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Kinesiology 1
Head Neck & Face
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nuchal | back of neck |
| occiput | back of skull |
| external occipital protruberance | AKA bump of knowledge |
| fontanels | 6 unossified gaps in the skull |
| hyoid | only bone not attached to any other bone |
| hyoid | connects to the tongue |
| vomer | bone shaped like a plow |
| temporal bone | houses the ear |
| temporal bone | bone the mastoid process is on |
| SCM | in the triangles of the neck, what is the common structure |
| zygomatic arch | cheekbone |
| styloid process | fanglike |
| styloid process | behind the earlobe |
| mandible | lower jaw bone |
| hyoid | horseshoe shaped bone |
| hyoid | attachment site for suprahyoid & infrahyoid muscles |
| sphenoid bone | located inside the cranium, has major articulations with 14 bones of the skull |
| sphenoid bone | shaped like a butterfly, lateral portions called the greater wings |
| zygomatic | attachment site for the masseter muscle |
| maxilla | inferior portion of orbit of eye, upper jaw in which the upper row of teeth articulate |
| coronoid process | anterior to the condyle of the mandible & attachment site of the temporalis muscle |
| mandible | jaw |
| temporomandibular joint | most frequently used join in the body 2,000 - 3,000 times/day |