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| Part of the skull that surrounds the brain |
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| Name the bones of the neurocranium. Which bones are paired? |
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| Frontal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Occipital, Temporal (paired), Parietal (paired) |
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| Name the bones of the viscerocranium. Which bones are paired? |
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| Mandible, Vomer, Nasal (paired), Lacrimal (paired), Zygomatic (paired), Inferior Nasal Conchae (paired), Palatine (paired), Maxillae (paired) |
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| The joining of two or more bones. |
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| Short, circular opening through a bone |
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| Long, tubular opening through a bone. |
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| Single cranial bone forming forehead and part of orbits. |
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| Paired facial bones forming cheek bones. |
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| Complete or partial upper jaw consisting of one or two maxillary bones. |
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| Paired facial bones forming bridge of nose. |
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| Paired facial bone forming medial wall of orbit. |
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| Vomer and Perpendicular Plate of Ethmoid - Vertical partition of nasal cavity. |
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| Paired facial bones projecting inwardly from maxillae forming walls of nasal cavity. |
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| Eye cavity containing eyeball. |
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| What bone(s) make up the medial portion of the orbit? |
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| Orbital portion of the ethmoid; lesser and greater wings of the sphenoid. |
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| Which bone(s) make up the posterior portion of the orbit? |
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| Greater wing of sphenoid. |
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| Which bone(s) make up the lateral portion of the orbit? |
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| Primarily zygomatic bone. |
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| Which bone(s) make up the floor of the orbit? |
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| Primarily the maxilla and some of the zygomatic bone. |
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| Which bone(s) make up the roof of the orbit? |
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| Formed primarily by the orbital plate of the frontal bone. |
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| Supraorbital Notch (foramen) |
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| Notch on supraorbital ridge of frontal bone. |
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| Opening into the posterior orbit that contains the optic nerve. |
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| Elongated opening in the upper lateral part of the orbit between the greater and lesser wings of sphenoid. |
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| Fissure between greater wing of sphenoid and each maxilla carrying infraorbital and zygomatic nerves, as well as infraorbital atery and inferior ophthalmic vein. |
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| Foramen of each maxilla transmitting infraorbital nerve and blood vessels |
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| Opening of the nasal cavity in the skull. |
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| Facial ridge of bone over maxillary canine. |
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| Fossa superior to the roots of maxillary canines. |
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| Suture between two maxilla forming maxillae. |
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| Foramen between apices of mandibular first and second premolars transmitting mental nerve and blood vessels. |
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| Paired cranial bone of the skull articulating with the same bone as well as with other skull bones. |
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| Paired cranial bone forming lateral cranial walls and articulating with the mandible at TMJ |
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| Single cranial bone in most posterior part of skull. |
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| Single midline cranial bone consisting of body and processes. |
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| Single midline cranial bone of skull. |
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| Single facial bone articulating bilaterally with temporal bones at TMJ |
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| Suture between frontal and parietal bones. |
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| Suture between temporal and parietal bones. |
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| Suture between occipital and both parietal bones. |
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| Suture between paired parietal bones. |
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| Fossa on lateral surface of skull containing temporalis muscle. |
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| Depression on the inferior surface of the skull in the temporal bone that articulates with the condyle of the mandible. |
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| Eminence on temporal bone articulating with mandible at TMJ. Anterior to TMJ. |
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| Area on petrous part of temporal bone with air cells where cervical muscles attach. |
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| Bony projection of temporal bone serving as attachment for muscles and ligaments. |
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| Canal leading to tympanic cavity. |
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| Small projection of the maxillae at the bottom of the nasal aperture. |
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| Foramen in maxillae carrying branches of right and left nasoplatine nerves and blood vessels marked by incisive papilla. |
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| Midline suture between palatine processes of maxillae and horizontal plates of palatine bones. |
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| Transverse Palatine Suture |
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| Suture between palatine processes of maxillae and horizontal plates of palatine bones. Runs across the posterior part of hard palate. |
