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What bones make up the Vault of the skull?
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1. Frontal Bone
2. Parietal Bones (separated by Sagittal Suture). 3. Occipital Bone (singular) 4. Temporal Bones 5. Sphenoid Bone. |
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What structure (joint) is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Coronal Suture
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What structure (joint) is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Lambdoid Suture
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What bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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A Parietal Bone (paired, separated by the sagittal suture)
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What bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Frontal Bone
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What bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Occipital Bone
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What bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Sphenoid Bone (the greater wing of the bone is shown, more to see on interior of skull).
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What bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Temporal Bone (Squamous part).
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The Maxilla
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The Zygomatic Bone
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What is the structure (i.e. part of a bone) indicated by the red arrow?
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The Zygomatic Arch (or process) of the Temporal Bone
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The Nasal Bone
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What is the foramen indicated by the red arrow? What nerve does it carry?
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The Mental Foramen.
It carries the V3 branch of Cranial Nerve V (the Mental Nerve). |
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What are the foramen indicated by the white arrows?
What do they carry? |
The Supraorbital Foramen, or notches.
Carry the V1 branch of CN V, the Supraorbital Nerve (and the associated vessels). |
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What are the foramen indicated by the white arrows?
What do they carry? |
Infra-Orbital Foramen.
Carry the Infra-Orbital Nerve and vessels (V2 branch of CN V) |
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What are the foramen indicated by the red arrows?
What do they carry? |
The Mental Foramen.
Carry the Mental Nerve and vessels (V3 of CN V) |
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What bones are indicated by the red arrows?
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Zygomatic Bones
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What is the juncture (suture) indicated by the dashed circle (by the white arrow)?
What bones does it border? Why is it important clinically? |
The Pterion
The Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Sphenoid Bones. It is important because it is known as the weakest point of the skull |
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What is the juncture (suture) indicated by the white arrow?
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The Lambda.
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What is the juncture (suture) indicated by the white arrow?
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The Bregma
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What is the suture indicated by the white arrow?
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The Sagittal Suture
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What bones make up the framework of each orbit?
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There are seven:
1. Maxilla; 2. Zygomatic; 3. Frontal; 4. Lacrimal; 5. Sphenoid; 6. Ethmoid; 7. Palatine. |
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What is this joint called?
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This is the Temporomandibular Joint.
A. Mouth closed B. Mouth open |
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What portion of the Mandible is spanned (roughly) by the red arrows?
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The Body
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What portion of the Ramus is indicated by the red arrow?
What is its function? |
The Coronoid Process.
It provides attachment for the Temporalis Muscle. |
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What is the part of the Ramus indicated by the red arrow?
What are its two parts called? What does it articulate with? |
The Condylar Process.
It consists of a Head and Neck (seen in lower view). The Head articulates with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint. |
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What is the feature indicated by the red arrow called?
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The Mandibular Notch
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The Sphenoid Bone
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The Occipital Bone
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The Temporal Bone (one on each side)
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What is the protuberance (process) indicated by the red arrow?
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The Mastoid Process (of the Temporal Bone)
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What is the canal indicated by the red arrow called?
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The External Auditory Meatus (or canal)
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What is the big hole indicated by the red arrow called?
What goes through that foramen? |
The Foramen Magnum
The spinal cord, vertebral arteries and CN XI |
CN XI is the Accessory Nerve.
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What is the hole indicated by the red arrow called?
What goes through it? |
The Jugular Foramen.
The Internal Jugular Vein and CN IX, X, and XI. |
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What is the hole indicated by the red arrow?
What does it carry? |
The Carotid Canal.
The Internal Carotid Artery and it's Sympathetics. |
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What is the hole indicated by the red arrow?
What travels through it? |
The Foramen Spinosum.
The Middle Meningeal Artery (a branch of the Maxillary Artery, itself off of the External Carotid). |
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What is the hole indicated by the red arrow?
What travels through it? |
The Foramen Ovale
Mandibular Nerve (CN V3) and lesser petrosal nerve of CN IX |
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What is the name of the bone indicated by the red arrow? What is this "plate?"
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This is the Orbital Plate (or part) of the Frontal Bone.
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What is the name of the bone indicated by the red arrow? What is this "plate?"
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The Cribriform Plate of the Ethmoid Bone.
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What are the little holes located on the plate indicated by the red arrow?
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Those are the Olfactory Foramina in the Cribriform Plate, for Olfactory Nerves (CN I).
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The (body of the) Sphenoid Bone
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What is the feature of the Sphenoid indicated by the red arrow?
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The Tuberculum Sellae of the Sella Turcica (Turkish Saddle).
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What is the feature of the Sphenoid indicated by the red arrow?
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The Hypophyseal Fossa, containing the pituitary gland (hypophysis).
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What is the feature of the Sphenoid indicated by the red arrow?
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The Dorsum Sellae.
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What part of the Temporal Bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Petrous part of the Temporal Bone.
It is a pyramidal section of the bone wedged in between the sphenoid and occipital bones. |
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What part of the Temporal Bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Squamous Part of the Temporal Bone.
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What foramen is located at the point indicated by the red arrow?
What does it contain? |
The Optic Canal.
It contains the Optic Nerve (CN II) and the Ophthalmic Artery (a branch of the Internal Carotid that supplies blood to all the structures in the orbit). |
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What structure is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The Superior Orbital Fissure.
CNs III, IV, VI and branches of the ophthalmic division (V1) of CN V. |
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What structure is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The Foramen Rotundum
The Maxillary Nerve (CN V2) |
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What structure is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The Foramen Ovale
Mandibular Nerve (CN V3) and lesser petrosal nerve of CN IX. |
(The source of pre-ganglionic parasympathetics that synapse within the otic ganglion, post ganglionics are carried by the auriculotemporal nerve, part of CNV3, to the parotid gland) -TMI
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What is the structure indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The Foramen Spinosum.
The Middle Meningeal Artery. |
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What structure is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The opening of the Carotid Canal (or Groove)
The Internal Carotid Artery and sympathetics. |
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What is the bone indicated by the red arrow?
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The (body of) the Sphenoid Bone.
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What bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Occipital Bone
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What part of the Temporal Bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Petrous Part of the Temporal Bone.
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What part of the Temporal Bone is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Mastoid Part of the Temporal Bone.
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What part of the Occipital Bone is indicated by the red arrows?
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The Cerebellar Fossae
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What foramen is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The Internal Acoustic Meatus.
CN VII and VIII |
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What foramen is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
Jugular Foramen
CN IX, X and XI, and Internal Jugular Vein |
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What foramen is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
The Foramen Magnum
The Spinal Cord, Vertebral Arteries, and Spinal Accessory Nerve (CN XI) |
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What foramen is indicated by the red arrow?
What passes through it? |
Hypoglossal Canal
CN XII |
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What feature of a vertebra is indicated by the red arrow?
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Vertebral Body
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What feature of a vertebra is indicated by the red arrow?
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Spinous Process
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What feature of a vertebra is indicated by the red arrow?
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Transverse Process
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What feature of a vertebra is indicated by the red arrows?
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The Transverse Process
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What feature of a vertebra is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Foramen Transversarium
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What is the name of the specially-shaped vertebra indicated by the red arrows?
What is a unique feature of this vertebra? |
The Atlas Vertebra (C1)
It doesn't have a vertebral body. |
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What is the name of the specially-shaped vertebra indicated by the red arrows?
What is a unique feature of this vertebra? |
The Atlas Vertebra (C1)
It doesn't have a vertebral body. |
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What is the name of the vertebra indicated by the red arrow?
What special joint does it form with its neighbour? |
The Axis Vertebra (C2)
The Atlanto-Axial Joint |
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What is the name of the joint indicated by the red arrow?
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The Atlanto-Occipital Joint.
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What feature of the mandible is indicated by the red arrow?
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The Angle
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