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Skull Anatomy

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show R/L parietal bones, Frontal bone, Occipital bone, R/L temporal bones, sphenoid, ethmoid  
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show R/L nasal, R/L lacrimal, R/L maxillary, R/L palantine, mandible, vomver, R/L nasal conchae, R/L zygomatic  
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List the four main sutures in the skull.   show
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Junction of the parietal bone, squamosal suture and the greater wing of the sphenoid.   show
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show Bregma  
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show anterior, middle, posterior cranial fossas  
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show Ethmoid bone  
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Lambda   show
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show Sphenoid bone  
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show Junction of the occipital bone, parietal bone and mastoid portion of the temporal bone.  
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Perpendicular plate is located on the ______.   show
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What bone contains the pterygoid processes?   show
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Supraorbital forament   show
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Raised rounded portion found on frontal bone.   show
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show cristi gali  
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show supracilliary arches  
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Forament rotendum   show
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What are the two types of cranial bones?   show
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show 4 bones -frontal, occipital, R/L parietal  
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Which bones are located in the floor?   show
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show 22  
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show frontal (anterior), lateral (2), posterior (occipital), vertex (crown), basal (inferior surface)  
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show squamosal suture  
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show foramen rotundem, foramen ovale, foramen lacerum, foramen spinosum  
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show petrous portions  
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show foramen magnum  
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show diploe  
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show Fontanels  
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A typical skull is termed ________.   show
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Be able to locate the following: glabella, inner canthus, outer canthus, nasion, infraorbital margin, acantion, gonion, mental point, EAM, Auricular point, Tope of ear attachment   show
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show glabella  
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Rounded elevation on the frontal bone.   show
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Opening for nerves and blood vessels found in the center of the supraorbital margin.   show
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show midpoint of the frontonasal suture  
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show cribiform plate  
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show cristi gali  
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show vertical portion of the ethmoid bone  
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Air cells in ethmoid   show
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show superior and inferior nasal conchae  
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What bones does the ethmoid bone articulate with?   show
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show r/l parietal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones  
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show two  
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Prominent bulge on parietal bone   show
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Which bones do the parietal bones articulate with?   show
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show Sphenoid bone  
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show two greater wings, two lesser wings, body, two pterygoid processes  
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Superior surface of sphenoid contains a deep depression called the ______.   show
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show parietal eminence  
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What gland sits in the sella turcica?   show
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show tuberculum sellae and dorsum sellae  
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show Located on the dorsum sellae  
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show clivus  
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The _____ _____ extends across the anterior portion of the tuberculum sellae.   show
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show optic foramen  
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Comes off of the lesser wings and tuberculum sellae.   show
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Bone located at the posteroinferior part of the skull.   show
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show In the clivus  
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What are the four parts of the occipital bones?   show
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show external occipital protuberance  
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show inion  
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show atlas of the cervical spine  
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Found at the anterior ends of condyles and transmit the hypoglossal nerves.   show
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With what bones does the occipital bone articulate with?   show
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Which portion of the temporal bones contains the organs of hearing and balance?   show
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show squamous portion  
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show zygomatic process  
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The mandibular fossa receives the condyle of the mandible to form the ______.   show
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