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30 Cards in this Set
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How many bones make up the skull?
A.15 B.6 C.22 D.8 |
C.22
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How many cranial bones make up the skull?
A.8 B.7 C.14 D.3 |
A.8
(1 frontal, 2 parietal, 1 occipital, 2 teporal, 1 sphenoid, 1 ethmoid) |
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Fissure
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Narrow slit
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foramen
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opening through which blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass.
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fossa
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shallow depression
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sulcus
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furrow along a bone surface; accomodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon.
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meatus
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tubelike opening
-external auditory meatus of temporal bone- |
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condyle
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large, round protuberance at the end of a bone
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facet
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smooth flat articular surface
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head
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rounded articular projection
-head of the femur- |
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crest
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prominent ridge or elongated projection.
-iliac crest of hip bone- |
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epicondyle
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projection above a condyle.
-medial epicondyle of the femur- |
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spinous process
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sharp, slender projection.
-spinous process of vertebra- |
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trochanter
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very large projection
-ONLY (one) greater trochanter of femur- |
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tubercle
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small, rounded projection
-greater tubercle of the humerus- |
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tuberosity
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large, rounded, usually roughened projection.
-ishial tuberosity of the hip bone-< major muscle attachments> |
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Structural features adapted for specific functions?
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surface markings
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Forms the forehead, roofs of the orbits and most of the anterior part of cranial floor?
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Frontal bone
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Where would you find supraorbital foramen?
A.ribs B.mandible C.frontal bone D.ethmoid bone |
C. frontal bone
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Form the greater portion of the sides and roof of the cranial cavity?
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Parietal bones
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Where would you find the zygomatic process?
A.zygomatic bone B.mandible C.temporal bone D.C2 vertebra |
C. temporal bone
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Together the temporal process and the zygomatic process form the zygomatic arch? T/F
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TRUE
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Located on the inferior surface of the zygomatic process of each temporal bone?
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mandibular fossa
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The mandibular fossa and the articular tubercle (of the temporal bone) articulate with the mandible to form what?
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temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
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Where would you find the external auditory meatus?
A.mandible B.parietal bones C.frontal bone D.temporal bone |
D. Temporal bone
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Projects inferiorly from from teh inferior surface of the temporal bone and serves as a point of attachment for muscles and ligaments of the tongue and neck?
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styloid process
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Part of the temporal bone located at the floor of the cranial cavity; houses the internal ear and the middle ear?
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petrous portion
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Where would you find the carotid foramen and the jugular foramen?
A.sphenoid bone B.occipital bone C.temporal bone D.vomer |
C. temporal bone
-floor of cranial cavity- |
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Forms the posterior part and most the base of the cranium?
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occipital bone
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Where would you find the foramen magnum?
A.temporal bone B.occipital bone C.sphenoid bone D. in the nose |
B. occipital bone
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