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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a cranial bone?
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Anything touching the brain, articulate firmly with one another.
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How many ones make up the facial bones?
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14
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Which cavity of the skull is the largest and houses the brain?
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Cranial cavity or the cranial vault
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What is the upper domelike portion of the skull called?
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Calvaria
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What is the calvaria composed o?f
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frontal bone, the parietal bones, and the upper portion of the occipital bone
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What is the base of the cranium composed of?
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Portions of the frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, occipital, and temporal bones
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What is the nasal cavity divided in half by?
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The nasal septum, which is composed of bone and cartilage
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What are the 4 sets of hollow paranasal sinuses, and what are they lined with?
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They are lined with mucus and cilia
Sphenoidal Maxillary Frontal Ethmoidal |
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What is inferior to the cranial cavity and house organs of hearing and balance?
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auditory ossicles
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What are the 6 cavities located within the skull?
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Cranial cavity, the nasal cavity, 4 sets of paranasal sinuses, the middle and inner ear chambers, 2 orbital cavities, oral cavity
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