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RA & Anatomy

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The cranium serves to...   Enclose the brain  
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The facial bones serve to...   Form the framework of the face  
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______ ______ form the anterior aspect of the skull   Facial Bones  
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The cranium is divided into the...   Cranial Vault & the Base  
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Temporal Bones, Parietal Bones, Frontal Bone, Occipital Bone, Sphenoid Bone, Ethmoid Bone   Cranial Bones  
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Forms the forehead & roofs of the orbits, Most anterior & most superior bone of cranium, 2 surface planes   Frontal Bone  
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Superior margin of each orbit, bony ridge behind the eyebrow   Supraorbital Margin  
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Lie deep to our eyebrows, comma-like bumps/eminences   Supercilliary Arches  
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Smooth elevation between the supercilliary arches in the midline, above the nose   Glabella  
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2 Rounded prominences on the frontal bone where the frontal bone changes direction between the vertical plane and the horizontal plane   Frontal Eminences  
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Contributes to the anterior cranial fossa   Frontal Bone  
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Superior to the temporal & occipital bones, posterior to the frontal bone, seperated by the midsagittal suture, 2 surface planes   Parietal Bones  
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4 Sutures of the Cranium   Coronal, Squamosal, Lambdoidal, Sagittal  
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Located where the parietal bones meet the frontal bone   Coronal Suture  
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Occurs where the parietal bones meet the temporal bones inferiorly   Squamosal Suture  
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Occurs where the right & left parietal bones meet superiorly   Midsagittal Suture  
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Occurs where the parietal bones meet the occipital bone posteriorly   Lambdoidal Suture  
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Most posterior & inferior of the cranial bones, forms the posterior cranial fossa   Occipital Bone  
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Located medially on the inferior aspect of the skull, where brain stem connects to the brain   Foramen Magnum  
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Large eminences on either side of the foramen magnum, articulate with the first vertebra (C1)   Occipital Condyles  
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Small eminence medially & posterior to the foramen magnum   External Occipital Protuberance  
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Lie inferior to the parietal bones & anterior to the occipital bone, form the inferolateral portion of skull   Temporal Bones  
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4 Regions of the Temporal Bones   Squamosal, Tympanic, Petrous, Mastoid  
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Long, thin, narrow, arch/bar-like projection, projects anteriorly to meet the zygomatic bones, part of the squamosal region of temporal bones   Zygomatic Process/Arch  
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Located on the inferior surface of the zygomatic process, depression/socket anterior to the auditory meatus, only movable joint in skull   Mandibular Fossa  
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Project inferiorly from the tympanic region   Styloid Process  
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Most posterior & inferior part of the temporal bone and part of the mastoid region   Mastoid Process  
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3 Small Bones(Ossicles) of the ear   Malleus, Incus, Stapes  
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Spans the width of the cranial floor and resembles a bat, consists of greater wings, lesser wings, and the pterygoid process   Sphenoid Bone  
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Saddle shaped prominence on the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone; seat of the saddle is...   Sella Turcica; Hypophyseal Fossa  
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Lies between the nasal & sphenoid bones, forms most of the medial bony region between the nasal cavity & orbits   Ethmoid Bone  
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Extends medially from the lateral masses and protrudes into the nasal cavity   Superior & Middle Nasal Concha  
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superior surface of the ethmoid bone, contributes to the roof of the nasal cavity & the floor of the anterior cranial fossa   Cribriform Plate  
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Superior projection in the midline between the two cribriform plates   Crista Galli  
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Projects inferiorly in the median plane & forms the superior part of the nasal septum   Perpendicular Plate  
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Unpaired facial bones   Mandible, Vomer  
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Paired facial bones   Maxillary, Zygomatics, Nasals, Lacrimals, Palatines, Inferior Nasal Concha  
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Most anterior and inferior bone; largest, strongest facial bone composed of two main parts, the ramus & body   Mandible  
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Straight, vertical, posterior part of the mandible   Ramus (Rami)  
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Curved, horizontal, anterior part of the mandible   Body  
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Angle formed by the junction of the inferior edge of the body and the posterior edge of the ramus   Madibular Angle  
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Superior margin of the mandible, inferior margin of the maxillary bones   Alveolar Process  
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Projection of bone located on the midline just above the base of the chin, makes the chin more prominent   Mental Eminence/Protuberance  
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Inferior to the nasal cavity and lateral to the nasal cavity; articulate with all the other facial bones except the mandible   Maxillary Bones  
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Frontal, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, and Maxillary Sinuses make up the....   Paranasal Sinuses  
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Project medially from the alveolar process to form the anterior region of the hard palate; border between the nasal cavity and the oral cavity   Palatine Process  
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Finger-like projections that extend superiorly and anteriorly from the maxillary bones   Frontal Process  
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Inferior and lateral to the orbital cavities, form the lateral wall of the orbits   Zygomatic Bones  
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Inferior and obliquely anterior to the glabella, form the bridge of the nose and articulate at the midline   Nasal Bones  
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Located in the medial orbital walls   Lacrimal Bones  
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Indent under the glabella that comes back out and down to the nasal bones   Root of the Nose  
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Bones that complete the posterior part of the hard palate   Palatine Bones  
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Forms the inferior part of the nasal septum   Vomer  
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Thin, curved bones that project medially to form the lateral walls of the nasal cavity   Inferior Nasal Concha  
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Paired cranial bones   Temporal & Parietal Bones  
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Unpaired cranial bones   Frontal, Occipital, Sphenoid, & Ethmoid Bone  
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Bony ridge which extends bilaterally from the external occipital protuberance   Superior Nuchal Crest  
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Thinnest bone of the skull that is the anterior and superior part of the temporal bones; receeds medially to form the temporal cavity   Squama  
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Vertical ridge on each side of the vertical surface of the frontal bone where the bone changes direction   Lines of the Temple  
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Slightly inferior and lateral to the outer corner of the eye where the zygomatic bones change direction; the measure between is the widest part of the anterior plane of the face   Prominence of the Cheek  
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Small sharp spur of bone projecting where the two maxillary bones meet at the midline directly inferior to the nasal cavity   Nasal Spine  
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Depression curving backward between the mental eminence and the lower incisors   Incisive Fossa  
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