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Bio 209L Bones
Bones of the human body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forehead | Frontal Bone |
| Small hole above the eye | Superorbital Foramen |
| Two bones on either side of the skull | Parietal Bones |
| Ridges/ arches on side of the Parietal bones | Temporal lines |
| Suture down the middle of the skull (Body Of the I shape) | Sagittal Suture |
| Suture around the top of the skull (Top part of the I shape) | Coronal Suture |
| Suture around the occipital bone (Bottom part of the I shape) | Lambdoid Suture |
| Suture on each Parietal bone | Squamous Suture |
| Bone on bottom of the outer skull | Occipital bone |
| 2nd largest hole in the human body and is located on the skull near the occipital bone | Foramen Maginum |
| Smooth bumps next to Foramen Magnum and Occipital Bone | Occipital Condyles |
| Knob on back of skull | External Occipital Protuberance |
| Bone of side of head by ear canal | Temporal Bones |
| Suture for Parietal bone and Temporal bones | Squamous & Petrous portion |
| Process that makes the bridge for cheek also known as the Zygomatic arch. Connects to the Temporal process. | Zygomatic process |
| Depression/impression under jaw that holds the mandible | Mandibular Fossa |
| Lumpy bump behind ear canal | Mastoid process |
| Tunnel (not hole) for the ear canal | External Auditory Meatus |
| Sharp process under ear canal | Styloid process |
| Bone inside nasal area also has a foramen under it | Lacrimal bones |
| Bone holding upper teeth (face) Also front part of the roof of the mouth | Maxilla |
| Small hole in cheek under eye | Infraorbital foramen |
| Bones behind Maxilla that make up the roof of the mouth | Palatine bones |
| cheek bone | Zygomatic bones |
| Process that helps make the Zygomatic arch. Is connected to the Zygomatic process | Temporal process |
| Arch that makes cheek bone formed by the Zygomatic & the Temporal processes. | Zygomatic arch |
| Triangular, flat bone that makes up bottom half of nasal area | Vomer |
| Vomer & Perpendicular plate of the Ethmoid bone | Nasal Septum |
| 3 different flaps in nasal area | Nasal Conchae |
| Two bones on bridge of nose | Nasal bones |
| Bone behind eyes & nose that makes up most of the inside of skull | Sphenoid bone |
| Depression in the Sphenoid bone made by Lesser wing | Greater wing |
| Prominent ridge/butterfly wings | Lesser wing |
| Sattle, body of butterfly | Sella Turcica |
| Seat of sattle in butterfly body | Hypophyseal Fossa |
| Holes in butterfly into eyes | Optic foramen |
| Wings behind the mandible in the Sphenoid bone | Pterygoid processes |
| Inside of skull, cube shape bone that sits between eye bone & behind nose | Ethmoid bone |
| Top of nasal septum (2nd half) | Perpendicular plate` |
| Knob in center of the Cribriform plate | Crista Galli |
| Flat plate in Ethmoid bone (depression) | Cribriform plate |
| Lower jaw, houses lower teeth | Mandible |
| Round lumps that hinge the Temporal bone | Mandibular Condyle |
| Holes in chin (Place to think) | Mental Foramen |
| "U" shape bone in throat in Larnix. How to tell if someone has been strangled. | Hyoid bone |
| Spongy cartilage located in the vertebrae | Inter vertebral disk |
| Processes on the vertebrae seen from the side located above and below (ears of the giraffe) | Superior & inferior processes |
| Process that sticks out of the back of the vertebrae | Spinous process |
| Processes that sticks out of the sides of the vertebrae | Transverse process |
| Bigger hole that the spinal cord goes through in the vertebrae. | Spinal foramen |
| Hole made from two vertebrae connecting together. | Intervertebral foramen |
| Only type of vertebrae that has a transverse foramen | cervical vertebrae |
| C1, has a giant foramen that connects to joint in skull. | Atlas |
| C2, has spinous process & hardly any transverse foramen. Only one to have a process sticking straight up. This process is called Odontoid or Dens. | Axis |
| process on C2 cervical vertebrae that will break off and kill you. | Dens/orontoid |
| Round foramen that stick out of the sides of the vertebrae, near the transverse process | Transverse foramen |
| Vertebrae that has a long spinous process and points down. when holding the process the vertebrae looks like a giraffe's head | Thoracic vertebrae |
| Vertebrae that looks like the Thoracic vertebrae but bigger and has a spinous process that is nubby instead of pointy | Lumbar vertebrae |
| Bone that makes up middle part of the pelvis area also connected to the coccyx | Sacrum |
| Tailbone made up of 3-5 fused bones also connected to the sacrum | Coccyx |
| Ribs that start at the vertebrae and meet at the sternum | Vertebrosternal ribs |
| Ribs that start at the vertebrae and meet cartilage that connects to the sternum | Veretebrochondral ribs |
| Ribs that start at the vertebrae and do not connect to the sternum, but floats and is the smallest ribs | Vertebral ribs |
| Middle bone that ribs connect to | sternum |
| Head of the sternum | Manubrium |
| Body of the sternum | Gladiolous |
| Process at the bottom of the sternum | Xiphoid process |
| "Shape" collar bone | Clavicle |
| Bone located on the shoulder, has left and right side. Blade is medial | Scapula |
| part of the shoulder. It is a shallow, articular surface, which is located on the lateral angle of the scapula. It articulates with the head of the humerus; it is broader below than above and its vertical diameter is the longest. | Glenoid cavity/fossa |
| Process at the highest level of the clavicle | Acromion process |
| Process below the acromion process that connects to muscle | Coracoid process |
| Arm bone | Humerus |
| bump on humerus that is next to the head of the humerus | Greater tubercle |
| smaller bump on humerus that is next to the head of the humerus | lesser tubercle |