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19 Cards in this Set
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Axial skeleton |
Consists of skull, hyoid, vertebral column, thoracic cage, spinal cord |
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Frontal |
1 bone. Forms forehead, has frontal sinus mucus cavity |
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Parietal |
2 bones. Forms sides and roof of cranium |
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Temporal |
2 bones. Forms lateral wall of cranium and part of cranial floor. Has zygotmatic, mastoid and styloid processes, external auditory canal, mandibular fossa |
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Occipital |
1 bone. Forms posterior and inferior surfaces of cranium. Has occipital condyles, foramen magnum |
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Ethmoid |
1 bone. Forms inner surface of cranial floor, medial orbit walls, nasal roof, superior nasal septum. Has cribiform plate, crista gali, Nasal conchae, perpendicular plate, ethmoid sinus |
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Sphenoid |
2 bone. Keystone of cranial floor, cross brace, looks like wings, forms some of orbit. Has body, Sella turcica, greater wing and a sinus |
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Maxillary |
2 bones. Forms bridge of nose, has a sinus and palatine process |
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Nasal |
2 bones. Forms bridge of nose |
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Zygomatic |
2 bones. Forms part of zygomatic arch and part of outer wall and floor of orbit |
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Mandible |
1 bone. Lower jaw. Alveolar processes and has condyles |
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Lacrimal |
Tiny bones that form the medial wall of orbit |
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Palatine |
2 bones. Forms posterior part of hard palate and small part of orbit floor |
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Inferior nasal conchae |
2 bones. Forms lower part of lateral nasal cavity, helps provide warming and humidification |
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Vomer |
1 bone. Forms lower part of nasal septum |
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Fontanelles |
Large fibrous areas between cranial bones, only in infants |
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Hyoid |
1 bone. Horseshoe shaped bone in neck between mandible and larynx. Supports tongue & is attachment site |
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Sternum |
Contains manubrium, body, xiphoid process. |
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Thorax |
Bony cage formed by sternum, costal cartilage, ribs, bodies of thoracic vertebrae |
