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09/23/2004
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Term
foramen magnum
 Definition
"big hole" in occipital bone
Term
occipital condyles
 Definition
inner notches to keep spinal chord in place
Term
hypoglossal canals
 Definition
inner side of occiptal. holes surrounding the anterior portion of the foramen magnum.
Term
wormian bones
 Definition
evident above occiptal bone in younger skulls.
Term
bregma
 Definition
highest poing on top of skull
Term
sagittal suture
 Definition
90 degree angle from the lambdoidal suture. connects the parietal bones
Term
lambdoidal suture
 Definition
connects the occipital (or wormian if evident) to the parietal bones
Term
meningeal grooves
 Definition
vein grooves on inner side of parietal
Term
squamosal suture
 Definition
connects temporal and parietal bones
Term
superciliary arches
 Definition
under eyebrow
Term
glabella
 Definition
between eyebrows
Term
supraorbital notch
 Definition
hole in eyebrow
Term
coronal suture
 Definition
connects frontal bone to parientals
Term
orbital plates
 Definition
upper inner eye socket
Term
squama
 Definition
flat portion of temporal bone
Term
zygomatic process of temporal
 Definition
connects temporal to the zygomatic bone/cheekbone
Term
mandibular fossa
 Definition
connects zygomatic process of the temporal to mandible
Term
external auditory meatus
 Definition
earhole of the temporal bone
Term
styloid process
 Definition
interior of temporal bone. Pointy part.
Term
internal acoustic foramen
 Definition
ear hold on inside
Term
superior orbital fissure
 Definition
upper eyehole in back of sphenoid bone
Term
lateral pterygoid plates
 Definition
outer plate at the base of greater wings of the sphenoid
Term
medial pterygoid plates
 Definition
inner plate at the base of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone
Term
cribiform plate
 Definition
sense of smell/surrounds base of crista galli (interior)
Term
crista galli
 Definition
proturbence of the ethmoid (interior)
Term
perpendicular plate
 Definition
center of ethmoid
Term
anterior nasal spine
 Definition
point at base of nose
Term
infraorbital canal
 Definition
hole between zygomatic and nose
Term
canine fossa
 Definition
depression above canine
Term
zygomatic process
 Definition
cheekbone
Term
alveolar process
 Definition
end of jaw
Term
vomer
 Definition
bone in middle of nose / palatine bones
Term
lacrimal bones
 Definition
behind vomer
Term
mandible body
 Definition
horizontal portion
Term
symphysis
 Definition
mandible in two halves at younger age
Term
mental protruberance
 Definition
chin
Term
mental foramen
 Definition
hole beneath second pre-molar / in chin
Term
ramus
 Definition
ascending portion of the mandible
Term
angle
 Definition
angle of the mandible
Term
coronoid process
 Definition
portion of mandible which connections into the zygomatic/sphenoid
Term
condylar process
 Definition
portion of the mandible that connects to the temporal
Term
mandibular notch
 Definition
depression off of the chin
Term
ossicles
 Definition
ear bones connected
Term
malleus
 Definition
"hammer"
Term
incus
 Definition
"anvil"
Term
stapes
 Definition
"stirrup"
Term
how many bones in the ear?
 Definition
three
Term
ethmoid
 Definition
interior
Term
lacrimal
 Definition
in front of ethmoid
Term
vault
 Definition
cavity for brain
Term
cranium
 Definition
entire skull
Term
calvarium/calotte
 Definition
top of skull
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