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41 Cards in this Set
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anterior cranial fossa
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front-most fossa
contains the frontal lobe made of the frontal bone |
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middle cranial fossa
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middle fossa
hold the temporal lobe made from the temporal bones |
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posterior cranial fossa
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back-most fossa
holds the cerebellum made from occipital bones |
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paranasal sinus
(what are the 4 parts) |
for air-filled chambers which open into the nasal cavity
-frontal -ethmoid -spenoid -maxillary |
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osseous nasal septum
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forms part of the nasal cavity
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coronal suture
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fusion of the frontal and the parietal bones
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saggitttal suture
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fusion of the two parietal bones
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lambdoid sature
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fusion of the parietal bones and the occipital bone
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external auditory meatus
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opening to the ear canal
present in temporal bone |
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Mastoid process
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dull rounded point. point of muscle attachment
present in temporal bone |
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zygomatic process
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form articulation with zygomatic bone
present in temporal bone |
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styloid process
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point of attachemend for larynx and pharynx
present in temporal bone |
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madibular fossa
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articulates with mandible (makes only moveable joint)
present in temporal bone |
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occipital condyles
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articulates with the first cervial vertebra
present in occipital bone |
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foramen magnum
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opening for spinal cord.
present in occipital bone. |
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jugular foramen
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opening for blood vessles and nerves
located in occipital bone. |
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sella turcica
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houses pituitary gland
located in the spenoid bone |
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greater/lesser wings
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form part of the spenoid bone. lesser wings found on top and are smaller, greater wings found on top and are larger.
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foramen ovale
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opening for neves
located in the sphenoid bone. |
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ethmoid bone
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forms lateral walls and roof of nasal cavity.
perpendicular plate forms part of septum. |
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maxille
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2 medially fused bones that make up the upper jaw.
forms front of hard palate, upper jaw and floor of orbits. |
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mandible
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lower part of jaw
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coronoid process
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most anterior process- attaches muscles of face
located on mandible |
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mandibular process
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most posterior process- articulates with the manibular fossa of the temporal bone to make mandibular-temporal joint.
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zygomatic bones
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bones of cheek and outer side of orbits.
articulates with zygomatic process of the temporal bone. |
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nasal bone
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two medially fused bones that form the nasal bridge
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lacrimal bones
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2 bones that contribute to the meidal walls of orbits
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palatine bones
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2 bones that make up the back of the hard palate, orbits and lateral walls of nasal cavity.
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vomer
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forms part of septum
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inferior nasal conchae
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2 curved bones that contibute to nasal cavity.
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cervical curvature
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the top most part of the spine.
7 vertebrae located near neck |
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thoracic curvature
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2nd highest region of the spine.
12 vertebrae |
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lumbar curvature
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lower back section of spine
5 vertebrae |
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sacral curvature
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lowest part of spine.
consists of saccral and coccyx |
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atlas
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first vertebrae
no body or spinous process articulates with occipital condyles of skull |
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axis
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second vertebrae.
has an odontoid process which helps form an articulation with the atlas. |
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sacrum
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formed by 5 fused vertebrae
articuates with coxal bone of pelvis |
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coccyx
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formed by 4 fused vertebrae, lower part of spine
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manubrium
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large round/heart shape of sternum
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xiphoid process
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very bottom of sternum.
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hyoid bone
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not attached to any other bones.
provides attachement to neck muscles |
