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| what is the sphenoid bone like |
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| what are the parts of the cranium |
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Definition
| neurocranium and viserocranium |
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| what is the large hole in the bottom of the skull called |
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| in what bone is the foramen magnum |
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Definition
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| what are the parts of the mandible |
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Definition
| mandibular teeth, mental foramen, mandibular synthesis, coronoid process, condyloid process (head, neck), ramus, angle, aveolar process, body, angle |
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Term
| what are the bones of the cranium |
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Definition
| ethmoid, frontal, inferior conchae, larcimal, mandible, maxilla, nasal, parietal, sphenoid, temporal, vomer, zygomatic |
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Term
| what are the crainometric points of the cranium |
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Definition
| pletrion, lambda, bregma, vertex, asterion, glabella, inion, nasion |
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Definition
| junction of the greater wing of the sphenoid, squamous temporal, frontal, and parietal bones. overlies anterior division of the middle margineal artery. weak point |
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Definition
| point on clavaria at junction of lamboid and saggital sutures |
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Definition
| point of clavaria at junction of coronal and saggital sutures |
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Term
| what is vertex of the skull |
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Definition
| superior point of neurocranium in middle with cranium orientated in anatomical plant |
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Definition
| star shaped, located at junction of three sutures: parietomastoid, occipitomastoid, lambdoid |
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Definition
| smooth prominance, most marked in males, on frontal bones superior to the root of nose, most anterior projecting part of forehead |
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Definition
| most prominent point of external occipital protuberance |
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Definition
| point of cranium where rontonasal and internasal sutures meet |
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| what is the parietal foramen next to |
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Definition
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Term
| what bones form the hard palate |
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Definition
| palatine process of maxilla, horizontal plate of palatine bone |
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Term
| what are the three cranial fossae |
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Definition
| anterior, middle, posterior |
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Term
| what forms the anterior cranial fossa |
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Definition
| foramen cecum, cribiform foramina on cribiform plate, anterir and posterior ethmoidal foramina |
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Term
| what are the contents of the foramen cecum |
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Definition
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Term
| what are the contents of the cribiform foramina |
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Definition
| axons of olfactory cells in olfactory epithelium that form olfactory nerves |
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Term
| what are the contents of anterior and posterior ethmoidal foramina |
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Definition
| vessels and nerves with the same names |
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Term
| what are the contents of the middle cranial fossa |
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Definition
| optic canals, superior orbital fissue, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, foramen spinosu,. foramen lacerum, groove of greater pertrosal nerve |
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Term
| what are the contents of the optic canals |
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Definition
| optic nerves CNII and opthalmic arteries |
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Term
| what are the contents of the superior orbital fissures |
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Definition
| opthalmic veins, opthalmic nerve, CNIII, IV, VI |
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Term
| what are the contents of the foramen rotundum |
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Definition
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Term
| what are the contents of the foramen spinosum |
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Definition
| middle meningeal artery and vein and meningeal branch of maxillary nerve |
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Term
| what are the contents of the foramen lacerum |
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Definition
| deep petrosal nerve and some meningeal arterial branches and small veins |
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Term
| what are the contents of the groove of greater petrosal nerve |
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Definition
| greater petrosal nerve and petrosal branch of middle menengieal artery |
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Term
| what are the contents of the posterior cranial fossa |
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Definition
| foramen magnum, juggular foramen, hypoglassal canal, condylar canal, mastoid foramen |
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Term
| what are the contents of the foramen magnum |
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Definition
| medulla and meninges, vertebral arteries CNX!, dural veins, anterior and posterior spinal arteries |
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Term
| what are the contents of the jugular foramen |
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Definition
| CN IX, X, XI. superior bulb of internal juggular vein, inferior petrosal and sigmoid sinuses, meningeal branches of ascending pharyngeal and occipital arteries |
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Term
| what are the contents of the hypoglasseal canal |
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Definition
| hypoglasseal nerve (CN XII) |
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Term
| what are the contents of the condylar canal |
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Definition
| emissary vein that passes from sigmoid sinus to vertebral veins in neck |
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Term
| what are the contents of the mastoid foramen |
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Definition
| mastoid emissary vein from sigmoid sinus and meningeal branch of occipital artery |
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Term
| what bones make up the zygomatic arch |
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Definition
| zygomatic process of temporal bone, temporal process of zygomatic bone |
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