Skull
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| Frontal Bone | most visible part at the front of the skull
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| Supraorbital Margin | Eyebrow bone
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| Orbital Plate | Top of eye-socket
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| Supraorbital Foramen | Foramen on top of eye-socket
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| Nasal Bones | Nose
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| Maxilla | Upper Jaw
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| Alveolus | Tooth socket
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| Alveolar Process | Combined alveoli make up this
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| Zygomatic Bone | Cheekbones, lateral to the maxilla
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| Lacrimal Bones | medial wall of the orbit
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| Lacrimal Groove | Leads to the nasolacrimal canal
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| Nasolacrimal Canal | connects the eye to the nose
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| Ethmoid Bone | posterior to the lacrimal bone
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| Sphenoid Bone | most rear part of the orbit, also between temporal and frontal bone
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| Optic Canal | Foramen in the Sphenoid
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| Superior Orbital Fissure | Upper fissure in sphenoid
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| Inferior Orbital Fissure | Lower fissure in sphenoid
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| Perpendicular Plate | Middle ethmoid bone in sinus cavity
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| Vomer Bone | most inferior portion of the septum
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| Middle Nasal Conchae | upper, lateral parts of ethmoid bone in sinus cavity
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| Inferior Nasal Conchae | Lower, lateral parts of the septum
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| Mandible | Lower jaw
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| Mental Foramina | foramen on front of mandible
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| Mandibular Symphysis | where the right and left halves of the mandible come together
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| Body | horizontal part of the mandible
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| Angle | most posterior edge of the mandible
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| Ramus | Vertical part of the mandible
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| Coronoid Process | Anterior process extending from ramus
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| Condyloid Process | Posterior process extending from the ramus
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| Mandibular Condyle | Round portion on top of the Condyloid Process
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| Mandibular Notch | Space between the Coronoid and Condyloid Processes
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| Mandibular Foramen | Foramen on back of the mandible
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| Mylohyoid Line | A bony ridge extending from the mandibular foramen
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| Parietal Bone | Largest bone visible to the lateral skull
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| Sagittal Suture | Connects the parietal and the occipital bones
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| Coronal Suture | Connects the parietal and the frontal bones
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| Temporal Bone | large flat bone posterior to the sphenoid bone
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| Squamous Portion | large flat portion of the temporal bone below the parietal
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| Squamous Suture | Connects the squamous portion to the parietal bone
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| Zygomatic Process | Process that extends from the temporal Bone towards the cheekbone
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| External Acoustic Meatus | Opening to the ear
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| Mastoid Process | Bony Process posterior to the External Acoustic Meatus
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| Styloid Process | sharp, pointed process that extends from the temporal bone anterior to the External Acoustic Meatus
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| Occipital Bone | Large bone visible on the Posterior of the skull
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| Lambdoid Suture | Connects the occipital and the parietal bones
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| External Occipital Protuberance | bump in the middle of the occipital bone
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| Median Nuchal Line | extends downward from the external occipital protuberance
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| Superior & Inferior Nuchal Lines | Lines that extend laterally above and below the external occipital protuberance
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| Foramen Magnum | largest foramen on the underside of the skull
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| Occipital Condyles | Condyles on either side of the foramen magnum
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| Hypoglossal Canals | Canals that run horizontally through the occipital condyles
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| Condyloid Canal | Canals that run vertically through the occipital condyles
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| Stylomastiod Foramen | Foramen between the styloid and mastoid processes
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| Jugular Foramina | large foramens lacrimal to the occipital condyles, closest to the foramen magnum
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| Jugular Fossa | Shallow Fossa next to the Jugular Foramina
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| Carotid Canal | A canal just anterior to each jugular foramina and styloid process
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| Mandibular Fossa | Fossa where the mandibular Condyles fit into the skull
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| Foramen Spinosum | Smallest hole located in the sphenoid bone anterior to the carotid canal
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| Foramen Ovale | Oval-shaped holes just below the foramen spinosum, in the sphenoid bone
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| Foramen Lacerum | the most medial foramen, located between the temporal and the occipital bones
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| Pterygoid Processes | Plates that extend from the nasal region
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| Palatine Bone | Set of bones behind the palatetine bone
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| Lesser Palatine Foramina | series of little foramina on the lateral sides of the palatine bone
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| Greater Palatine Foramina | Larger foramina on the palatine bone
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| Transverse Palatine Suture | Connects the palatine bones to the palatine process
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| Palatine Process | most anterior part of the maxilla; the whole palate
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| Median Palatine Suture | Connects the sides of the palatine process together.
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| Anterior Palatine Foramen | Part of the palate just behind the teeth
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| Anterior Cranial Fossa | the most anterior part of the interior of the skull
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| Middle Cranial Fossa | The middle portion of the interior of the skull
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| Posterior Cranial Fossa | The most posterior part of the interior of the skull
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| Crista Galli | Process in the anterior cranial fossa near the frontal bone, part of the ethmoid bone
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| Cribriform Plate | the base of the crista galli, the middle portion of the ethmoid bone
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| Cribriform Foramina | Holes on the cribriform plate
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| Lesser Wind of the Sphenoid | the ledge where the anterior cranial fossa dips down into the middle cranial fossa.
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| Anterior Clinoid Process | two processes that extend from the lesser wind of the sphenoid
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| Chiasmatic Groove | The groove between the anterior clinoid processes
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| Foramen Rotundum | foramen inferior to each clinoid process
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| Greater Wind of the Sphenoid | Under the lesser wing of the sphenoid
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| Sella Turcica | The hypophyseal fossa and the dorsum sella are knows as...
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| Hypophyseal Fossa | The groove where his butt goes
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| Dorsum Sella | the back of the chair for the little man
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| Posterior Clinoid Processes | Processes that project from the dorsum sella
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| Petrous Portion | where the middle cranial fossa dips into the posterior cranial fossa, thick boxy portion
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| Internal Acoustic Meatus | canal on the petrous portion
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| Depression of the Transverse Sinus | Stream-like groove on the posterior part of the occipital bone
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