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Skull Terminology
Skull anatomy terminiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Medial | being situated or occurring in the middle of the body. Median, mesial |
| meningeal | pertaining to the three membranes ( dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater that envelop the brain and spinal cord |
| mental | pertaining to the chin or lower jaw |
| molar | having power to grind. of or pertaining to the nose. |
| nasion | the midpoint of the nasofrontal suture |
| neck | the part connecting the head and trunk or body |
| norma | a line established to define aspects of the cranium |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation a nick. a depression chiefly one on the edge of a bone |
| nuchal | the back , nape , or scruff of the neck |
| obelion | a point on the sagittal suture where it is crossed by a line that connects the parietal foramina |
| occipital | the posterior part of the skull the occipital bone |
| occiput | the back part of the skull |
| opisthocranion | most posterior point on the external surface of the occipital bone |
| optic | of or pertaining to vision of the eye |
| orbit | the eye socket |
| palatine | of or pertaining to the palate the palatine bones |
| palpebral | of or pertaining to the eyelids |
| parietal | of or pertaining to the parietes or walls, of a part or cavity. the parietal bones of the skull |
| parotid. | the salivary gland inferior and anterior to the ear. the parotid gland |
| petrous. | designating or pertaining to the exceptionally hard and dense medial portion of the temporal bone containing the internal auditory organs |
| philtrum | the groove at the medial line of the upper lip |
| pinna | the upper part of the external ear |
| pituitary | pertainig to a small oval twolobed vscular body attached to the infundibulum of the brain and seated in the sella turcica. the pituitary gland |
| plate | a smooth flat piece of material of uniform thickness |
| posterior | situated behind or towards the rear. opposed to anterior same as dorsal |
| process | any marked prominence or projection part. an outgrowth or extension |
| protuberance | that which buges beyon the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling, a prominence; an elevation |
| pterion | the juncture of the frontal and parietal bones with the great wing of the sphenoid |
| pterygoid | a process extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone, consisting of two vertical plates, the internal and external, separated by an angular (pterygoid) notch and so placed as to leave a deep (pterygoid) fossa on its outer and posterior aspect |
| ramus | the ascending branch at each end of the lower jaw bone |
| raphe | a ridge or furrow that marks the line of union of the halves of symmetric parts. The middle ridge of the palate |
| roof | the tow or summit |
| sagittal | the suture between the parietal bones of the skull , dividing the human into right and left portions; or any line parallel thereto |
| sella. | a seat-shapped ofssa or depression, such as the sella turcica, the pituitary fossa. |
| septum | any dividing wall, or partion, separating two cavities or masses. the nasal septum, separationg the two nasal cavities. |
| sinciput. | the forehead; the upper half of the skull |
| sinus. | a cavity, recess, or depression . an air cavity in the cranial bones. |
| skull | the skeleton of the head. the bony framework that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs. The 8 craninal bones and the 14 facial bones |
| sphenoid | designating or pertainig to a wedge or winged, compound bone of the base of the cranum |
| spine | a stiff, sharp-pointed process |
| squamosou | the anterior, upper portion of the temporal bone |
| stephanion | the point wher the coronal suture crosses the superior temporal ridge |
| styloid | resembling a pen , or stylus, long and pointed. |
| sub | under, below, beneath or lower |
| sulcus | a shallow furrow on the surface of the brain, separtaing convolution. the furrow between the lower lip and the chin, between the nose and upper lip. |
| superciliary. | pertaining to the eyebrow; supraorbital ridge |
| superior | above or situated higher. opposed to inferior |
| supraorbital | above the orbit of the eye |
| suture | the line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, such as those between the bones of the skull |
| temporal | of orpertaing to the temple or temples or the sides of the skull behind the orbits |
| tragus | the prominence anterior to the external opening of th ear |
| transverse | lying or being across; crosswise |
| tubercle | a protuberance |
| turcica | sella turcica, the pituitary fossa |
| tympanic | of or pertaing to the typanum, eardrum , or hearing |
| velum | any veil or veil-like organ. the pendulous and posteriro portion of the soft palate |
| ventricle | any small cavity; any one of the various cavities of the brain |
| ventriculography | radiography of th ebrain follwoing the direct injection of air into the cerebral ventricles. empoyed in diagnosis of brain tumors |
| vertex | the top of the head. the summit or crown |
| vertical | of or pertainig to the vertex; situated at ther vertex, or higherst point. perpendicular to eh horizon |
| vesicle | a small sac contain fluid |
| vomer | a bone of the skull situated below the ehtmoidal region, forming part of the nasal septum |
| wing | resembling the wing, or organ of aerial flight. the greater and lesser wings f the sphenoid bone |
| zygomatic | the zygomatic or malar, bone of th face. the cheekbone. |
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