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The Skull
Skull Word Elements and terms
Term | Definition |
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Eth/o | A sieve |
Fontan/o | A fountain |
Front/o | Forehead, brow |
Occipit/o | The back of the skull or head; the occiput |
Pariet/o | A wall |
Sphen/o | A wedge |
Sin/o, Sin/u | A hollow; a sinus; a tube-like passage |
Tempor/o | The temple |
Cranium | The skull; that portion of the skull which enlcoses the brain |
Frontal | Pertaining to the forehead or forehead bone |
Partial | Pertaining to the two bones that form most of the roof and upper sides of the cranium |
Temporal | Pertaining to the temple or central sides of the cranium; of the two bones of the cranium located above and around each ear |
Occipital | Pertaining to the back and most of the lower base of the skull. Occiput |
Sphenoid | Wedge-shaped; pertaining to the bat-shaped bone that extends behind the eyes, forming the anterior base of the cranium and part of each orbit |
Ethmoid | Sieve-like, pertaining to the delicate bone that forms much of the internal nasal structure and part of each orbit |
Suture | One of the jagged seams that unite the adjoining bpmes of the skull |
Fontanel | A space located at the junction of the sutures in the skull of the infant. The fontanels are often called "soft spots" |
Sinus | One of the eight air-filled cavities in the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity |