw
Landmarks of the Maxilla bones
Zygomatic process, frontal process, alveolar process, palantine process, anterior nasal spine
What does each maxilla bone articulate with
Opposite maxilla, frontal bone, ethmoid bone, 1 nasal bone, 1 lacrimal bone, 1 zygomatic, 1 palantine, 1 inferior nasal concha, vomer bone
Palantine bones
Posterior bony roof of the mouth
Posterior floor of the nose
Landmarks of the palantine bones
Serrated anterior border, smooth posterior border, posterior nasal spine, horizontal plate
What does each palantine bone articulate with
Opposite palantine bone, sphenoid, ethmoid, 1 maxilla, 1 inferior concha, vomer bone
Zygomatic bones
Makes up the cheekbone
Landmarks of the zygomatic bones
Temporal process, maxillary process, infraorbital margin, frontal process
What does each zygomatic bone articulate with
1 temporal bone, frontal, sphenoid, 1 maillary