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| The bone at the back of the skull that goes underneath as well. Separated from the parietal bones by the lambdoid suture |
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| The bone that is the top front of the head and goes down into making part of the orbits.Separated from the parietal bones by the coronal suture |
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| The bones on the top left and right of the skull. Separated from each other by the sagittal suture. Separated from the occipital bone by the lambdoid suture and from the frontal bone by the coronal suture. |
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| Located between the orbits and posterior to the nasal bones and the lacrimal bones. Makes up part of the orbital and is a bit spongy looking. Has the conchae on it. |
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| Temples (where you'd strike with a bridge hand) Temporal > Sphenoid > Zygomatic > Ethmoid |
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| (1) because its one long winged like bone that goes over to the other side. Anterior base of the cranium, butterfly shaped and form portion of the orbit. Has the sella turcica within it (holds the pituitary gland) |
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| holes/passageways for blood vessels |
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| Where bones connect by immovable joints |
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| Maxila or Maxillary Bone (2) |
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| The bone near the philtrum, holds the top layer of the teeth and also touches the zygomatic bones and the nasal bones. |
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| The bone between the ethmoid bone and the nasal bones. Part of the optical where those little oval shaped gel things on eyeglasses rest. |
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| Inferior Nasal Concha (2) |
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| Weird bone you can only see if the skull is cut midsagittal. There is actually a superior, middle and inferior |
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| Basically the cheek bone. It goes, Temporal, sphenoid, zygomatic and then ethmoid |
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| Roof of mouth but more deep because the immediate roof of the mouth is the Maxilla bones or the Maxillae |
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| Thin middle of the nose going back into the skull. From a inferior view it kind of looks like an upside down cross |
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| Basically the jaw bone or the bottom bone connected to the teeth. |
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| Separates the frontal bone and the parietal bones. The suture is positioned much like a coronal plane. |
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| Separates the occipital bone and parietal bones, looks like a upside down V. May not always be just one solid line (can contain Wormian (sutures/bones) or bone pieces made up from the sutures of this one. |
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| Separates the parietal bone from the temporal bone. |
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| External auditory meatus - |
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| opening to the ear canal through which sound vibrations travel towards the ear drum, (tympanic membrane) |
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| Dull bony posterior point of the temporal bone. I mistook it for the Zygomatic process the other day when I was touching Lorena's jaw |
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| Thin spine located medial to the meatus - (which is the ear hole once again) |
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| It is located technically located on the temporal bone but looks like it is reaching over and on to the zygomatic bone. |
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| Depression just anterior to the meatus (ear hole). The Mandibular Condyle (or the very point of the mandible that connects it to the skulll) fits into this mandibular fossa so it can articulate (move) |
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| The upper most pointed edge of the mandible that fits into the mandibular fossa to allow the jaw to move. |
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| Large portion of the lower jaw that contains the teeth. |
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| Wide branch of the Jaw on the side (like the edge of the jaw lower right or left close to the neck) It consists of the Mandibular Condyle the Mandibular notch and the coronoid process |
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| Attaches to the temporal process. Is the other side of the fork of the ramus compared to the mandibular condyle. Also allows for the mandible to attach to the skull. |
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| The hole that is made because of the mandibular condyle and the coronoid process. Looks like a U shape underneath the zygomatic process |
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| The very low edge of the ramus of the mandible. Very low point of the ramus on both sides of the jaw. |
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| The little holes in the mandible on the bottom that allow for veins to go through. (Remember that time shihan used a pressure point on your chin?) there |
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| Little holes above the orbital for veins |
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| Roof of orbital consists of what? |
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| roof consists of orbital portion/plate of the frontal bone and lesser wing of the sphenoid bone |
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| little hole in the back of the orbital for eye veins to to in and out. |
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| Medial Wall of the orbital |
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| Orbital plate of the ethmoid bone, lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla |
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| there is a superior and inferior orbital fissure at the back of the orbital |
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| orbital process of the palatine bone, orbital surface of the maxilla |
