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24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Anterior view |
Front view |
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Superior view |
Top |
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Inferior view |
Under |
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Lateral |
Side |
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Posterior |
Back |
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Frontal bone |
Forehead |
Supraorbital foramen- holes in top of eye socket |
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Parietal bone |
Middle of skull |
Sagittal suture- line separating left and right down middle of scalp |
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Occipital bone |
Back of skull |
Groups- Occipital condyles: knobs articulates with first vertebrae outside of foramen magnum Foramen magnum: hole in bottom of skull |
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Temporal bone |
Temples/ part of cheek beside ears |
Groups- External acoustic (auditory) meatus: opening for earhole Mastoid process : under earhole Styloid process: pointy bone under earhole Mandibular fossa: indention hooks jaw. Articulates with mandible (beside styloid) Zygomatic process: space between ear and cheek bone (articulates with zygomatic bone) Carotid canal: carotid goes through. Directly beside styloid.
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Sphenoid |
Bone behind Eye socket- sunk in |
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Optic foramen (canal) |
Inferior - behind hook and nasal area |
Holes |
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Pterygoid process |
Medial/lateral plates |
Medial in-lateral outer |
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Greater wing |
Most lateral part of the bone (sphenoid) Sinuses |
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Lesser wing |
Branch of trygeminal nerve to the maxilla (ridge) |
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Lesser wing |
Branch of trygeminal nerve to the maxilla (ridge) |
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Foramen ovale |
Largest hole of the two in the sphenoid bone in the greater wing |
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Sella turcica |
Saddle- where pituitary gland sits |
Very Middle indention of sphenoid bone |
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Foramen spinosum |
Tiny of the two on greater wing (posterior to foramen ovale in posterior view)
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Sphenoid bone |
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Ethmoid bone |
Middle of skull-ridge in between eyes |
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Crista galli |
Sharp ridge (middle of ethmoid bone) |
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Cribriform plate |
Plate with lateral holes lateral to the crista galli. (Flat part or ethmoid bone) |
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Superior nasal concha |
Back (Definition) |
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Middle nasal conchae |
Can be seen through nasal cavity (ethmoid) |
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Perpendicular plate |
Midsaggital view (ethmoid bone) |
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