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BMS 208
EXAM 2 SKULL BONES (FIND EM)
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
02/12/2009

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Term
Zygomatic
Definition
Cheek bone
Term
frontal bone
Definition
forehead
Term
parietal bone
Definition
top of your head
Term
occipital
Definition
back of your head
Term
temporal
Definition
temple region of head
Term
squamous portion
Definition
temple region
Term
external auditory meatus
Definition
where yo ear at
Term
petrous portion (temporal bone)
Definition
its a wedged portion when looking inside the skull. next to the temporal bone.
Term
mastoid process
Definition
bump, close to the back of the head. Part of the temporal bone, yet not the styloid process.
Term
styloid process
Definition
Looks like a gun trigger. underside of temporal bone.
Term
sphenoid bone
Definition
in front of the temporal bone, but behind the eye.
Term
sella turcica
Definition
(cross section of skull) part of the sphenoid bone. bump behind the nose. looks like a button?
Term
Sphenoidal Air Sinus
Definition
pocket of bone where the sinus is located.
Term
ethmoid
Definition
bisects the two eyes.
Term
perpendicular plate
Definition
runs perpendicular to the ethmoid. above sinus.
Term
crista galli
Definition
above the perpendicular plate. small bone.
Term
mandible
Definition
jaw bone
Term
maxilla
Definition
roof of your mouth. frontal
Term
palatine
Definition
back of the roof of your mouth, where the bump is.
Term
nasal
Definition
nose bones.
Term
vomer
Definition
looking at the anterior of the skull, its in the middle of the nose. looking sideways cross section, its above the palatine and maxilla.
Term
Zygomatic
Definition
cheek bone
Term
lacrimal
Definition
behind nasal bones.
Term
saggital suture.
Definition
splitting the skull into right and left portions at the parietal bone.
Term
coronal suture
Definition
connects frontal bone to parietal bone. runs perpendicular to saggital suture.
Term
lambdoid suture
Definition
Connects occipital bone to parietal bone. runs perpendicular to the saggital suture.
Term
squamous suture
Definition
temporal suture.
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