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| Made up of the zygomatic process of the frontal bone, greater wing of the sphenoid bone, orbital surface of the zygomatic bone, superior and inferior orbital fissure and infraorbital foramen |
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| Portions of the (outer ring) - frontal maxilla, zygomatic bones |
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| consists of perpendicular plate of ethmoid, middle nasal conchae, vomer, inferior nasal septum and portions of the maxilla make up the lateral and inferior walls of the nasal cavity |
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| Teeth in maxillae and mandible |
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| They are embedded in sockets called alveoli |
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| Another word for skull cap |
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| Connects the two sides of the maxillae under the roof of the mouth and at the philtrum area |
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| When the maxillae bony hard palate (under roof of mouth) and the palatine don't fuse properly, this occurs |
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temporal process of the zygomatic bone + zygomatic process of the temporal bone
(from the inferior view of the skill it looks like it sticks out on the sides like a vent of some sort - like the ligar zeros from back in the day zoids) |
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| The hole where the spinal chord connects to the brain by going through the inferior side of the occipital bone - it is the largest foramen in the skull |
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| rounded process that articulate with the first cervical vertebrae - they are just slight grooves that that first vertebrae would fit nicely in |
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| Jugular Foramen and Carotid canal |
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| Foramen between the occipital and the temporal for the internal carotid artery to enter the cranial cavity Jugular foramen is larger than the carotid canal |
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| foramen in the temporal bone that allows for the passage of the internal carotid artery. |
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| Medial and Lateral Pterygoid Plates |
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| On the inferior sphenoid bone. Kinda looks like bat wings - The medial is the inside edge of the bat wing while the lateral is the outside or whole body of the bat wing. Left is always larger than right. |
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| Most anterior containing frontal lobe of the brain. It is also the most superior (higher up starting from the very top of the skull) |
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| The middle layer/level of the superior view of the cranial floor. Houses the temporal lobe of the brain. |
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| The lowest/inferior and is the posterior layer which contains the cerebellum |
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| From a Superior view of the cranial floor you can observe these bones in the skull; |
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| frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal, and occipital (you will not see any facial bones or sutures from his view. |
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| Ethmoid from the superior view of the cranial floor will show these two |
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| The middle line of the ethmoid called the crista galli (the middle line) and the cribriform foramina (the spongy area around the crista galli) |
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| Ethmoid from the midsagittal view |
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| looks like a shark fin almost |
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| Paranasal Sinuses consist of the |
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| frontal sinus ethmoid sinus maxillary sinus and sphenoid |
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| The sinuses between the eyes |
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| The sinus below the eyes and on the left and right side of the nose |
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| Fetal skulls have fontanels which are |
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soft spots within the sutures.
Anterior Fontanel, Posterior Fontanel, Sphenoid Fontanel and Mastoid fontanel |
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| between the frontal and parietal bones (looks like a diamond from the superior view of an infants skull) |
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| Between the occipital and parietal bones and looks like an upside down T from the superior view of an infants skull |
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| Sphenoid (anterolateral) fontanels |
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| Located superior to the sphenoid bone (basically at the point where the parietal, sphenoid and frontal bones meet on an infants head) |
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| Mastoid (posterolateral) fontanel |
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| Located posterior to the temporal bone (where the parietal, occipital and the temporal bones meet on an infants head) |
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| On the inside of the mandible along the side (on the internal side of the ramus there is a little hole) |
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| Ethmoid bone from a anterior view |
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Looks like a holy spaceship like a cross with wings. The cross is the perpendicular plate and the inside wing flaps are the concha (top one being superior nasal concha and the bottom being the middle nasal concha)
Crista galli is the pointed top while the cross in the T is the cribriform plate and the spongy parts are olfactory foramina |
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| The flat outside of the ethmoid bone is called the |
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| Spongy bone on the ethmoid bone is called the |
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| Sphenoid bone (superior view) |
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optic foramen - dark little holes
Lesser wing - looks like a sting ray shell
greater wing looks like mountain peaks
sella turcica (can only be seen from superior view) |
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