Skeletal Axial Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Suture | Fibrous joints between the cranial bones |
Frontal bone | large solid bone in adults at forehead |
Zygomatic process | projection from the temporal bone towards the zygomatic bone that contributes to the zygomatic arch |
Occipital bone | base of the skull has condyles and foramen magnum |
Foramen Magnum | big hole in occipital bone transmits the spinal cord |
What are the cranial bones? | Frontal bone, parietal bones, temporal bones, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and ethmoid bone |
Where is the Sagittal suture? | Midline of cranium connecting the 2 parietal bones |
Where is the Maxilla? | Anterior portion of face, forms upper jaw and parts of hard palate |
What is the Mandible? | Forms the lower jaw |
What are the Zygomatic bones? | Forms cheek and lateral part of the orbit |
Temporal bone | inferior and lateral wall of cranium |
Frontal Bone | Forms superior and anterior parts of the skull |
Foraman Magnum | The large hole at the base of the skull that allows passage of the spinal cord. |
Aleveolar Margins | contain upper teeth |
Lambdoid suture | Between parietal and occipital bones |
Zygomatic arch | temporal process and Zygomatic process "Cheekbones" |
Mastoid Process | large bump posterior & inferior to ear for SCM attach |
Sutural (wormial bones) | extra bones in sutures |
Sagital Sutures | between the parietal bones |
Lacrimal Bone | smallest bone in the skull and supports the eye. |
Zygomatic Process (Temporal Bone) | Extends to zygomatic process to make zygo arch |
Coronal Suture | Between frontal and parietal bones |
Temporal bone markings | Zygomatic process, external acoustic meatus, mastoid process, and styloid process |
Condyle | Smooth, large, round/knuckle-like articulation |
Hard Palate | consists of maxilla and palatine bone |
Parietal bones | (L & R) walls of cranium |
external occipital protuberance | Attachment point for ligament and muscle |
The cranium is composed of how many bones? | 8 bones |
Nasal bone | Bridge of nose |
Occipital condyle articulate with what bone(s) | Cervical bone 1 |
Styloid process (temporal bone) | attachment for tongue muscle |
Anatomical Variation | measure of a certain part of the human body |
Mandible | Lower Jaw |
What is TMJ? | Temporomandibular Joint |
Vomer | Part of boney nasal septum |
Crista galli | a thin mid-sagittal elevation of the ethmoid bone |
Vertebral Foramen (Neutral Canal) | AKA neural foramen- is an opening between vertebrae through which spinal nerves leave the spine and extend to other parts of the body. |
Cervical Vertebrae | C1-C7, permits range of motion in neck, small |
intervertebral discs | shock absorbing structure between each vertebra |
cribriform foramina | transmits nerve fiber bundles that constitute the olfactory nerve (CN-1) |
Manubrium | widest superior portion of the sternum |
Transverse Process | Lateral process coming from a vertebra for muscle attachment |
Dental Alveolus | Space the tooth actually sits in |
Lumbar | Bottom 5 vertebrae. -huge body. -SP has almost no angle. -short and fat in shape |
Tranverse Foramen | Hole in the transverse process, unique feature in cervicle vertebrae, transmits vertebral arteries |
Inferior Nasal Conchae | Curved bones that project from lateral walls of nasal cavity |
Inferior Nasal Conchae Funcions | Increase airflow turbulence in nasal cavity. Humidifies, warms, and cleans air coming in through nose to lungs. |
Atlas | Has no body, found in cervical spine. articulates with occipital condyles and C2 |
Middle Nasal Concha | A thin lamella of the ethmoid bone descending from the cribriform plate |
Annulus Fibrosus | the outer,fibrous,ring-like portion of a intervertebral disc |
Perpendicular plate (ethmoid bone) | forms superior part of the nasal septum |
Alveolar process | contain upper teeth |
Thoracic vertebra | 12 bones, inferior to cervical vertebra, articulate with ribs |
Bifid | means two feet |
sella turica | cradles the pituitary gland |
Cribriform plate | horizontal plate of ethmoid bone on both sides of crista galli |
Spinous process | Posterior projection for muscle attachment |
Axis | 2nd cervical vertebra (C2) |
Ribs | 12 pairs, extending from thoracic vertebra |
True Ribs | individually connected to sternum (1-5) |
False Ribs | shares connection via cartilage (6-10) |
Floating Ribs | not connected to sternum (11&12) |
Suprasternal notch | large indention on top of manubrium |
Hyoid | U-shaped bone attacked to neck; supports tongue |
Sternum | long flat bone artic w/cartilage of ribs |
Coccyx | triangular bone at apex of sacrum, tailbone |
Sacroilia c joint | artic w/ os coxae (hipbone) |
Anterior Fontanel | diamond shape soft space btw frontal & parietal bone |
Nucleus Pulposus | Jelly-like substance inside intervertebral disk |
Sternum | known as the breast bone; it is composed of three divisions and serves as protection for the heart. |
Sacrum | five fused bones at base of spinal column. |
Sacral foramina | four pairs of rounded foramina which allows spinal nerves and sacral vessels to pass through. |
Coracoid Process | Sup and Ant portion of scapula. muscle attachment point and articulates with humerus and clavical |
Suprasternal notch | Indentation between the Clavicular notches |
Scoliosis | Condition in which a person's spine is curved side to side |
Glenoid Cavity | Articulates with the head of the humerous |
Lordotic Curve | The normal posterior curve of the cervical and lumbar spine. |
Sacral Apex | Inferior end of the sacrum, articulates with coccyx |
True Rib | Connect individually to sternum |
olecranon fossa | accommodates olecranon process of ulna; posterior depression |
pubic symphysis | fibrocartilage disc joins 2 pubic bones |
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Dr Jay Brown
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