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20 Cards in this Set
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Axial skeleton has how many bones? What part of the body does it consist of? |
80 Head and trunk |
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How many parts does the skull have? What are they? |
2 Cranium and facial |
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Frontal bone |
Forehead, anterior of skulls roof, and roof of eye orbit. |
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Frontal sinuses |
Communicate with the nasal cavity |
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Parietal bones |
Form most of the top and side walls of the cranium. There are 2 |
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Temporal bones |
Sides and base of the skull. There are 2 |
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Mastiod Process |
Part of the temporal bone. -projects down immediately behind outer ear. |
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Ethmoid bone |
A fragile bone between the eyes. |
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Sphenoid bone |
Forms part of the eye orbit and contains the Sphenoid sinuses |
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Occipital bone |
Forms the skulls posterior portion and part of its base. |
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Mandible |
Lower jaw bone |
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Maxillae |
Fuse in the middle to form the upper jaw and part of the hard palate. |
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How many facial bones are there? |
14 |
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Zygomatic bones |
2, Form the prominence of the cheeks. |
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Nasal bones |
2, form the bridge of the nose. |
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Lacrimal bones |
2, form the anterior medial wall of each orbital cavity. (About the size of a fingernail) |
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Vomer |
Forms the inferior part of the nasal septum. |
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Palatine bones |
2, form the posterior part of the hard palat. |
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Inferior Nasal Conchae |
Extended horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal cavities |
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How many ossicles are there? Where are they located? |
3, in each middle ear |
