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skull cat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| premaxilla | bottom section of the nasal cavity |
| frontal | wide section of bone between orbits bisected by frontal suture |
| maxilla (with palatine process) | lateral to premaxilla and nasal large section on side of skull |
| parietal | posterior to frontal large section on dorsal surface |
| external nares | |
| zygomatic arch | arch stretches around orbit laterally as well as back to temporal |
| jugal | |
| nasal | dorsal and posterior to external nares |
| temporal | large bone lateral to parietal |
| temporal fenestra | fenestra directly posterior to orbit |
| lacrimal | small section of bone anterior section of orbit |
| tympanic bulla | large round projection ventral section of upper skull |
| palatine | ventral-most section of orbit area behind maxilla extends under skull to form flat palate |
| palatine process of maxilla | portion of palate anterior to palatine |
| external auditory meatus | large hole on lateral section of tympanic bulla |
| occipital | posterior most section of bone on flat portion dorsal to foramen magnum |
| occipital condyle | projections from occipital |
| presphenoid | center small section of bone posterior to palatine and anterior to basisphenoid |
| basisphenoid | section of bone medial to tympanic bulla and posterior to presphenoid but larger than presphenoid |
| Mandible | dentary: large outer region of mandible intermandibular symphysis: point of connection between the two lateral halves of jaw coronoid process: dorsal-most projection angular process: ventral-most projection condyloid process: middle projection |
| mandibular foramen | medially viewed hole in posterior region of mandible |
| mental foramina | laterally viewed anterior region small holes in body of dentary |
| hyoid apparatus | body=basihyoid: center of H anterior process=ceratoid+epihyoid+stylohyoid posterior process=thyrohyoid |
| heterodont teeth | incisor canine premolar molar |