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7.2--Skull

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SKULL   CONTAINS 22 BONES. RESTS ON VERTEBRAL COLUMN. CONTAINS CRANIAL BONES AND FACIAL BONES  
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CRANIAL BONES   FORM CRANIAL CAVITY; WHICH ENCLOSES AND PROTECTS BRAIN. EIGHT BONES; HOUSES NASAL CAVITY, ORBITS, PARANASAL SINUSES, AND MIDDLE AND INNER EAR CAVITIES  
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FACIAL BONES   FORM THE FACE; FOURTEEN BONES  
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FRONTAL BONE   FOREHEAD; ROOFS OF ORBITS; MOST OF CRANIAL FLOOR  
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METOPIC SUTURE   LEFT AND RIGHT HALVES OF FRONTAL BONE BROUGHT TOGETHER; DISAPPEARS  
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FRONTAL SQUAMA   THICK SCALELIKE PLATE OF BONE ON FOREHEAD (THAT CREASE THAT PROJECTS ON FOREHEAD)  
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SUPRAORBITAL MARGIN   RIDGE ABOVE THE EYE; ROOF OF ORBIT/FLOOR OF CRANIAL CAVITY  
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SUPRAORBITAL FORAMEN   HOLE; PASSAGEWAY FOR NERVE AND ARTERY  
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SUPERORBITAL NOTCH   INCOMPLETE FORAMEN  
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FRONTAL SINUSES   EMPTY CAVITY DEEP OF FRONTAL SQUAMA  
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PARIETAL BONES   2X; LEFT AND RIGHT. LARGE QUADRILATERAL. GREATER PORTION OF SIDES AND ROOF  
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CORONAL SUTURE   CORONAL JOINT BETWEEN TEMPORAL BONE AND CORONAL SUTURE  
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SAGITTAL SUTURE   SPLITS PARIETAL BONES  
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PARIETAL FORAMIN   HOLES IN ANTERIOR OF PARIETAL  
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LAMBOID SUTURE   BETWEEN PARIETAL AND OCCIPITAL  
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SUTURAL BONE   INTERMEDIATE TO PARIETAL BONES AND OCCIPITAL BONE  
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TEMPORAL BONES   2X; INFERIOR AND LATERAL ASPECTS OF THE CRANIUM AND PART OF CRANIAL FLOOR  
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TEMPORAL SQUAMA   THIN, FLAT PORTION OF TEMPORAL BONE; FORMS ANTERIOR AND SUPERIOR OF TEMPLE  
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ZYGOMATIC PROCESS   ANTERIOR FROM INFERIOR PORTION OF TEMPORAL SQUAMA; FORMS JOINT WITH TEMPORAL PROCESS OF ZYGOMATIC (CHEEK) BONE = ZYGOMATIC ARCH  
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MANDIBULAR FOSSA   INFEROPOSTERIOR SURFACE OF ZYGOMATIC PROCESS;  
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ARTICULAR TUBERCLE   ANTERIOR TO MANDIBULAR FOSSA; FORMS TEMPORAL MANDIBULAR JOINT  
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MASTOID PORTION   INFEROPOSTERIOR TO EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS  
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AUDITORY MEATUS   EAR CANAL  
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MASTOID PROCESS   ROUNDED PROJECTION OF MASTOID PORTION OF TEMPORAL BONE POSTERIOR AND INFERIOR TO EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS; POINT OF ATTACHMENT FOR SEVERAL NECK MUSCLES  
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INTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS   SUPRAPOSTERIOR TO AUDITORY MEATUS  
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STYLOID PROCESS   INFERIORLY FROM INTERIOR SURFACE OF TEMPORAL BONE; IN OCCIPITAL BONE  
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STYLOMASTOID FORAMEN   BETWEEN STYLOID PROCESS AND MASTOID PROCESS  
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PETROUS PORTION   PYRAMIDAL; BASE OF SKULL BETWEEN SPHENOID AND OCCIPITAL  
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CAROTID FORMAEN   CAROTID ARTERY PASSAGE WAY; IN PETROUS PROCESS  
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JUGULAR FORAMEN   POSTERIO TO CAROTID FORAMEN; ANTERIOR TO OCCIPITAL BONE  
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OCCIPITAL BONE   FORMS POSTERIOR PART AND MOST OF BASE OF CRANIUM  
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FORAMEN MAGNUM   INFERIOR PART OF BONE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA CONNECTS WITH SPINAL CORD  
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OCCIPITAL CONDYLES   2X; ON EITHER SIDE OF FORAMEN MAGNUM  
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ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINTS   OCCIPITAL CONDYLES ARTICULATE WITH ATLAS TO CREAT  
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HYPOGLOSSAL CANAL   INFEROLATERAL TO AUDITORY MEATUS  
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NUCHAL LINES   MUSCLE ATTACHMENT SITES FOR NECK MUSCLE  
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SPHENOID BONE   MIDDLE OF BASE OF SKULL; KEYSTONE--ARTICULATES WITH ALL OTHER BONES  
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SUPERIOR ORBITAL FISSURE   TRIANGULAR SLIT BETWEEN GREATER AND LESSER WINGS  
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FORAMEN ROTUNDUM   LOCATED AT JUNCTION OF ANTERIOR AND MEDIAL PARTS OF SPHENOID BONE  
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FORAMEN OVALE   OPENING IN MANDIBULAR BRANCH  
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FORAMEN SPINOSUM   POSTERIOR ANGLE OF SPHENOID  
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FORAMEN LACERUM   ANTERIORLY TO SPHENOID, POSTERIORLY BY TEMPORAL AND OCCIPITAL  
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OPTIC FORAMEN   BETWEEN BODY AND LESSER WING; ANTERIOR TO SELLA TURCICA  
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SPHENOIDAL SINUS   SUPERIOR NASAL CAVITY  
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SELLA TURICA   BONY, SADDLE-SHAPED STRUCTUREON SUPERIOR SURFACE OF BODY  
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TUBERCULUM SELLAE   ANTERIOR RIDGE OF SELLA TURCICA  
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HYPOPHYSEAL FOSSA   CCONTAINST PITUITARY GLAND  
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GREATER WINGS   LATERALLY FROM BODY  
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LESSER WINGS   SMALLER THAN GREATER WINGSL RIDGE OF BONE ANTERIOR AND SUPERIOR TO GREATER WINGS  
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PTERYGOID PROCESSES   JUT OUT IN INFERIOR ANTERIOR VIEW  
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ETHMOID BONE   ANTERIOR PART OF CRANIAL FLOOR BETWEEN 2 ORBITS; ANTERIOR TO SPENOID BONE AND POSTERIOR TO NASAL BONES. SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF NASAL CAVITY  
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