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cranial bones
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frontal | forehead |
| Supraorbital margin | eyebrow bone |
| Supraorbital foramen/notch | hole above eye/ by margin |
| Frontal sinus | between eyebrows |
| Parietal bones | top of head |
| Temporal bones | sides of head |
| Zygomatic process | cheekbone going to temporal bone |
| Mandibular fossa | where mandibular condyle firs in; attaches mandible; part of temporal |
| External auditory meatuses | ear |
| Internal auditory meatuses | above occipital condyle; small not see thru hole in skull |
| Styloid process | pointy; deep to jaw |
| Mastoid process | temporal; bone going towards ear |
| Carotid canal | right by styloid; hole by foramen magnum |
| Occipital bone | posterior inferior skull; back low part of skull |
| Foramen magnum | big ah hole where C1 fits in |
| 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 from ext. occipital crest |
| Sphenoid bone | has saddle; pt= pterodactal; contains optic nerves |
| Body of sphenoid | middle between wings |
| Greater wings | big indent |
| Lesser wings | above greater wings |
| Superior orbital fissure | top crack in eye socket |
| Optic canals | 2 holes above saddle to the left and right |
| Sella turcica | indent in saddle |
| Pterygoid process | to the left and right of nasal holes |
| Ethmoid bone | inside nose; between eyes |
| Perpendicular plate | separates nostrils |
| Cribform plate | sides of crista galli |
| Crista galli | spikes; middle top in inferior view |
| Superior and inferior nasal conchae | top half of bone flap in nose |