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cranial and facial bones

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Bone Projections for Muscle and Ligament Attachment; raised area on or above a condyle   Epicondyle  
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Projections That Help to Form Joints   condyle, ramus, facet, head  
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armlike bar of bone   ramus  
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rounded articular projection   condyle  
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smooth nearly flat articular surface   facet  
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bony expansion carried on a narrow neck   head  
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depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass   meatus, sinus, fossa, groove, fissure, foramen  
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canal like passageway   meatus  
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cavity within a bone filled with air and lined with mucous membrane   sinus  
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furrow   groove  
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narrow slitlike opening   fissure  
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round or oval opening through a bone   foramen  
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formed by the cranium and facial bones   skull  
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protects the brain and is the site of attachment for head and neck muscles   cranium  
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calvaria (superior, lateral, posterior, and forhead region)   vault  
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8 cranial bones   2 parietal, 2 temporal, frontal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid  
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forms forhead, superior part of orbits and anterior cranial fossa, contains sinuses   frontal bone  
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articulates posteriorly with parietal bones via the coronal suture   frontal bone  
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major markings include supraorbital margins with a supraorbital foramen (contains supraorbital nerve and artery which supply the forhead. internally contributes to the anterior cranial fossa   frontal bone  
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makes up bulk of cranial vault   parietal bone  
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articulation b/w parietal and frontal   coronal suture  
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right and left parietal bones meet   sagittal suture  
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parietal bone meets the occipital bone posteriorly   lambdoid suture  
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parietal and temporal bones meet   squamosal suture  
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also known as wormian bones   sutural bones  
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forms most of the skull's posterior wall and most of the posterior base of the skull   occipital bone  
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major markings include occipital condyles (articulates with the first vertebrae)   occipital bone  
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bony protuberances which serve as sites of muscle attachment   nuchal line  
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major markings include foramen magnum, and hypoglossal canal   occipital bone  
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opening for spinal cord to join with brain   foramen magnum  
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forms hard palate   maxilla and palatine bone  
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lie inferior to parietal bones, form the inferolateral portion of the skull   temporal bone  
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specific regions include squamous, temporal, petrous, and mastoid regions   temporal bone  
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major markings include zygomatic process, styloid process, external acoustic meatus, stylomastoid foramen, carotid canal, mastoid process and mandibular fossa   temporal bone  
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external acoustic meatus located in   temporal  
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carotoid canal located in   temporal  
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mandibular fossa located in   temporal  
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houses stylomastoid foramen   temporal  
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zygomatic process located in   temporal  
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major openings for jugular foramen, and internal acoustic meatus   temporal  
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________ process can be felt just posterior to the ear   mastoid  
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full of sinuses and site for ear infection; possible meningitis   mastoid region  
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point where mandible joins cranium   mandibular fossa  
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forms the central wedge and articulates with all other cranial bones   sphenoid  
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major markings include sella turcica, hypophyseal fossa   sphenoid  
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major openings include foramina rotundum, foramina ovale, optic canal, and superior orbital fissures   sphenoid  
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optic canal located in   sphenoid bone  
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forms part of eye orbit   sphenoid  
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openings in teh bases of the lesser wing for optic nerve to enter orbits; the foramina are connected by the chiasmatic groove   optic foramen  
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form part of nasal turbinates   pterygoid processes  
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lies b/w sphenoid and nasal bones   ethmoid  
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forms most of the bony area b/w nasal cavity and orbits   ethmoid  
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attachment for dura mater   crista galli  
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olfactory fibers pass from nasal mucosa to brain   cribriform plate  
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major markings include cribiform plate, crista galli, and perpendicular plate, and ethmoid sinuses   ethmoid bone  
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forms superior nasal septum   perpendicular plate  
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paired facial bones   maxillae, zygomatics, nasals, lacrimals, palatines, inferior conchae.  
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single facial bones   mandible and vomer  
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houses tear ducts   lacrimal bone  
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lower jawbone; strongest and largest facial bone   mandible  
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major markigns include coronoid process, mandibular condyle, alveolar margin, mental foramina and mandibular   mandible  
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articulation of mandible with mandibular fossa of temporal bone   mandibular condyle  
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dentist use this opening for anesthesia   mandibular foramen  
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medially fused bones that make up the upper jaw and central portion of facial skeleton   maxillary bones  
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facial keystone bone taht articulates wiht all other facial bones except mandible   maxilary bone  
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major markings include palatine, frontal, and zygomatic processes, the alveolar margins, inferior orbital fissure, and maxillary sinuses   maxillary bone  
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inferior margin for teeth sockets   alveolar margin  
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project medially from the alveolar margins to form the anterior region of the hard palate   palatine processes  
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forms part of nasal septum and lateral walls and roof of nasal cavity   maxillary bone  
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forms cheekbones   zygomatic bones  
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thin medially fused bones that form the bridge of the nose   nasal bone  
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contributes to the medial walls of orbit and contain a deep groove called lacrimal fossa that houses the lacrimal sac   lacrimal bones  
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two bone plates that form portions of the hard palate, posterolateral walls of the nasal cavity, and small part of orbits   palatine bones  
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results from left and right halves of the palate to fuse medially during fatal development   cleft palate  
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bony cavities in which the eyes are firmly encased and cushioned by fatty tissue   orbits  
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formed by parts of 7 bones: frontal, sphenoid, zygomatic, maxilla, palatine, lacrimal and ethmoid   orbits  
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lesser wing of sphenoid and orbital plate of frontal bone form the ____ of orbit   roof of orbit  
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zygomatic process of frontal bone greater wing of sphenoid bone orbital surface of zygomatic bone form the _____ wall of orbit   lateral wall orbit  
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palatine bone and maxillary bone and zygomatic bone form the _______ of orbit   floor of orbit  
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sphenoid, ethmoid, maxilla, and lacrimal bones form the _____ wall of orbit   medial wall orbit.  
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constructed of bone and hyaline cartilage   nasal cavity  
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formed by cribriform plate of ethmoid Hint: nasal cavity   roof of nasal cavity  
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superior and middle conchae of ethmoid, perpendicular plate of palatine, and inferior nasal conchae form the ________ of nasal cavity   lateral wall  
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formed by palatine process of maxillae and palatine bone   floor of nasal cavity  
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5 paranasal sinuses are   frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, and paired maxillary bones  
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no direct articulation with any other bone, lies inferior to the mandible, acts as a movable base for tongue   hyoid bone  
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