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| wings of the basisphenoid in mammals |
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| extreme caudal end of the mandible. Part of the masseter and pterygoid muscle attach |
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| associated with the middle ear |
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| exoccipitals and the supraoccipital |
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| anterior to the basiocciptal |
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| at the anterior border of the maxilla |
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| blood passes through in the foramen magnum |
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| articulates with the mandibular fossa at the caudal end of the zygomatic arch |
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| between parietal and frontal bones |
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| site of the insertion of the temporalis muscle |
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| any one of three hollows (anterior, middle, and posterior) in the base of the cranium for the lobes of the brain |
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| openings in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone, transmitting approximately 20 bundles of nerve fibers that collectively constitute the olfactory nerve (CN I) |
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| a specific ossification center of the mandible that gives rise to the lower border of its outer plate |
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| Cleft or space between the maxillary lateral incisor and canine teeth, into which the lower canine is received when the jaws are closed; abnormal in humans but normal in dogs and many other animals |
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| unpaired cranial bone entirely associated with the nasal cavity |
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| fibers of the olfactory nerve (C.N. I) pass through |
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| leads into the tympanic or middle ear cavity |
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| the bony passage in the temporal bone through which the facial nerve passes |
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| where the brain stem (spinal chord) goes through |
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| the maxillary and mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (C.N. V) pass through |
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| the maxillary and mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (C.N. V) pass through |
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| a hollow paranasal sinus formed on either side in the lower part of the squama of the frontal bone; it communicates by the ethmoidal infundibulum with the middle meatus of the nasal cavity of the same side |
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| cranial portion of the skull roof consists of the paired frontals |
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| provides a passageway for the greater palatine nerve (C.N. V) and corresponding artery |
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| horizontal shelf of bone in roof of mouth continued caudally by soft palate |
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| passes the hypoglossal nerve (C.N. XII) |
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| lie posterior to the incisor |
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| permits infraorbital nerve (C.N. V) and blood vessels that correspond |
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| a canal beginning at the opening of the internal acoustic meatus in the posterior cranial fossa, passing laterally through the petrous portion of the temporal bone to end at the fundus, where a thin plate of bone separates it from the vestibule; it gives passage to the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves together with the labyrinthine artery and veins |
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| permit mammals to breath and manipulate food simultaneously within their mouth cavity |
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| parietals articulate with interparietals |
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| pass glossopharyngeal nerve (C.N. IX), the vagus nerve (C.N. X), and the spinal accessory nerve (C.N. XI) |
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| located in anteromedial portion of the eye orbit |
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| caudal of parietals, separating them from occipital and interparietal |
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| contains two or three mental foramina |
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| a deep hollow in the squamous portion of the temporal bone at the root of the zygoma, in which rests the condyle of the mandible |
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| A part of an irregularly shaped bone (less slender than a “process”) that forms an angle with the main body (ramus of mandible) |
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| the fibrocartilaginous union of the two halves of the mandible in the fetus; it becomes an osseous union during the first year |
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| admits mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (C.N. V) |
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| accommodates insertion of part of the masseter muscle |
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| the round projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone. |
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| complete upper jaw and part of hard palate |
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| branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (C.N. V) |
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| the anterior expanded portion of the middle meatus of the nose, just above the vestibule |
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| behind premolars-adopted for chewing |
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| rostral end of skull/separated by cartilaginous septum/nostrils |
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| the bones supporting the bony part of the nasal septum |
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| the thick, transverse crest on the occipital bone |
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| consists of basioccipital, pair of exoccipitals, and supraoccipital completes the posterior portion and base of the skull |
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| consists of basioccipital, pair of exoccipitals, and supraoccipital completes the posterior portion and base of the skull |
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| vertical nodding movements of head are permitted by articulation between the paired condyles and first cervical vertebrae/atlas |
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| optic nerve (C.N. II) passes through and ophthalmic artery |
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| oculomotor nerve (C.N. III), trochlear nerve (C.N. IV), ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (C.N. V), and abducens nerve (C.N. VI) |
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| Oval Window (Fenestra Vestibuli) |
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| oval window of the middle ear |
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| the canalis formed between the maxilla and palatine bones; it transmits the descending palatine artery and the greater palatine nerve from the pterygopalatine fossa to the oral mucosa of the hard palate. |
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| canals located in the posterior part of the palatine bone |
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| an irregularly shaped bone posterior to the maxilla, which enters into the formation of the nasal cavity, the orbit, and the hard palate; it articulates with the maxilla, inferior nasal concha, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, the vomer and its fellow of the opposite side. |
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| caudal to the frontal are paired parietals |
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| Perpendicular Plate of Ethmoid Bone |
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| separates the two lateral ethmoturbinates and with vomer forms bony portion of nasal septum |
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| a body and two wings resembling triangles |
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| thin rod, extends posteriorly from the body of the pterygoid process of the basisphenoid |
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| Round Window (Fenestra Cochlear) |
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| round window of the middle ear |
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| prominent medial projection |
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| depression where the pituitary gland rests |
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| fleshy self at roof of mouth/extension of hard palate |
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| anterior end of presphenoid |
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| permits sphenopalatine nerve (C.N. V) and corresponding blood vessels to pass through |
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| anterior to the mastoid process. Permits the passage of the facial nerve (C.N. VII) |
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| consists of squamous, petrous, and tympanic portions |
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| demarcates the origin of the temporalis muscle |
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| curved, shelf that separates the cerebral fossa from the cerebellar fossa |
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| forms the floor of the tympanic cavity |
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| Tympanic portion of Temporal |
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| consists of an auditory and tympanic bulla which surrounds the sound transmission complex of mammals |
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| completes the bony nasal septum |
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| forms lateral boundary of the eye orbit |
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| the articulation of the ventral zygomatic process of the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal |
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