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cranial and facial bones

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show Epicondyle  
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show condyle, ramus, facet, head  
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armlike bar of bone   show
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rounded articular projection   show
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show facet  
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show head  
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depressions and openings allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass   show
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canal like passageway   show
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cavity within a bone filled with air and lined with mucous membrane   show
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show groove  
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narrow slitlike opening   show
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round or oval opening through a bone   show
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show skull  
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protects the brain and is the site of attachment for head and neck muscles   show
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show vault  
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8 cranial bones   show
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show frontal bone  
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articulates posteriorly with parietal bones via the coronal suture   show
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show frontal bone  
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makes up bulk of cranial vault   show
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show coronal suture  
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right and left parietal bones meet   show
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parietal bone meets the occipital bone posteriorly   show
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parietal and temporal bones meet   show
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also known as wormian bones   show
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forms most of the skull's posterior wall and most of the posterior base of the skull   show
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show occipital bone  
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bony protuberances which serve as sites of muscle attachment   show
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show occipital bone  
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opening for spinal cord to join with brain   show
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forms hard palate   show
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lie inferior to parietal bones, form the inferolateral portion of the skull   show
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show temporal bone  
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show temporal bone  
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external acoustic meatus located in   show
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carotoid canal located in   show
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show temporal  
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houses stylomastoid foramen   show
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zygomatic process located in   show
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major openings for jugular foramen, and internal acoustic meatus   show
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________ process can be felt just posterior to the ear   show
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show mastoid region  
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point where mandible joins cranium   show
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show sphenoid  
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show sphenoid  
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major openings include foramina rotundum, foramina ovale, optic canal, and superior orbital fissures   show
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optic canal located in   show
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forms part of eye orbit   show
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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   show
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show pterygoid processes  
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show ethmoid  
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show ethmoid  
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show crista galli  
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show cribriform plate  
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show ethmoid bone  
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forms superior nasal septum   show
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show maxillae, zygomatics, nasals, lacrimals, palatines, inferior conchae.  
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single facial bones   show
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houses tear ducts   show
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show mandible  
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major markigns include coronoid process, mandibular condyle, alveolar margin, mental foramina and mandibular   show
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show mandibular condyle  
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show mandibular foramen  
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medially fused bones that make up the upper jaw and central portion of facial skeleton   show
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show maxilary bone  
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major markings include palatine, frontal, and zygomatic processes, the alveolar margins, inferior orbital fissure, and maxillary sinuses   show
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show alveolar margin  
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show palatine processes  
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forms part of nasal septum and lateral walls and roof of nasal cavity   show
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show zygomatic bones  
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thin medially fused bones that form the bridge of the nose   show
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show lacrimal bones  
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show palatine bones  
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show cleft palate  
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show orbits  
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formed by parts of 7 bones: frontal, sphenoid, zygomatic, maxilla, palatine, lacrimal and ethmoid   show
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show 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   show
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show floor of orbit  
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show medial wall orbit.  
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show nasal cavity  
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show 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   show
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formed by palatine process of maxillae and palatine bone   show
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show 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   show
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