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Skull
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frontal | Forms forehead |
| Parjetal | Forms superior and lateral walls of cranium |
| Sagittal Suture | Where the two parietals meet |
| Coronal Suture | Where the parietal bones meet the frontal |
| Temporal | Contains important bone markings (ex. styloid process) |
| Squamous suture | Connects the temporal and parietal bones |
| Occipital | Forms base and back wall of skull |
| Lambdoid Suture | Joins the parietal bones in the occipital |
| Foramen Magnum | Opening which surrounds lower part of brain and allows spinal cord to connect |
| Occipital Condyles | Rest on the atlas |
| Sphenoid bone | Butterfly shaped and spans the entire width of the cranial cavity |
| Sella Turcia | Small depression in the middle of the cranial cavity |
| Foramen ovale | Allows the nerve responsible for chewing to pass |
| Optic Canal | Opening which forms the eye orbit |
| Superior Orbital Fissure | Nerves controlling eye movement |
| Sphenoidal Sinuses | Paranasal sinuses |
| Ethmoid Bone | Forms the rood of the nasal cavity and walls of the orbits |
| Crista galli | Projection where the outermost covering of the brain attaches |
| Cribriform plates | Holes on either side of the ethmoid bone |
| Superior Nasal Conchae | Forms walls of the nasal cavity |
| Middle Nasal Conachae | Forms walls of the nasal cavity (2) |
| Maxillae | Form the upper jaw |
| Alveolar process | Where the teeth lie |
| Palatine Processes | Extensions that form anterior hard palate of mouth |
| Paranasal Sinuses | Amplify the sounds we make |
| Palatine Bones | Form the posterior of the hard palate |
| Clef Palate | Occurs when the hard palate doesn't fuse |
| Zygomatic Bones | Cheekbones |
| Lacrimal Bones | Form walls of orbit |
| Nasal Bones | form the upper bridge of the nose |
| Vomer Bone | forms septum |
| Inferior Nasal Conchae | thin curved bones off walls of nasal cavity |
| Mandible | Lower jaw, forms the chin |
| Hyoid Bone | Doesn't articulate with any other bones, horse-shoe shaped with two horns that's a moveable base for the tongue |
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