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Skull Anatomy

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List the eight cranial bones.   R/L parietal bones, Frontal bone, Occipital bone, R/L temporal bones, sphenoid, ethmoid  
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List the 14 facial bones.   R/L nasal, R/L lacrimal, R/L maxillary, R/L palantine, mandible, vomver, R/L nasal conchae, R/L zygomatic  
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List the four main sutures in the skull.   coronal, sagittal, lambdeoidal, squamosal  
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Junction of the parietal bone, squamosal suture and the greater wing of the sphenoid.   Pterion  
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Junction of coronal and sagittal sutures.   Bregma  
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What are the three regions of the base of the skull (cranial floor)?   anterior, middle, posterior cranial fossas  
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What bone is the cribiform plate located on?   Ethmoid bone  
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Lambda   Junction of sagittal and lambdoidal suture  
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What bone is the sella turcica located on?   Sphenoid bone  
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Asterion   Junction of the occipital bone, parietal bone and mastoid portion of the temporal bone.  
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Perpendicular plate is located on the ______.   ethmoid bone  
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What bone contains the pterygoid processes?   Sphenoid bone  
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Supraorbital forament   Hole located on frontal bone; above the orbits  
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Raised rounded portion found on frontal bone.   Frontal eminence  
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Raised portion located between the cribiform plate and found on the ethmoid bone.   cristi gali  
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AKA eyebrow   supracilliary arches  
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Forament rotendum   foramen located on sphenoid bone  
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What are the two types of cranial bones?   calvaria and floor  
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Which bones are located in the calvaria?   4 bones -frontal, occipital, R/L parietal  
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Which bones are located in the floor?   4 - ethmoid, sphenoid, occipital, R/L temporal  
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How many total bones are located in the skull?   22  
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What are the six aspects of the skull?   frontal (anterior), lateral (2), posterior (occipital), vertex (crown), basal (inferior surface)  
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Which suture is the only paired one?   squamosal suture  
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What are the four foramen found in the sphenoid bone?   foramen rotundem, foramen ovale, foramen lacerum, foramen spinosum  
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What are the most dense portions of the skull?   petrous portions  
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Largest foramen in the skull.   foramen magnum  
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Soft spongy tissue between compact bone.   diploe  
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Areas of incomplete ossification in infant skulls.   Fontanels  
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A typical skull is termed ________.   Mesocephalic  
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Be able to locate the following: glabella, inner canthus, outer canthus, nasion, infraorbital margin, acantion, gonion, mental point, EAM, Auricular point, Tope of ear attachment   Look at diagram  
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Smooth elevation between the superciliary carches is the ________.   glabella  
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Rounded elevation on the frontal bone.   frontal eminence  
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Opening for nerves and blood vessels found in the center of the supraorbital margin.   supraorbital foramen  
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Nasion   midpoint of the frontonasal suture  
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Horizontal portion of the ethmoid bone   cribiform plate  
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Thick conical process arising from the cribiform plate.   cristi gali  
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Perpendicular plate   vertical portion of the ethmoid bone  
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Air cells in ethmoid   contained within the labyrinths; aka ethmoidal sinuses  
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Scroll shaped processes projecting inferiorly from labyrinths   superior and inferior nasal conchae  
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What bones does the ethmoid bone articulate with?   frontal and sphenoid  
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What bones does the frontal bone articulate with?   r/l parietal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones  
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How many parietal bones are there?   two  
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Prominent bulge on parietal bone   parietal eminence  
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Which bones do the parietal bones articulate with?   frontal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, opposite parietal  
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Irregularly wedged shaped bone that resembles a bat with wings.   Sphenoid bone  
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The sphenoid bone consists of :   two greater wings, two lesser wings, body, two pterygoid processes  
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Superior surface of sphenoid contains a deep depression called the ______.   sella turcica  
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Which portion of the skull is measured due to it being the widest point of the head?   parietal eminence  
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What gland sits in the sella turcica?   pituitary gland  
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The sella turcica is bound anteriorly by the ________ and posteriorly by the _____.   tuberculum sellae and dorsum sellae  
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Where is the posterior clinoid processes located?   Located on the dorsum sellae  
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Slanted area posterior and inferior to dorsum sellae.   clivus  
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The _____ _____ extends across the anterior portion of the tuberculum sellae.   optic groove  
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Opening of the optic canal.   optic foramen  
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Comes off of the lesser wings and tuberculum sellae.   anterior clinoid process  
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Bone located at the posteroinferior part of the skull.   occipital bone  
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Where is the pons supported?   In the clivus  
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What are the four parts of the occipital bones?   squama, two occipital condyles, basilar portion  
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Prominent process located between the squama and the foramen magnum externally.   external occipital protuberance  
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What is another term used instead of external occipital protuberance?   inion  
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The occipital condyles articulate with the ____.   atlas of the cervical spine  
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Found at the anterior ends of condyles and transmit the hypoglossal nerves.   hypoglossal canals  
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With what bones does the occipital bone articulate with?   r/l parietal, r/l temporal, sphenoid and atlas of c spine  
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Which portion of the temporal bones contains the organs of hearing and balance?   petromastoid portion  
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Thin upper portion of the temporal bone   squamous portion  
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The ________ process of the temporal bone articulates with the zygomatic bone of the face.   zygomatic process  
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The mandibular fossa receives the condyle of the mandible to form the ______.   TMJ; temporomandibular joint  
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