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Anterior portion of cranium; the forehead and roofs of the orbits Orbits
Anterior cranial fossa
Glabella
Frontal sinuses
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bony recesses that contain the eyes. 7 bones: frontal, maxilla, lacrimal, ethmoid, sphenoid, zygomatic, and palatine bones. |
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1. The area between the eyebrows, just above the nose. 2. The corresponding area on the frontal bone between the eyebrow ridges. |
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Large,curved, rectangular bones forming superior and lateral aspects of the skull; largest sutures occur at parietal bone articulation points.
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posterior wall and base of the skull internally forms walls of posterior cranial fossa
foramen magnum
occipital condyles
external occipital protuberance (“occiput”).
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Inferolateral aspects of the skull and partial cranial floor; four regions are squamous, tympanic, mastoid, petrous; zygomatic process and arch, mandibular fossa, external acoustic meatus, styloid process, mastoid process, middle cranial fossa, middle/inner ear cavities
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Keystone of cranium that forms central wedge; greater/lesser wings, pterygoid processes. Sella turcica (hypophyseal fossa)
Optic canals, superior orbital fissure
Orbital wall (lateral)
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Complex shaped, lies between sphenoid and nasal bones,most deeply situated bone of the skull;
Cribiform plate, Crista galli (dura mater attachment),Perpendicular plate, Superior/middle nasal conchae, Orbital wall (medial) |
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parietal bones meet with frontal bone anteriorly. |
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right and left parietals meet superiorly at cranial midline. |
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the parietal bones meet the occipital bone posteriorly. |
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parietal and temporal bone meet on lateral aspect of skull. |
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