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Bones of the Skull
Bones and features of the skull for Anth 131 lab.
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/16/2011

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(Bone) Frontal
Definition
Forehead, superior eye-sockets.
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(Bone) Parietal
Definition
Sides of skull, superior temporal.
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(Bone) Occipital
Definition
Back, posterior eye-sockets.
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(Bone) Temporal
Definition
Lower sides of skull, inferior parietal.
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(Bone) Maxilla
Definition
Face, inferior eye-sockets and nasal.
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(Bone) Mandible
Definition
Jaw.
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(Bone) Zygomatics
Definition
Cheek protuberance.
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(Feature) Foramen Magnum
Definition
Spinal stem.
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(Feature) Occipital condyle
Definition
Notches on bottom near Foramen magnum.
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(Feature) Mastoid Process
Definition
Jaw muscle connection.
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(Feature) Supraorbital Ridge
Definition
Eye-ridge/brow.
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(Feature) Sagittal suture
Definition
Middle suture, length of skull.
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(Feature) Coronal suture
Definition
Middle suture, width of skull.
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(Feature) Lambdoidal suture
Definition
Rear triangular suture.
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(Tooth) Incisor
Definition
Chisel shaped.
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(Tooth) Canines
Definition
Chisel shaped.
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(Tooth) Premolar
Definition
Bicuspid.
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(Tooth) Molar
Definition
Quadcuspid, with branched root.
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(Vertebral Column - Feature) Spinous Process
Definition
Sometimes thin, y-axis.
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(Vertebral Column - Feature) Transverse Process
Definition
Paired, X-axis.
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(Vertebral Column - Features) Body/Centrum
Definition
Large bulk.
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(Vertebral Column - Cervical) Atlas
Definition
No body, large superior articulating facets, and barely discernible spinous process.
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(Vertebral Column - Cervical) Axis
Definition
Dens (odontoid process), and larger body than atlas.
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(Vertebral Column - Cervical) Typical Cervical
Definition
Larger body than atlas or axis, more prominent spinous process, and spinous process often forked.
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(Vertebral Column) Thoracic
Definition
Long, skinny, spinous process, and transverse process is thick compared to lumbar vertebrae.
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(Vertebral Column) Lumbar
Definition
Spinous process short and squared off, and no rib facets.
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(Vertebral Column) Sacrum
Definition
Made of five fused vertebrae and two pelvic bones.
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(Vertebral Column) Coccyx
Definition
Tailbone.
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(Sternum) Sternal Body
Definition
Central mass of sternum.
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(Sternum) Manubrium
Definition
Top, rounded portion of sternum.
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(Rib - Features) Head
Definition
End of curve.
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(Rib - Feature) Tubercule
Definition
Notch, faces downward.
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