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axial skeleton
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| frontal bone | forehead |
| supraorbital foramen | small hole by margin; above orbital (eye) |
| supraorbital margin | eyebrow bone |
| frontal sinus | between eyebrows |
| parietal bones | top of skull |
| temporal bones | sides of head |
| zygomatic processes | cheekbone leading to temporal bone |
| mandibular fossa | where mandibular condyle fits in; attaches mandible; part of temporal |
| ext auditory meatus | ear |
| int auditory meatus | above occipital condyle; small not see thru hole in skull |
| styloid process | pointy tip; deep to jaw |
| mastoid process | temporal; bone before ear; anterior to ear |
| carotid canal | right by styloid; hole by foramen magnum |
| occipital bone | lower back of skull |
| foramen magnum | big ahh hole |
| jugular foramen | tiny hole under styloid |
| occipital condyles | bumps that form joint w atlas; by foramen magnum |
| external occipital protuberance | bump in middle where superior nuchal lines branch off |
| nuchal lines | vein looking; branches off of external occipital crest |
| sphenoid bone | has saddle; contains optic nerves; PT=pterodactyl |
| body of sphenoid | middle between wings |
| greater wings | bigger indent with optic canal |
| lesser wings | above greater wings |
| superior orbital fissure | top crack in eye socket |
| optic canals or foramen | 2 holes to the left and right above saddle |
| sella turcica | indent in saddle |
| pterygoid processes | to the left and right of nasal holes; int of skull |
| ethmoid bone | inside nose between eyes; divides nostrils |
| perpendicular plate of ethmoid | separates left and right nostrils |
| cribiform plate | sides of crista galli |
| crista galli | spikes; middle top of inferiior view |
| superior and middle nasal conchae | top half of bone in nasal flap |
| maxillae | upper lip; below nose |
| palatine process | roof of mouth |
| hard palate | palatine bone and process |
| palatine bones | back roof of mouth; by nose holes |
| horizontal plate | back of the roof of mouth |
| perpendicular plate of palatine | back of roof of mouth going towards nose/skull base |
| zygomatic | cheekbone |
| temporal process | by lateral holes; connects cheekbone with temporal |
| frontal process | connects cheekbone to frontal |
| maxillary process | connects cheekbone to maxilla |
| lacrimal bones | inner eye corner |
| nasal bones | bridge of nose |
| inferior nasal conchae | lower part of nasal bone flap |
| vomer | septum |
| mandible | jaw |
| body and ramus | jaw/ jawline |
| angle | corner of jawline |
| mental foramen | hole under teeth |
| condylar processes | under temporal processes |
| coronoid processes | under zygomatic |
| mandibular notch | dip in upper jaw between condyloid and coronoid processes |
| mandibular foramen | hole inside upper jaw; saggital view |
| hyoid-associated- | attaches tounge and larynx; in throat |