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73 Cards in this Set
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suture along back of frontal bone
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coronal suture
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sinus behind/between eyes, hole above eyebrows
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frontal sinus
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suture between parietal bones
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saggital suture
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bone of the forehead
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frontal bone
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bottom/back of the head bone
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occipital bone
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suture along top edge of occipital bone
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lambdoid suture
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bump on under side of occipital bone, at the end of the crest
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external occipital protuberence
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two bumps outside the foramen magnum where the skull meets the atlas
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occipital condyles
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opening in the skull for the connection of the cranial cavity and spinal cavity
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foramen magnum
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bones along side of head above the ears
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temporal bones
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suture along top of the temporal bone
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squamous suture
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the thin area of the temporal bone
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squamous part
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large round bump behind ear lobe
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mastoid process
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small projection of the temporal bone anterior of the mastoid process
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styloid process
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large extension of the temporal bone which meets with the cheek bone
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zygomatic process
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outside ear hole
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external acoustic meatus
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thicker portion of the temporal bone
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petrous part
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inside ear hole
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internal acoustic meatus
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smooth opening for artery to brain
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carotid canal/foramen
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rough opening for vein from brain
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jugular foramen
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smooth groove in temporal bone where jaw sets
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mandibular fossa
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butterfly shaped bone behind nose and eyes
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sphenoid bone
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sinus for pituitary gland/turkish saddle
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sella turcica
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big wing shaped portion of sphenoid bone
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greater wings
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smaller inner wing shaped portion of sphenoid bone
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lesser wings
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two holes in the lesser wings of the sphenoid bone where nerves of the eyes connect to the brain
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optic canal/foramen
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two holes behind the body of the lesser wings of the sphenoid bone, behind ethmoid
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sphenoidal sinus
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bone posterior to nasal bone and anterior to sphenoid bone
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ethmoid bone
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section of the ethmoid bone where the foramina are located
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cribiform plate
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several holes along the cribiform plate
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olfactory/cribiform foramina
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prominent ridge that seperates the left and right side of the cribiform plate
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crista galli
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forms the nasal septum
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perpendicular plate
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interconnected network of ethmoidal air cells
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ethmoidal labrynth
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air cells of the ethmoid bone
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ethmoidal sinuses
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above jaw bone, below cheek bone
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maxilla
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holes in your face under cheek bones
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infraorbital foramen
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the oral margin of the maxillae that contain the upper teeth
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alveolar process
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connecting part of the maxilla to the bone posterior in the roof of the mouth
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palatine process
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hole behind the nose and upper teeth
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maxillary sinus
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bone in the roof of the mouth behind the maxilla
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palatine
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cheek bone
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zygomatic bone
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projection from the cheek bone that connects to the temple
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temporal process
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nose bone
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nasal bone
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inferior portion of the nasal septum, below the ethmoid bone
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vomer bone
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3 sets of scroll like bones connected to the lateral wall of the nasal canal
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inferior, middle, and superior nasal conchae
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smallest bones of the skull, situated in the medial portion of each orbit, just behind tear ducts
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lacrimal bones
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passageway created by the lacrimal bone and the maxilla
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nasolacrimal canal
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jaw
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mandible
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the posterior projection leading to the head of the mandible that connects into the temporal bone
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condylar process
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projection anterior to the condylar process, and posterior to the molars
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coronoid process
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bone in the throat above the adams apple
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hyoid bone
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muscle connects to the ____, the bone that does not move
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origin
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muscle connects to the ____, the bone that does move
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insertion
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muscular term referring to raising
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elevation
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muscular term referring to lowering
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depression
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moving a limb away from the plane
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flexion
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moving a limb back toward the plane
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extension
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bringing the big toe up toward the body
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dorsiflexion
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pointing the toe down
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plantar flexion
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along the plane, away from the body
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abduction
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along the plane, back toward the body
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adduction
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twisting the torso
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right or left rotation
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turning an appendicular limb away from the body
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lateral rotation/external rotation
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turning an appendicular limb toward the body
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medial rotation/internal rotation
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turn face up
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supination
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turn face down
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pronation
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muscle that closes the eye
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orbicularis oculi
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muscle that elevates the mandible, cheek
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masseter
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muscle that elevates the mandible, above the ear
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temporalis
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muscle that depresses the mandible and elevates the hyoid bone when swallowing, under the chin
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digastric
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flexes neck and rotates head, from the manubrium to the mastoid process
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sternocleidomastoid
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depresses hyoid after swallowing, superior border of scapula to hyoid bone
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omohyoid
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depresses hyoid after swallowing, from the manubrium to the hyoid bone
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sternohyoid
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