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| Foramen in palatine bone carrying greater palatine nerve and blood vessels. On either side of hard palate. |
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| Foramen in palatine bone transmitting lesser palatine nerve and blood vessels. At posterior end of hard palate. |
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| Small curving process projecting down from the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. |
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| Thin wall of bone projecting back from the pterygoid process on the medial side |
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| Thin wall of bone projecting back from the pterygoid process on the lateral side. |
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| Fossa between medial and lateral pterygoid plates of the sphenoid |
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| Foramen in sphenoid carrying mandibular division of trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve. |
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| Foramen in sphenoid carrying middle meningeal artery. |
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| Canal in temporal bone carrying internal carotid artery among other vessels. |
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| Foramen in temporal bone carrying facial or seventh cranial nerve. |
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| Depression between occipital and temporal bones with a foramen carrying the internal jugular vein and the ninth, tenth, and eleventh cranial nerves. |
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| Projections of occipital articulating with lateral masses of first cervical vertebra. |
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| Vertical midline continuation of perpendicular plate of ethmoid into cranial cavity |
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| Horizontal plate of ethmoid perforated with foramina for olfactory nerves. |
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| Posterolateral process of the body of sphenoid. |
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| Anterior process of the body of sphenoid. |
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| Saddle-shaped depression on the body of the sphenoid located in the middle cranial fossa containing the pituitary gland. |
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| Foramen in sphenoid carrying trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve. |
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| The anterior part of the cranial cavity that houses the frontal lobes of the brain. |
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| Foramen in occipital carrying spinal cord, vertebral arteries, eleventh cranial nerve. |
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| Foramen between occipital and temporal bones carrying internal jugular vein and ninth, tenth, and eleventh cranial nerves. |
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| Bony meatus in temporal bone carrying seventh and eighth cranial nerves. |
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| Petrous Portion of Temporal Bone |
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| Inferior part of bone containing mastoid process and air cells. |
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| The middle concavity in the floor of the skull that houses the temporal lobes and base of brain. |
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| The posterior depression in the cranial cavity, behind the petrous temporal bone. |
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| Paired sinuses in body of sphenoid. |
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| Fossa deep to infratemporal fossa and between pterygoid process and maxillary tuberosity. |
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| Paranasal sinuses in each body of maxilla. |
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| What are the four processes of the maxillae? |
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| Frontal Process of Maxilla ^^, Zygomatic Process of Maxilla <->, Alveolar Process of Maxilla , Palatine Process of Maxilla |
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| Elevation on posterior aspect of each maxilla perforated by posterior superior alveolar foramina. |
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| Hiatus of Maxillary Sinus |
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| The opening from the middle meatus of the nasal cavity into the maxillary sinus. |
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| Groove in the lacrimal bone for the lacrimal duct. |
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| Horizontal part of mandible. |
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| Angle at intersection of posterior and inferior borders of ramus |
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| Plate of mandible extending superiorly from body of mandible. |
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| Part of the mandible and maxilla containing roots of teeth. |
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| Mandibular bony prominence of chin |
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| Projection of bone from ramus participating in TMJ. |
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| Coronoid (mandibular) Notch |
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| Notch in anterior border of ramus. |
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| Crest on lateral side of the mandible where the ramus joins the body. |
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| Foramen of mandible allowing inferior alveolar nerve and blood vessels to exit or enter mandibular canal. |
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| Line on medial aspect of mandible |
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| Fossa on medial surface of mandible containing sublingual gland. |
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| Fossa on medial surface of mandible containing submandibular gland. |
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| Midline ridge showing fusion of mandibular processes. |
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| Part of mandibular alveolar process just posterior to most distal mandibular molar and covered by retromolar pad. |
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| Midline bony projections or mental spines on medial aspect of mandible. On lingual behind 24 and 25. |
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| Groove on mandible where mylohyoid nerve and blood vessels travel. |
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| Bony spine overhanging mandibular foramen. |
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